Koller Disses DSi

[MecaEcco]

John Koller hasn't been making many popular decisions lately as those of us who follow the PSP blogs know, but he has released a statement where he critiques the way Nintendo is marketing the DSi, and its targeted audience, and talks about how Sony is doing what Nintendo fails to do.

If Nintendo is really committed to reaching a broader, more diverse audience of gamers beyond the "kids" market that they've always engaged, there isn't much new with the DSi to support that. Significant gamer demographic groups are being ignored, and there continues to be limited opportunities for games from external publishers to do well on the DSi. Compare that with the PSP platform, where we have many blockbuster franchises from our publishing partners launching this year, representing a wide variety of genres and targeting diverse demographics. Games such as Rock Band Unplugged from MTV Games, Assassin's Creed from Ubisoft, Dissidia Final Fantasy from Square Enix, and Hannah Montana from Disney demonstrate the commitment that publishers have to the PSP. From our own first-party studios, we're launching unique versions of LittleBigPlanet and MotorStorm, and we're also planning a steady stream of downloadable games ? both new titles and PSone classics ? to add to the content that PSP owners can already purchase wirelessly through PlayStation Store.

In short, Koller is showing off Sony's 1st party titles along with some other ones to show off the PSP's variety of games and effectively stomping all over the DS's catalog of mini-game collabs, Mario titles, and "kiddie games". Koller makes a good point by pointing the DS's biggest shortcoming, mainly its lack of diversity in it's titles.

http://kotaku.com/5198631/sony-gets-chippy-on-eve-of-dsi-release

I have both portables and love both...But lets get two things straight:

1) you can't tout how your system has more game variety than the other when you only reference games that aren't out in the U.S. yet. None of those games are playable here so it is unfair to compare your upcoming games to DS's current library.

2) For 2008 the number of released PSP games was 76 (down from 153 in 2006 and 127 in 2007), while the number of DS games for that same time span was nearly twice that. For system lifespan the number of games for PSP is 447, whereas the DS has 587 games. If you are going to argue that your system has more game variety it helps if your system has more games...and isn't showing a downward trend of 3rd party support.

I have heard, however, that some are questioning whether or not Koller actually said this stuff.

 

[herpderderpdrerp]

I used to own both the DS and a PSP, and in my personal opinion the DS was better, in fact now that the DSi is being released and I have a lot more time to kill waiting for classes to start at college and such I'm saving up for a DSi...

The PSP was...good....but that was it...it was not good enough to keep me interested.

Although I did love Metal Gear Ac!d to bits.... <3

 

[Woe Is You]

The most amusing thing is how Hannah Montana is suddenly a bargaining chip for Sony.

Koller be trippin', mon.

 

[-Seraph-]

The most amusing thing is how Hannah Montana is suddenly a bargaining chip for Sony.

Koller be trippin', mon.

Oh COME ON!! are you serious!? Who wouldn't want a Hannah monatann bundle that comes with this?

I am SO getting one!!