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bobtheduck in Korea
10:46 AM

In reply to PSPgo Gives PlayStation A Big Slice Of Japanese Hardware Pie
Now we have to combine real PSP and go figures in our heads like we've had to do with DS. At least they didn't FURTHER split the DS into DSi, DSiLL, and DS light...

It makes me sad that the GO is doing so well... I think it's just technophiles... There's nothing really better about it. Quite the opposite. Price is worse, features are worse... I even keep my phat in my pocket, so the smaller size isn't really a benefit (well, maybe in Japan it is) #thejapanesehardwarechart
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RicoTheSaboteur
11/06/09

In reply to PSPgo Gives PlayStation A Big Slice Of Japanese Hardware Pie
I am looking forward to the american and european numbers for the PSPGo. I suspect the novelty factor will not work as well.
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rich8606
11/06/09

In reply to PSPgo Gives PlayStation A Big Slice Of Japanese Hardware Pie
Ugh... PSPGo... #thejapanesehardwarechart
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DarthXehanort
11/06/09

@rich8606: As I PSPgo upgrader, I must say that I absolutely love and highly recommend it. #thejapanesehardwarechart
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rich8606
09:34 AM

@DarthXehanort: No way! It's $299 with no UMD, I'd rather have physical copy of my games. #thejapanesehardwarechart
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D-K, a burning sensation
11/06/09

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Dutch retailers really put their foot down on the pspgo matter. Of the 17 gameshops that are near me only 9 sell them.

Stubbern clog-wearing assholes. #thejapanesehardwarechart
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Koztah
11/06/09

@D-K, a burning sensation: Clog-wearing assholes? Come on, you can do better than that!

Let's see..

Clog-wearing tulip-fucking windmill operators?

Kiddin'. Nothing wrong with the dutch, but I think more effort needs to be put into insults. #thejapanesehardwarechart
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ThirzaLepidus
11/06/09

@Koztah: Nothing wrong with the dutch?

You obviously don't know any dutch! Buncha balding idiots...

[/half-joke] #thejapanesehardwarechart
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D-K, a burning sensation
11/06/09

@Koztah: It wasn't so much an insult as it was cursing under my breath, yet another aspect of communication that doesn't convey well in typing..

Nevertheless, I shall make it my duty to make my next insult worthwile.

I bid you, good day. #thejapanesehardwarechart
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D-K, a burning sensation
11/06/09

@ThirzaLepidus: Hey! I have thick and luscious hair, jerk!

*kicks spray-it-on-hair canister under desk*

*whistles*

*trips on clog*

Fuuuuuu.. who makes wooden shoes anyway.. it's retarded.. Where's the comfort... it's like barbed-wire & salt diapers..

MADNESS!!

Silly dutch.. #thejapanesehardwarechart
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rymas1
11/06/09

@D-K, a burning sensation: switch to toupe, better for the environment than aerosol

only jerk dutchmen and dwarfs whistle anymore...

Clogs are not only stylish but they serve a necessary function in dutch culture... Ask any model if their shoes are for looks or comfort... also when you live underwater, you want all the floatation devices you can find...

barbed wire and salt diapers...interesting... if you dont mind, i will use this insult the next time i describe playing 9 holes of wii golf with 4 people who have never played before... #thejapanesehardwarechart
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D-K, a burning sensation
11/06/09

@rymas1: Make sure to credit the source, though. #thejapanesehardwarechart
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rymas1
11/06/09

@D-K, a burning sensation: Will do. #thejapanesehardwarechart
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DigitalHero
11/06/09

In reply to PSPgo Gives PlayStation A Big Slice Of Japanese Hardware Pie
PS3 has been king of the console hill in Japan for 2 straight months.

Having a price drop and games does wonders for a platform.
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Stalkumi
11/06/09

@DigitalHero: ballin. #thejapanesehardwarechart
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subnet6
11/06/09

@DigitalHero: Who would have guessed? :)

Hehe. I have no dog in this fight as far as winners and losers, but I really love it when 2 competitors are neck and neck. A blowout doesn't really help us, the gamer, no matter who wins. What helps us is when competitors are threatened by each other and are thus pushed to make their offerings more competitive and feature rich. If the PS3 is able to gain ground on the Wii in Japan, or the 360 in the states (I think the PSP/DS battle is too far gone to matter at this point), I think it will bode well for the gamers on all 3 platforms. #thejapanesehardwarechart
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kingmanic
11/06/09

@subnet6: Indeed. I doubt either Live or PSN would be as good without the competition and I'm sure as soon as one side or the other has definitively 'won' then they'll be arrogant jackasses.

historic examples see.
Atari 2600/5600 era
Nintendo NES/SNES era
Playstation PS/PS2 era
Possibly Nintendo Wii era #thejapanesehardwarechart
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DigitalHero
11/06/09

@Stalkumi:
I lack the words to describe that guy. Haha #thejapanesehardwarechart
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subnet6
11/06/09

@kingmanic: For sure.

