flick to viewDual emotions of surprise and muddiness hit our face when we heard thatSony ’s redesigned PSP-2000had shipped 1 million units in Japan in just about two month . Was n’t the DS the portable gaming auto everyone choose , especially in Japan ? Then there ’s the fact that DS sales ( in Japan ) might actually be slow declining , appropriate the slightly thinner and slightly more silver PSP to just about catch up . So we did a little research into the portable play quad and — this is news to you as it is to us — come up with eight reason why the PSP could be poised to catch up with the colossus money printing motorcar that is Nintendo ’s DS .
https://gizmodo.com/sony-ships-1-millionth-new-psp-326270
• 1 Million new PSPs were sold in Japan in around two months . This first point take us curious as to why the PSP was doing so well . Was it because of the redesign , which head to250k sales in four days , or has it really become clock time ( thanks to various factors listed below ) for the PSP to catch up , if not surpass , the Nintendo DS . This tip alone would n’t make for a strong argument , but we ’ve feel seven more .
https://gizmodo.com/sony-sells-250-000-psp-slims-in-japan-in-four-days-303847
• Sales figures for PSPs are croak up , sales agreement figure for DS Lites are going down ( in Japan ) . According to theJapanesesales chartsKotaku loves to slobber over , the last four weeks for the DS looked like this : 76243 , 78552 , 78854 , 76069 . The last four week for the PSP front like this : 59792 , 59714 , 58964 , 65609 . DS cut-rate sale seems to have plateaued ( the slender fall probably means nothing ) , whereas the PSP cut-rate sale got a nice stiletto heel this past week . Has everyone over there finished the fresh Zelda secret plan already ?
http://kotaku.com/gaming/media-create/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart-325772.php
• PSP really has more skillful game to act as . According to metacritic , the land site that aggregates major game reviews , thePSP has 53games that are grass 80 ( out of 100 ) or high , whereas theDS only has 44 . Although the DS has three games that tally high than any of the PSP ’s ( Mario Kart DS , Advance Wars : Dual Strike , Legend of Zelda : Phantom Hourglass ) , on the whole it seems the PSP puzzle you good bang for your buck .
• The PSP has good PS3 desegregation compared with the DS and Wii . Therecentupgrades to both the PS3 and PSP microcode allow for much , much adept compatibility between the two than compared with the DS and the Wii . Remotely start up your PS3 may be a bang-up thingumajig , but they ’ve also got remote play , which let you access videos , euphony , and even games wirelessly through your PSP whether you ’re at home or outdoors at a Wi - Fi access point in time . There ’s been public lecture of using the DS as a Wii controller in many games , but the most we ’ve go through is transferring Pokemon to your Wii or using the Wii to download DS demos — a function that the PS3 / PSP also has .
https://gizmodo.com/ps3-firmware-2-00-is-live-right-now-320274
• The PSP has better media capabilities . Ignoring the failed UMD movie opening , you could still use the PSP ’s giant screen to play back movies off of your memory board stick . There ’s also picture viewing , euphony playacting , as well as remote play off your PS3 , which lets you stream content from home .
• The PSP has good hyperkinetic syndrome - ons . Some of these are only in Japan , but the add - on camera , GPS , TV Tuner , and LocationFree TV give you four thing to do with your PSP when you ’re not playing games .
• The PSP actually sell as well the PS2 . We detest to bring up sale numbers again as proof that the PSP is picking up steam , but asJ Allard famously find out , the PSP sold just as well as the PS2 , hitting 10 million units within a 12 - month span ( give or take ) .
http://kotaku.com/gaming/jallard/jallard-wear-that-wig-217801.php
• Sony ’s planning a PSP Phone . Whether thePSP phonewill really bear PSP games is uncertain and perhaps unconvincing , but the mere fact that there ’s a PSP phone that supports some of the PSP ’s functions and has some PSP connectivity will be enough to give both program a boost .
https://gizmodo.com/yes-no-yes-no-sony-changes-its-stance-on-playstation-ph-325847
Does this mean that we cerebrate the DS is doomed ? Certainly not . If you look at our gambling dispersion between DS fourth dimension and PSP prison term this retiring Thanksgiving holiday , the metre spent on the DS dwarfed the time spent on the PSP about 1,000 to 1 . And the DS just sold653,000units over Thanksgiving .
https://gizmodo.com/nintendo-ds-sets-new-record-wins-all-of-worlds-gold-327335
We just reckon this means the PSP ’s time has come to ill-use out from behind the DS ’s shadow as the uglier , fatter , less fun cousin and show itself off as the full - featured portable media powerhouse that it really is .
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