Revolution Report writes: "Japanese publication Famitsu recently presented the results of a survey it presented to 113 retailers, 47 developers and 370 gamers in order to gain their insight into the future of gaming." Here's where the DS fits in (emphasis added).Number 1 gaming machine of 2006 according to developers
1) Nintendo DS - 49.9%
2) PS3 - 16.7%
3) Revolution - 10.0%
4) PSP - 5.0%
5) Xbox 360 - 1.7%
Number 1 gaming machine of 2006 according to retailers
1) Nintendo DS - 38.3%
2) PS3 - 31.5%
3) Revolution - 12.3%
4) (TIE) PSP/Xbox 360 - 1.7%
Overall Top Platform according to gamers
1) PS3 - 40.3%
2) DS - 32.6%
3) PS2 - 11.8%
4) Revolution - 11.5%
5) Xbox 360 - 2.5%
6) PSP - 0.3%
1. One really important thing to keep in mind is that all these sales numbers and survey figures we see are only for the Japanese market. There's no doubt that the DS is selling well because we know the worldwide numbers, but it makes you wonder why the PSP is doing so poorly in Japan.
Posted at 4:41AM on Feb 3rd 2006 by Ranma13 0 stars