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"greenyammo" <greenyammo@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> El Guapo wrote:
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>>> El Guapo wrote:
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>>>>> I was thinking about what kind of games the DS could do that the PSP
>>>>> could not do, and which ports might give them the edge.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here are a few I could think of.
>>>>>
>>>>> Civilization
>>>>> Touch Screen and Wireless play would
>>>>> make this a must have title and could sell
>>>>> many units.
>>>>>
>>>>> Warcraft
>>>>> Again, touch screen and strong established
>>>>> fanbase.
>>>>>
>>>>> and
>>>>>
>>>>> Command and Conquer
>>>>>
>>>>> These were just off the top of my head.
>>>>> It's very interesting to see the unique games already coming through
>>>>> on the DS as well, like Kirby, Pac Pix, etc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> IMO Nintendo should publish a bunch of these games and push the DS into
>>>> a new market for handhelds. Preferably before Sony releases their new
>>>> PSP with touch screen technology, which I guarantee is something they
>>>> are looking at, if not actively pursuing.
>>>>
>>> I wonder if Sony are persuing touch screen? My theory is that it
>>> wouldn't be that useful to play anything except "mouse based" style
>>> strategy titles and adventures etc. which doesn't seem to be Sony's
>>> thing. A lot of investment for not much reward, having a second screen
>>> would probably be out of the question due to patents and the extra cost.
>>
>>
>> Who said anything about a second screen? All they would have to do is
>> replace the current screen with a similar touch screen. Considering that
>> Sony makes lots of PDA's with touch screen technology, I doubt that this
>> would be a major hurdle for them.
>>
> I'm just not sure if "drawing" and strategy titles are really Sony's bag.
> Remember Sony as a business lose money on their consoles, extra features
> only add to that loss. That gorgeous PSP screen is the main draw for that
> console and I doubt they think it needs anything else. Maybe the next
> generation PSP though, If it makes it that far. Fingers crossed.
Sony's "bag" is selling more consoles than anybody else, and I doubt they
exempt hand held consoles from that goal. If the DS continues to outperform
the PSP, you can be pretty sure that Sony will be working very hard to find
out why, and what they can do about it. Right now they probably assume it's
price, and it might well be, but if they can add comparable features they'll
do that too.
Yes, they take a loss on the hardware, but so what? Sony does not nickel
and dime over hardware features, and how much would it cost to add touch
screen, anyway? I'm not saying that they will do it any time soon, but it
will probably happen eventually. In the meantime, Nintendo could build a
commanding mind share in these types of games. Nintendo is always saying
that they want to grow the market; well, here is an untapped segment of the
gaming community when it comes to hand held consoles. I don't know for sure
that it would work, but it's at least as likely to work as trying to turn
non-gamers into gamers.