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[samus4ever]

Famitsu has posted an inquiry of Sony PSP and Nintendo DS to readers and developers in Japan:

1. Does PSP interest you?

Reader: Yes - 59.3%, No - 40.7%
Developer: Yes - 90.7%, No - 9.3%

2. Does Nintendo DS interest you?

Reader: Yes - 73.3%, No - 26.7%
Developer: Yes - 87%, No - 13%

3. Which functions and abilities of PSP are you particularly interested?

Reader:
a. Graphics
b. Network communication (e.g. LAN)
c. Playback music and films
d. Size of the screen
e. UMD Disc

Developer:
a. Graphics
b. Network communication (e.g. LAN)
c. Technical specs and CPU
d. Design
e. Extension

4. Which functions and abilities of Nintendo DS are you particularly interested?

Reader:
1. Touch screen
2. Dual screen
3. Network communication
4. Compatibility to GameBoy Advance
5. Microphone

Developer:
1. Touch screen
2. Dual screen
3. Compatibility to GameBoy Advance
4. Network communication
5. Microphone

5. What will be the price of PSP?

Reader:
10,000 - 20,000 yen: 22.2%
20,000 - 30,000 yen: 51.7%
30,000 - 40,000 yen: 21.7%
40,000 - 50,000 yen: 3.1%
over 50,000 yen: 1.3%

Developer: Average price will be around 26,437 yen

6. What will be the price of Nintendo DS?

Reader:
10,000 - 20,000 yen: 75.4%
20,000 - 30,000 yen: 23.0%
30,000 - 40,000 yen: 1.3%
40,000 - 50,000 yen: 0.2%
over 50,000 yen: 0.1%

Developer: Average price will be with around 17,506 yen

7. Which games are you looking forward the most (readers only)?

PSP:
1. Metal Gear Acid (Konami): 86 votes
2. Gran Turismo 4 Mobile (Polyphony Digital): 80 votes
3. Shin Sangoku Musou (Koei): 50 votes
4. Super Robot Taisen (Banpresto): 23 votes
4. Everybody's Golf (Sony): 23 votes
6. Finally Fantasy VII Advent Children (Square Enix): 17 votes
7. Tales of Eternia (Namco): 16 votes
8. Games from Square Enix: 14 votes
9. Ridge Racer (Namco): 12 votes
10. Dokodemo Issyo (Sony): 11 votes

Nintendo DS:
1. Super Mario 64 x 4 (Nintendo): 44 votes
2. Gyakuten Saiban (Capcom): 43 votes
3. Animal Forest DS (Nintendo): 41 votes
4. Super Mario series (Nintendo): 40 votes
5. Metroid Prime: Hunters (Nintendo): 37 votes
6. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo): 30 votes
7. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo): 25 votes
8. Made in Wario DS (Nintendo): 24 votes
9. Shin Sangoku Musou (Koei): 20 votes
10. Legend of Zelda series (Nintendo): 15 votes

8. Which system do you have more interests?

Reader:
Nintendo DS: 57.6 %
PSP: 42.4 %

Developer:
PSP: 53.7 %
Nintendo DS: 27.8 %
Both equally: 18.5 %

 

[Tritroid]

Interesting..

 

[SolidSnakex]

Yes they definetly shouldn't worry about Sony. Ignore them in fact.

 

[human5892]

Interesting.

I wonder if the developer interests -- which currently seem to favor PSP -- will slide in the face of these ostensibly opposite consumer interests.

 

[jarrod]

Short term: Not really
Long term: Definitely

 

[Blackace]

Yes they definetly shouldn't worry about Sony. Ignore them in fact.

no need to worry.... just do their own sh!t right....

 

[cvxfreak]

I think Nintendo's got the PSP in check. Cheaper gamers can get a GBASP and less cheaper gamers can get a DS. Its two products versus one essentially.

 

[SolidSnakex]

This poll though is pretty useless considering Sony hasn't even shown their games in full playable form. The poll done after TGS (if there is one) will be a much better sign of how developers and the general public feel about the PSP.

 

[kaching]

PSP:
1. Metal Gear Acid (Konami): 86 votes
2. Gran Turismo 4 Mobile (Polyphony Digital): 80 votes
3. Shin Sangoku Musou (Koei): 50 votes
4. Super Robot Taisen (Banpresto): 23 votes
4. Everybody's Golf (Sony): 23 votes
6. Finally Fantasy VII Advent Children (Square Enix): 17 votes
7. Tales of Eternia (Namco): 16 votes
8. Games from Square Enix: 14 votes
9. Ridge Racer (Namco): 12 votes
10. Dokodemo Issyo (Sony): 11 votes

Where's Mercury on your list, Japanese gamers?!? No taste, I tells ya...

 

[jarrod]

Same goes for DS actually, only partial demos and in progress hardware design were at E3. TGS might not be the real judging point (especially if there's a SpaceWorld) but hopefully some 3rd parties will show more of their wares at the show...

 

[bobafett]

This poll though is pretty useless considering Sony hasn't even shown their games in full playable form. The poll done after TGS (if there is one) will be a much better sign of how developers and the general public feel about the PSP.

Well, the DS games were not shown in full playable form either. IMHO they were early concept demos (of course, more develped than the PSP ones). A DS game can't be played like Metroid, it is too annoying.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Same goes for DS actually, only partial demos and in progress hardware design were at E3. TGS might not be the real judging point (especially if there's a SpaceWorld) but hopefully some 3rd parties will show more of their wares at the show...

It'd atleast give the PSP better footing. Even Kaz has said that it'll come down to software. And just announcing a bunch of games that people might be interested in isn't enough to get them excited. They need to see and play those games. Neither can really be judged fairly now though, especially the PSP.

 

[jarrod]

It'd atleast give the PSP better footing. Even Kaz has said that it'll come down to software. And just announcing a bunch of games that people might be interested in isn't enough to get them excited. They need to see and play those games. Neither can really be judged fairly now though, especially the PSP.

Yeah TGS will definitely be PSP's time to shine, by default really with Nintendo not attending.