DS Dominates Japanese PSP Sales 3:1

Just on the heels of the good news for PSP Slim sales numbers comes an analysis by a Japanese business firm essentially saying that the PSP's competitor, the DS, is single-handedly driving the Japanese gaming market. "The DS, which Enterbrain says sold 3.478 million units (including both DS and DS Lite) in the fiscal first half, outsold Sony's PSP, at 1.07 million units, about three to one. Enterbrain added that console sales, encompassing Wii and PlayStation 3, also bolstered the market, which expanded by 33.5 percent to ¥138.3 billion ($1.2 billion), while software sales were also up 12.8 percent to ¥154.5 billion ($1.34 billion). Reuters cited the same Enterbrain report when it noted that in April through September, Wii outsold the PlayStation 3 by more than four to one in Japan, with 1.6 Wii units sold versus 385,492 PS3s."

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Re:I use my PSP every day, my DS is collecting dus

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I'm curious to see how they implement dual screens and a touch screen in software for that DS emulation. A PSP rotated 90 degrees has a 272x480 pixel screen. A DS has a 256x472 pixel screen with a dead band of 88 pixels in the middle. How well did Lemmings work around the lack of touch-like unit selection?