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Joystiq presents

EA: DS great, PSP not so much

You know what they say, keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. We kid, we kid, we love those guys over at PSP Fanboy and thank them for this latest nugget of news.

Recently, EA executive VP and COO of worldwide studios David Gardner slammed the PSP, citing that Sony has some serious issues they need to address in regards to the platform. Admitting that his company has backed the PSP more in the past, he now claims that they will invest more effort into putting games out for the DS.

"There's no doubt that EA has historically bet more on PSP. I think we were excited by the technology, but the consumers have proven that actually what they want is fun. We must never forget that what we need to focus on is fun and so EA is putting more effort behind DS games – and creative ones that really take advantage of the hardware."

Ouch. It's no wonder that the company is going this route, being one of the handheld's biggest porters supporters. With all of its major sports and non-sports franchises gracing the system, the company has undoubtedly taken huge losses due to lackluster sales. Hopefully the company will keep Gardener's word and not look to just port everything over to the DS as it did with the PSP, stripped of all features.

[Via PSP Fanboy]

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1. Gamers want fun over frivolous technology? What??? That's crazy. Games aren't supposed to be fun.

Posted at 11:10AM on Aug 14th 2006 by Loban 0 stars

2. "we love those guys over at PSP Fanboy"

AHHHHH! IT'S A SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE! RUN!!!!

Posted at 11:29AM on Aug 14th 2006 by Marc 0 stars

3. i agree nintendo have sold millions more DS's than Sony have sold PSP's. people i know are starting to sell there PSP'S and go for DS's.

Posted at 12:16PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Ross 0 stars

4. Loban: was that a dig at the PSP or the DS? That's kind of a weird thing to say if you're trying to be pro-DS.

And here's a weird thing to think about: since EA's PSP games are based on PS2 code, and DS games presumably have to have new 3d engines and such, it probably costs more for them to (hire TOSE to) produce a new terrible DS game than to (hire TOSE to) port a PS2 game into a terrible PSP version.

Posted at 1:47PM on Aug 14th 2006 by 20XX 0 stars

5. lol.. EA doesn't give a shit about the handheald market, they wanted to use the PSP to make some quick cash, put out shitty ports and nobody wanted them, then they bash the PSP? It's not sony and the PSP.. It's the damn developers like EA putting out crappy games.. I promise them sports games will go nowhere on the DS so they can just move along, they wont be missed.

Luckily I enjoy both systems but it's sad I can't remember the last original EA game.. sad.

Posted at 1:53PM on Aug 14th 2006 by ArelDvm 0 stars

6. "Loban: was that a dig at the PSP or the DS? That's kind of a weird thing to say if you're trying to be pro-DS."

You've not heard of sarcasm? I was taking a jab at the PSP. The DS is not dripping with technology but rather just good old fashioned fun.

Posted at 4:21PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Loban 0 stars

7. You should love the guys over at “PSP Fanboy”, because they’re F_cking Crazy!! And one of them, in particular, is always good for a laugh.

Posted at 7:45PM on Aug 17th 2006 by I,Robot 0 stars

8. I know that guy. He bashes the PSP on PSP Fanboy & Joystiq, gets panties severely knotted when his facts are corrected, then (apparently) comes crying to his comrades here at DS Fanboy.

Yep, he's a frigging riot.

Posted at 2:05PM on Aug 23rd 2006 by pixelator 0 stars

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