And don't forget the Gameboy era. And yeah, I think we've seen this from Nintendo already this gen, which is why it's good for everyone if their competition gets a good surge now and then. #thejapanesehardwarechart
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expansionsss - the jaded gamer
11/02/09

In reply to How'd The PSPgo Launch Go In Japan?
I'd support this product IF they hadn't shrunk the screen...

no sir, i don't like it. #pspgo
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Koztah
11/02/09

@expansionsss - the jaded gamer:
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MiKe Hawk
11/02/09

In reply to How'd The PSPgo Launch Go In Japan?
I really don't like these figures, not because I don't like the system/company but because I hate the business model it is trying to propagate.(download main titles) #pspgo
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MajorNewbie
11/02/09

@MiKe Hawk: I for one welcome our Digital Distribution overlords.

The death of physical media is the first step towards much cheaper gaming for all. #pspgo
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RPGuy
11/02/09

@MajorNewbie: In theory, yes. However, this is reality. Members of the games industry have gone on record bragging that they would raise the price of games even higher if they could. What makes you believe that they would bring the price down just because the game isn't a physical product anymore? They'll still command somewhere in the realm of $50-$60 per title and we, as consumers, would lose out. You can't resell, lend, or rent data files, after all. #pspgo
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Tacticalspoon
11/02/09

@MajorNewbie: Do you really think that once something finally becomes digital distribution only, and does not have to price match B&M middlemen that game prices will suddenly fall? I argue that is nothing more than wishful thinking. It MIGHT actually help the PC, since there is so much competition already, but it will be doom on closed platforms like consoles. DOOM. #pspgo
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Koztah
11/02/09

@RPGuy: "You can't resell, lend, or rent data files, after all."

...You can't? Since when? #pspgo
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mitch_93
11/02/09

In reply to How'd The PSPgo Launch Go In Japan?
See this is why we need insane people. Cause they have their heads in the right place and know what's good and what's bad. And in this case Japan knows that physical media is good. All this DD future bull is coming from the west, where iPods and iPhones are somehow popular when in Japan they know what physical media means and how it will remain to live on until everyone says screw you. Its not that the Japanese market is dying. Oh no. Its just that the Japanese market knows how DD is going to be the demise of all media and the developers are afraid to cater to their logical sane opinion but are pussies enough to please the west. Oh wait. PSP Go not selling well? Its okay Japanese stupid DD way to go. #pspgo
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Rotsujin: when you read my posts, go ahead and add , dipshit. to the end to get the full effect.
11/02/09

@mitch_93: you physical media fetishists are really something else. How could you possibly prefer carrying around a bunch of disks and having to swap between them when it's not necessary or beneficial?

Nobody expects the Go to replace the other PSP SKUs, it's an alternative product for new customers. You are misinterpreting the data to fit your luddite bias. #pspgo
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Koztah
11/02/09

@Rotsujin: Easy.

One - I usually don't carry more than what's in the drive. I don't need to because I know what I want to play.

Two - I can sell/return/trade my games when I'm completely done with them and am sure I won't want to play them again.

An exclusive switch to downloadable media is an ultimatum, really. The companies think they're saying "This is how it's going to be." but the reality of it is "Do it the industry's way or pirate."

With discs, everyone benefits - the industry, the shops, the user. With exclusive digital distribution, the industry wins for a while, the less technically inclined lose out, and pirates win in the end. #pspgo
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sereal
11/03/09

@Koztah: Your pretty rare, most of us don't know what we are going to play and it's nice to have our entire library with us. Also helps when we run into someone else with a psp too.

Digital downloads on handhelds is a good thing. #pspgo
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Koztah
11/03/09

@sereal: Digital downloads on handhelds is a good thing, but not to the exclusion of all else. Currently we have options - disc-based media, downloads, whatever suits our fancy. But if those choices were gone... that wouldn't be a good thing at all. #pspgo
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Foxstar is in love with Kotaku's two Brians.
11/02/09

In reply to How'd The PSPgo Launch Go In Japan?
It helps that in Japan they are at least giving a game away when you buy it, compared to what the US gets. #pspgo
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StevenRafael
11/02/09

@Foxstar is in love with Kotaku's two Brians.: The US gets Rock Band Unplugged. Better than nothing, right? #pspgo
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Foxstar is in love with Kotaku's two Brians.
11/02/09

@StevenRafael: Japan. GT,

UK-GT, Three transfer games.

US-Semi upgradeable RockBand, more like a demo. #pspgo
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StevenRafael
11/02/09

@Foxstar is in love with Kotaku's two Brians.: Oh wow, didn't know that. So I guess we do get shafted :/ #pspgo
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Benny
11/02/09

In reply to How'd The PSPgo Launch Go In Japan?
I am surprised the numbers are how they are in Japan for day 1...

Anyone know how the PSPGo did in the States? I was looking out for a report on it but didn't see one.
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Inkmonkey
11/02/09

In reply to How'd The PSPgo Launch Go In Japan?
Does anyone else find it kind of funny that the launch of the PSPGo has, for the most part, just increased sales of the earlier models of PSP?

