Australia Infected
DS VERSES PSP PART 7

The PSP has launched, for $399 regular retail price, with a case and 32 megabyte memory stick. Half a year after Japan, it's finally here. But you know what? It's nothing to worry about.

The DS is currently selling about four times as much as the PSP in Japan. In the United States, I will sadly admit that the PSP is slightly leading the DS in sales. But don't forget, the GBA SP is still selling strongly, and together, Nintendo is still easily dominating the handheld market. So what do you think will happen here in Australia? Lets see.

PSP's screwed. Period.

Though many may not realise, the DS isn't Nintendo's strongest selling console, it's the GameBoy. It was the Gameboy that has dominated the handheld gaming market for over 20 years. It was the Gameboy who kicked Atari, Sega, Bandai and many others out of competition. The PSP's powerful, more powerful than the GBASP. The Sega Gamegear was a LOT more powerful than the chunky Gameboy. The Bandai Wonderswan had better graphics and a slimmer design than the Gameboy Pocket. The Atari console was the first handheld to every have a colour screen.

But you know what? THEY ALL GOT HAMMERED. Nintendo is the king of consoles, formerly both home and handhelds, now currently focusing the majority of their sales on the handhelds. The PSP is simply another obsticle the Nintendo must get past, simply another enemy Nintendo must defeat, like they have done so many times in the past.

In the next few days, I'm sure you'll see many sony fanboys showing off their brand new PSP's. Let them have their fun. Soon they will realise the purchase was a mistake, that Sony should never have dared to take on a market 95% dominated by the Big N. They the PSP will fall under the wrath of the almighty Gameboy and Developers System (DS, not dual screen btw).