Comments on: PS3 and Wii to be scarce in 2007? http://wayofthegeek.org/2006/12/ps3-and-wii-to-be-scarce-in-2007/ Your One Stop Geek Shop Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:01:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Shawn M. http://wayofthegeek.org/2006/12/ps3-and-wii-to-be-scarce-in-2007/#comment-430 Shawn M. Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:56:47 +0000 http://wayofthegeek.org/video-games/2006/12/ps3-and-wii-to-be-scarce-in-2007.html#comment-430 The reason why DS is so popular is because it has the games to back it up, while the PSP has... what does the PSP have? Two Grand Theft Auto games? Once people can start downloading PS1 titles to their PSP's, that may give the system a bit of life-support... but then again, the only way that's possible is if the person has a PS3 to download the games. The reason why DS is so popular is because it has the games to back it up, while the PSP has… what does the PSP have? Two Grand Theft Auto games? Once people can start downloading PS1 titles to their PSP’s, that may give the system a bit of life-support… but then again, the only way that’s possible is if the person has a PS3 to download the games.

]]> By: Devin de Gruyl http://wayofthegeek.org/2006/12/ps3-and-wii-to-be-scarce-in-2007/#comment-429 Devin de Gruyl Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:28:34 +0000 http://wayofthegeek.org/video-games/2006/12/ps3-and-wii-to-be-scarce-in-2007.html#comment-429 It isn't just the consoles, either - judging by the hellish time I had hunting up a Nintendo DS this Christmas shopping season, <i>that's</i> likely to be a <i>rara avis</i> too... and this is a portable that's been out for over a year already! Maybe the fact the DS is now the top gaming platform in Japan (consoles included!) has something to do with its sudden popularity explosion here? All I know is that the EBs and Wally Worlds in my area couldn't seem to keep the bloody things in stock all during the Christmas rush, while 360s and PSPs were literally stacked ten deep on the shelves, ignored in the orgasm of consumeristic excess that is December in the retail biz. Weird, to say the least... It isn’t just the consoles, either - judging by the hellish time I had hunting up a Nintendo DS this Christmas shopping season, that’s likely to be a rara avis too… and this is a portable that’s been out for over a year already!

Maybe the fact the DS is now the top gaming platform in Japan (consoles included!) has something to do with its sudden popularity explosion here? All I know is that the EBs and Wally Worlds in my area couldn’t seem to keep the bloody things in stock all during the Christmas rush, while 360s and PSPs were literally stacked ten deep on the shelves, ignored in the orgasm of consumeristic excess that is December in the retail biz. Weird, to say the least…

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