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Sat, 16 May 2009 20:53:35
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From a consumer standpoint, do you think home consoles and handheld consoles share the same market? If the Nintendo DS outsells the PS2, will it be known as the best selling gaming console of all time?

DS: 100 million
PS2: 136 million

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Sat, 16 May 2009 21:21:36
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I believe so, yes.  My time spent playing my DS is time spent not playing my PS2 and in the same way if the DS outsells the PS2 it will mean that more DSs have been sold for gaming than PS2s.

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Sat, 16 May 2009 21:41:15
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Semantically, console should refer to a static gaming system and not a portable.  The only thing that fits the description of "handheld console" is the Virtual Boy.

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Sat, 16 May 2009 21:49:00
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Coopersville said:

From a consumer standpoint, do you think home consoles and handheld consoles share the same market? If the Nintendo DS outsells the PS2, will it be known as the best selling gaming console of all time?

DS: 100 million
PS2: 136 million

Sony won't agree with that, but I do. To me, portable consoles and home consoles are part of the same market; they're all video games. Like Bugs said, time spent with a portable is time taken away from a home console.

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Sat, 16 May 2009 22:06:53
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Okay, the Gameboy has sold like 119 million (GB, GB Pocket, GB Colour). So yeah, the DS will probably outsell everything. It depends how long Nintendo is willing to keep it in the market. The same is true for the Wii. If Nintendo is willing to keep it in the market for 6-7 years it can outsell the PS2.
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Sun, 17 May 2009 05:54:12
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I think considering how badly Chinatown wars has sold says that people are more willing to buy different types of games for handhelds than consoles, so depending on how you look at it, no.

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Sun, 17 May 2009 08:31:10
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Foolz said:
I think considering how badly Chinatown wars has sold says that people are more willing to buy different types of games for handhelds than consoles, so depending on how you look at it, no.

 That reminds me Chinatown did not appear in the top 20 for May did it? Sad

To your core question, I'm of two minds on whether or not they are in the same sphere.  I've re-written this post three times already.

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Sun, 17 May 2009 08:34:12
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Hmmm....good question, but no.

I love handhelds and in many ways, I love them more than console or PC games. But I can't put them in the same room with consoles. I think they should be separate.

But then there's that argument that the PSP is basically a portable PS2. But I still see it as a handheld.


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Sun, 17 May 2009 10:59:04
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Same as ASK. I love handhelds as much sometimes more than consoles, but they are seperate, even saying that as someone who owns both. They just have different experiences which is a very good thing. I wouldn't enjoy many handheld games if rooted to a TV and vice versa. 

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