At least for the 1000 people surveyed in Japan by Nikkei… They were polled on what they are going to get for Christmas. Out of those who want a new console:
What new console system are you planning to buy?
* 1. PSP – 33%
* 2. Nintendo DS – 22.5%
* 3. PlayStation 2 – 20.2%
* 4. GameBoy Micro – 11.6%
* 5. Xbox 360 – 10.1%How many games are you planning to buy:
* None – 60%
* 1 to 2 – 32.2%
* 3 to 4 – 5.6%
* 5 to 6 – 1.5%
* 7 to 9 – 0.3%
* Over 10 – 0.4%
Considering NDS has been thrashing PSP in Japan since forever, could this sudden boast for PSP be due to the Location Free TV function of the 2.50 firmware? Or is it because of the upcoming Boku to Watashi no Katamari Damacy game?
And not to mention that Xbox 360 actually managed to reach a double-digit percentage! Could it be that Microsoft’s promotional gimmicks in Japan are actually working? I find this hard to believe, considering how even the redesigned PSOne outsold Xbox in Japan. *eyes the Gameboy Micro above*
Perhaps Nikkei’s sample size was just way too small…
imho info about multifunction PSP getting spreaded worldwide that makes PSP sales getting better, PSP function doubles since first time release
on release : movie . photo . audio . game player
now : movie . photo . audio . game player . browser . chat . location TV . plus various projects currently running for PSP
While for Xbox360, you right commercial do the right things, like Enchanted Arms looks so great . DOA4 to Hironobu Sakaguchi future xbox360 games [ie blue dragon . lost odyssey more info on mistwalker.info]
well i personally think that xbox360 looks really promising console
Gameboy micro on other hand is retro / old gamer rulez, they are so many freak player in japan and more than 50% of them is nintendo fanboy , so no weird nintendo still exist till now ^^