This isn't really aimed at anybody, just why I believe the 3DS will probably outsell the NGP.
Graphics can only get you so far. What I and most other retrogamers believe is that today's hardcore line-up juts lacks the spark of the quirky and addicting gameplay of older games. It is these games that the Nintendo handhelds always seem to get. Sony's problem has always been that they look to much into the future. They turn down games that stay true to tried and proven playing styles in favor of the modern, gimmicky styles of gameplay. Granted, this has worked in the past on a few titles, such as Loco-Roco and LittleBig Planet, but these titles are descendants of old platforming styles. It is my prediction that the NGP will suffer the same fate as the PSP: garnering a small, but loyal, fanbase while quietly fading away on the sidelines, while Nintendo handhelds continue to march on in the spotlight due to its adaptibility and quality games that garner a large fanbase. To most gamers, all this technical stuff doesn't mean much to us. Companies may throw these big and fancy words to make their systems seem more advanced than the competition, but what it boils down to is that in the end a system is judged on its reliability, its gameplay, its control, and its own style. The NGP does seem like a nice system, but Sony is getting to caught up in its mission to end Nintendo's reign at the top in the handheld market with its advanced systems that they are forgetting the one thing that decides a system's success: the consumer's preference. Sony leans too much on its 3rd party developers, while Nintendo has a healthy balance between quality first-party titles, well-designed 3rd party titles, and a wide range of obscure shovelware titles. It's just my opinion, but Nintendo just seems to be the only game company anymore to care more for the quality of its games and hardware than the money they make on pumping out mediocre ideas and advnaced systems designed just to outsell competition, not actually meant for the gamers it is marketed to, plus the NGP is basicaly just a PSP with some hardware upgrades, a touchscreen (not very original), and a second nub. You don't have to agree with me, that is just how I feel on the modern gaming as a whole.
Another reason would be that while the NGP may be getting COD, it just never feels right to play a shooter on anything but an analog controller. I am a die-hard Nintendo fan, don't get me wrong, but I can't stand playing a shooter with clunky motion controls. Also, Activison has expressed interest in making COD for 3DS, so I don't believe that NGP people can use that as an advantage, especially considering that even though the NGP and PSP have better graphics, that still doesn't overcome the fact that controls on a handhels are often rigid and clumsy, with a high learning curve for anyone, and yes I know that the NGP is supposed to have dual analog. The nub never really worked on the PSP, and the 3DS isn't much better, it might be worse. Mine has gotten stuck on more than one occasion.
It's like I said, the PSP may attract hardcore gamers and people who just want to seem cool to their friends by abandoning Nintendo, but casual gamers far outnumber hardcore gamers, and Nintendo still has a far larger fanbase than Sony, or the PS3 and the PSP would have sold better. Again, you don't have to agree with me, I was just analyzing the situation. (I'm a economics major in college with an interest in video games, this is the result of that)
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