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Itagaki: The PSP's battle is with the GBA
Tomonobu Itagaki has been known to say some pretty off-the-wall things, but his recent comments about the PSP left us scratching our heads. We're not sure if the man is a genious, or if he'd be better off in a loony bin.Speaking to Gamasutra, the Team NINJA executive producer said the PSP isn't in direct competition with Nintendo's DS. Instead, Sony's handheld is battling it out with last generation's GameBoy Advance. "... the PSP needs to defeat ... the predecessor, the Game Boy Advance," he said. "Because Nintendo has made all their profits, and made this fan-base off of the success of the GBA. What Sony really needed to do was get those key Game Boy users and broaden the market."Itagaki has used this line of thought and the fact that he believes the PSP is too powerful to reason why he and his team decided to develop their next Ninja Gaiden title for the DS. Yes, we know now that the man is insane.
Japanese hardware sales, Oct. 16-22: Mad Lib edition
Ya know, I've thought about coming up with all sorts of creative ways to present you the hardware sales like our sister sites do, but there's really only so many ways you can creatively express the DS Lite's ass kicking of the PSP in Japan. But I'm going to give it a go this week.So, in honor of the Joystiq family tradition, I'll bring you a creative hardware sales post this one time. If you've ever played Mad Libs, you'll know exactly what to do. If not, go outside and play in the street.- DS Lite: 116,941 12,454 (11.92%) - PS2: 22,380 2,347 (9.50%) - PSP: 20,271 1,332 (6.17%) - GBA SP: 2,421122 (5.31%) - Game Boy Micro: 1,660 54 (3.15%) - Xbox 360: 1,287 456 (26.16%) - Gamecube: 638 15 (2.30%) - DS Phat: 130 143 (52.38%) - GBA: 37 25 (67.57%) - Xbox: 6 3 (100.00%)The [insert adjective] DS Lite [insert verb] the PSP's [insert noun] in this week's Japanese hardware sales. But even though the PSP is [insert verb] this week, the [insert noun] is definitely [insert adjective] for the our beloved handheld. Just wait until [insert upcoming PSP game] comes out. Yeah, then things will be different![Source: Media Create]
Japanese hardware sales, Oct. 2-8: The PSP beats the DS ... sort of
It looks like the Pokemon weren't enough to keep the DS Lite's sales numbers anywhere near what they were last week. However, this week wasn't kind to any of the hardware as the top five systems each dropped in sales numbers compared to what they were a week earlier.- DS Lite: 124,137 150,252 (54.76%) - PS2: 28,264 3,728 (11.65%) - PSP: 21,050 4,269 (16.86%) - Xbox 360: 2,101 94 (4.28%) - GBA SP: 1,532279 (15.41%) - Game Boy Micro: 1,273 170 (15.41%) - Gamecube: 488 35 (6.70%) - DS Phat: 260 7 (2.77%) - GBA: 12 2 (20.00%) - Xbox: 8 5 (166.67%)The DS Lite still gave the PSP a good spanking, outselling it by more than 100,000. But hey, look on the bright side, the PSP kicked the DS Phat's ass! [Source: Media Create]