It's kind of like when the PS3 came out at $600, and suddenly PS2s were flying off the shelves. #pspgo
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Archaotic
11/02/09

@Inkmonkey: The older PSPs just had a price cut. #pspgo
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Jason Ward
11/02/09

@Archaotic: Ummm...no they didn't. They had a price cut almost a year ago. #pspgo
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Archaotic
11/02/09

@Jason Ward: {retty sure PSP-2000 and PSP-3000 JUST got a price cut around TGS time. #pspgo
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Jason Ward
11/03/09

@Archaotic: Nope, but to be fair, we were both wrong: PSP got a price cut *two years ago*.

[www.1up.com] #pspgo
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Cochese: Now with moxie.
11/02/09

In reply to How'd The PSPgo Launch Go In Japan?
This doesn't seem very bad for launch day figures. Or am I missing something? #pspgo
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NeoAkira
11/02/09

@Cochese: Now with moxie.:

These are horrible for launch day figures. #pspgo
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-MasterDex-
11/02/09

@NeoAkira: How is 28,000 in one day in one country bad for a handheld that already has cheaper alternative versions and a hefty $250 pricetag? #pspgo
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Pombar
11/02/09

@-MasterDex-: It's bad for a handheld device's launch day - adding those stipulations renders such a judgment meaningless, as those are some of the big reasons why it didn't do well.
ie, 'Apart from being poisonous, how is cyanide bad for you?' #pspgo
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-MasterDex-
11/02/09

@Pombar: These are figures for one day. The DSi sold 170,779 units in it's first two days. Now, there's no arguing that's a good launch but that's the DSi, the clear leader of the market and considering the massively wide appeal of the handheld, it's not surprising.

The PSP on the other hand is not the market leader. It is, however, the first handheld to even come close to competing with Nintendo. it's also aimed at a different market.

adding those stipulations renders such a judgment meaningless

I don't see how. The PSP is not the DS. As I said, they have different target markets so their sales cannot be directly correlated with each other. In such a case, the reason behind the difference in sales must be considered. That said, you can see that the sales of the PSPGo are good, considering the facts.

Your mockery of my point at the end doesn't work either. Considering sales figures and making a judgement on how decent they are is not the same as determining how bad cyanide is for the body.

These launch day sales figures are probably pretty much in line with what Sony expected in Japan so in that respect, they're decent sales. #pspgo
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Pombar
11/02/09

@-MasterDex-: It wasn't an analogy - it was an example of how adding stipulations like that can remove all meaning from the judgment. You could argue the Gizmondo was a success if you added enough, for instance.
Comparing it to previous PSP launches might be more fruitful than this.

And no mockery intended! I wouldn't dare. #pspgo
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NeoAkira
11/02/09

@-MasterDex-: It's a poor figure, by comparison. I'm not saying selling 28,000 PSP GOs is bad. I'm saying if you look at launch day figures of the previous models and ds models, it isn't that good.

Especially considering that this is Japan. If there's one country I'd bank on being ready for an all DLC system it would be Japan.
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-MasterDex-
11/02/09

@NeoAkira: By comparison, it is a poor figure but that's my point, you can't directly compare and judge the sales of the PSP and DS since their target markets are different.

As I said, all things considered, the PSP Go did well on it's first day in Japan. Perhaps, any correlation in sales should be left until the day 1 DSiLL sales figures are announced since they can be compared better. #pspgo
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NeoAkira
11/03/09

@-MasterDex-:

This is true. Once the DSiLL figures come out we'll be able to tell whether it was just the market that lead to the PSP GO's figures or whether it was the system itself. #pspgo
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djricekcn
11/02/09

In reply to How'd The PSPgo Launch Go In Japan?
I think in Japan, the Go concept is more liked than the UMD devices due to space and etc....even though you can do the same on the regular PSP's too. #pspgo
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Kobun
11/02/09

@djricekcn: I dunno about that. I've got the sense that most Japanese developers aren't too keen on the digital marketplace going from the number of Japanese games on PSN and XBL. It feels like the bulk of the companies there in still in that testing the waters phase for some reason. #pspgo
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Pretty Sneaky Sis
11/02/09

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Japan loves portables. I wonder how this will stack up against the DSi LL's Japanese launch. #pspgo
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Archaotic
11/02/09

@Pretty Sneaky Sis: Hahahahahahaha...one of them has "Nintendo DS" in the name. The battle's already won there, as the Japanese are insane. #pspgo
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TheNexusRebound
11/02/09

@Archaotic: Not always the case that the DS wins. It may not be months on end but there have been periods in recent that Sony's handheld topped the market. Launch days numbers though DS LL will win. #pspgo
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Archaotic
11/02/09

@TheNexusRebound: Yeah, because the Japanese buy anything with the DS brand on it, increased usability or not. It's depressing.
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emcglone316
10/31/09

In reply to DS Lite, Xbox 360 Only Positives In This Week's Japanese Hardware Chart
Should just combine all the DS's into one in my opinion. Aside from like what is it one or two exceptions they all play the same games. #thejapanesehardwarechart
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excel_excel
10/31/09

@emcglone316: No DSi plays DSiware as well. #thejapanesehardwarechart
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emcglone316
11/01/09

@excel_excel: Ah yeah I didn't think about that. Should still at least lump DSI and LL version together though #thejapanesehardwarechart
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