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The key is for SONY to have plenty of PSP-only, original first and 3rd party games.

Technology wise, the PSP has always been a superior system to the DS. The PSP Lite's hardware revision should help it in the near future but I'd have liked to see a price drop to $129.99]]>Sep 21st 2007 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/it's only one week with a good set of titles that came out
the DS still have way more total sales and probably most people that want one have one]]>Sep 22nd 2007 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/
Many Japanese buyers thirst for story rich RPG games with as much depth as console system software and graphics/sound that stand up to the consoles as well.

The DS simply can't offer that. 90% of DS's top sellers have "Mario" in the title and are updated versions of Nintendo's 1990 glory days.]]>Sep 22nd 2007 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/NINTENDO DS caters mostly to those who are stuck on >dated, traditional gameplay from the Gameboy, SUPER >NES and ULTRA 64 days.

Hmm, not really.
The DS brings alot more new features to the scene, alot more variety in gameplay. Traditional gameplay it is not

The PSP, on the other hand, clings to tradition like a little kid and his blanket. It's pretty much just a portable ps2. Content-rich RPG? Sure. But all these "Content-rich" RPGs have something in common. The same gameplay, and usually a very, very similar plot. The ability to write good stories does not make a great game. Even great content, great graphics, and great sounds can still be filed under traditional gameplay.

If you stripped down a DS game to it's bare essentials, going down to crappiest graphics, and worst sounds, you'd still have a great game.

If you stripped down your favorite PSP game to it's bare essentials, you'd have Final Fantasy 1 or something like that.]]>Sep 22nd 2007 12:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 1:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/
What I see in the above comments is some bad atempt at a comeback from the DS Fanboys. The DS is about as entertaining as my 3 yr old motorola cell-phone (The cell even clocks faster).

Nintendo offers games which are variations on the same things; they may be fun, but "fun" like the helicopter game, you get bored of it soon.

With a modded PSP you can do so much more anyways, 50GB of isos on HDD - nuff said.
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Pokemon Diamond & Pearl
New! Super Mario Brothers
Brain Age 2
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Brain Age
Mario Kart DS
English Training
Nintendogs
Common Sense Training
Big Brain Academy

Only 2 have Mario in the title.]]>Sep 22nd 2007 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/]]>Sep 22nd 2007 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/
It has happened before, and I think the PSP is more than capable of having a good game come out and have a good week of sales.

Though I don't get the 'rest on your laurels' or Atari reference...considering Square Enix is putting the next Dragon Quest on the DS (which is somewhat bigger than even Final Fantasy in Japan), those concerns don't make much sense.]]>Sep 22nd 2007 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/
Unfortunately, that is not sarcasm. That is utter and blatant stupidity.]]>Sep 22nd 2007 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/
However, Final Fanatsy 7; Crisis Core is an absolutely amazing game with steller graphics. Just beat it, tear-jerker ending.]]>Sep 22nd 2007 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/
Ah well, I have DS, I have PSP, I win either way. Pfft.]]>Sep 22nd 2007 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/
Games with 75 or over on metacrititc.com for PSP: 94
Games with 75 or over on metacrititc.com for NDS: 73

Obviously the psp has better overall games. Gotta love ignorant dsfanboys.]]>Sep 23rd 2007 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 2:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/You're an idiot for calling someone an idiot that calls someone else an idiot]]>Sep 22nd 2007 3:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/
@sm

Wow, I never saw that coming!

..

IDIOT!]]>Sep 22nd 2007 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/
This will probably be a one time occurrence seeing how the DS has three Dragon Quest games in it's pipe line.

And in Japan: Dragon Quest>Jesus
]]>Sep 22nd 2007 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Jesus.]]>Sep 22nd 2007 4:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/
"There's no Jesus in Japan"

If you're a Christian, then you believe that Jesus ascended into Heaven. If you're an atheist, then you believe Jesus's remains are somewhere in Israel. (Or if you're a die hard Atheist, you believe Jesus never existed.) Any way you slice it, Japan is safe!]]>Sep 23rd 2007 1:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Facts:
Sony PSP -$$$ both original and slim
Sony exploding laptop batteries -$$$
Sony PS3 -$$$
Sony Blu-Ray format -$$$
Sony Beano MP3 PLayer -$$$
Sony Betamax VCR -$$$
Sony MiniDisc -$$$]]>Sep 22nd 2007 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 12:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 2:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/
64DD, Gamecube, Gameboy Micro, cracking DS hinges, breaking Wii straps, and lest you forget, Virtual Boy.

Oh, and while Sony is losing money on each PS3, Nintendo is actually making a profit on every Wii sold. Does that make you hate Nintendo?]]>Sep 22nd 2007 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 6:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 12:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/i'm sure if nintendo had come out with a DS lite V2, there would be a bit more competition.]]>Sep 22nd 2007 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 2:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 3:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/
Thou shalt not ask if it will blend.
Thou shalt not ask if it will play Doom.
Thou shalt not welcome our new (fill in article title) overlords.]]>Sep 22nd 2007 6:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/21/psp-overtakes-ds-in-japanese-hardware-sales/Sep 22nd 2007 11:11AM