Sony's PSP vs. Ninendo's GBA

[gekko]

Originally posted by TheGame
Gekko, GBA's outsell GCN, that means GBA owners own Ps2, and there is a good chance that most GBA owners own Ps2s... so how do they have no name in that market?

Don't mix facts. Sony has no name in the handheld market in the same way Nintendo has no name in the TV industry.

Sony is the biggest name in the game industry, period.

No, Sony has the best selling console of today. Nintendo has been around longer, with more generations of people growing up with Nintendo as a household name. Plus, Nintendo still owns the handheld market. Sony makes a successful console, Nintendo is responsible for the survival of the game industry, has been around for over a quarter century, completely dominates the handheld industry, and their games are widely regarded as the best in the world.

Nintendo had that crown, but thier ignorance killed them... if Sony could step into the game industry as a whole and dominate Nintendo's console, why can't they do it in the handheld market?

Sony had a lucky break. Nintendo has dominated the handheld market for over a decade. You just don't step in and chance that, in the same way Nintendo and Microsoft can't just walk in and expect PS2 to crumble. You may survive, but you're sitting 2nd chair, by a long shot.

They have a MUCH bigger name then the had when they first started making consoles, and still dominated...

In that case, maybe you should try reading the quote a few more times. Don't know what you're talking about. What I am saying is that Sony tries to target the adult gamer with PS2. Their current audience, the ones with whom they have a name, is not the same people that buy handheld machines. Handhelds are mainly played by the younger demographic, the kind Sony seemed to want to avoid for the last 6 years. The one that so many people say belongs to Nintendo.