Closing The Gap On PSP
DS VERSES PSP PART 8

Nintendo UK decided to release some boastful figures about the DS today, by mysterious coincidence also the day the PSP arrives in Europe and Australia. This news, after reading about DS sales in Australia, did not surprise me much at all. Here is a link to the page:
http://www.cube-europe.com/news.php?nid=8190

Notice this on the page:

"In the UK, the Nintendo DS broke records for the biggest ever opening in a launch weekend, selling 87,000 units in two days – that's an average of one Nintendo DS sold every two seconds!"

The Nintendo DS became the fastest selling console ever in Australia, and now it has done the same in the UK. On average one console sold every 2 seconds, for two days and two nights non-stop. Amazing what Nintendo, a supposedly dying company, making kiddie consoles and games, can do. Isn't it? Nintendo never stepped down from the title of "King of Consoles", they simply concentrated on the portable market instead. Sony fanboys will never believe this, of course, most of them (surprisingly) still believe the PSP is selling well. Many also believe the PS2 is more powerful than the Gamecube, and PS1 more powerful than the N64. If you're one of these people, well here's some news.

Processor wise, the N64 was THREE TIMES AS POWERFUL AS THE PS1. The N64 had a 100 Mhz processor, PS1's was 33 MHz, closer to the power of the SNES. Compare the graphics of the PS1 to the graphics the N64 is capable of producing, they look a whole generation apart. the PS2 is about half as powerful as the Nintendo Gamecube. Its processor is half the speed, and in terms of graphics, it could only produce 7 million polygons, while Gamecube can do 15 million. Actually the Gamecube isn't far off the Xbox's power, the Xbox culd produce 17 million. And although the Xbox's processor is twice that of Gamecube's (and 4x PS2), the Gamecube could sitll produce Xbox quality graphics, with an exception with some shadings.

But unlike Nintendo, who have been making a profit with every Gamecube, Microsoft loses about $200 on every Xbox sold. In the last four months they have lost over HALF A BILLION U.S DOLLARS on the Xbox. Microsoft are dumping the console, hoping to gain in the long run. Whereas Nintendo has been making profit on the consoles, accessories and games for decades. Though Microsoft can never be killed if they continueously dump their systems, seeing as they're so darn rich :), I'm sure they'll eventually cease selling if the Xbox/360 continues to lose profits.

Back to Sony. Simply, they are even more screwed than Microsoft (in the gaming market). They have been making less profit than Nintendo, and unlike Microsoft, they cannot afford to sell their consoles for a loss. Their first attempt (on their own) at a home console was pathetic, I mean by price, size and shape of console/controllers etc. Microsoft relised their mistake, they create a system smaller in size than the Xbox. Nintendo have realised their mistake, they plan to release before PS3. Sony have become over confident after PS2, they will surely be the ones to suffer this coming generation. But Sony fanboys will never realise. They will never accept the fact that their beloved console originated from a SNES. They will never accept the fact that DS is selling 4 times faster than the PSP. Oh well, too bad for them.

I seem to have gone off the DS verses PSP topic here, I'll give it a rest for now. But stay tuned for more PSP bashing soon :).