"Nintendo has had some failures, but there is a really good reason why the DS outsells the PSP... and thats because the DS is actually something different and fun, not just a repackaged console in a smaller box."
Well, I'm sure GBA compatibility doesn't hurt, either. And even when they did fail miserably (see: Virtual Boy), it was aiming at something different.
Let's say that they use LiveJournal. You can post using your phone, and LJ encodes those posts using ogg. I've seen plenty of complaints from other users that they can't play the posts. So there's one case, but I'm sure there aren't a lot more like it.
Actually, Metallica was getting screwed before, and had to renegotiate their contract after the Black Album, when they finally got the leverage.
Besides, most of the money for artists, if I'm correct, comes out of publishing, merchandise, and touring. Royalties in general are only that big if the CD sells tens of millions of copies.
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Ooh... you mean like one of them "computer" things?
"Nintendo has had some failures, but there is a really good reason why the DS outsells the PSP... and thats because the DS is actually something different and fun, not just a repackaged console in a smaller box."
Well, I'm sure GBA compatibility doesn't hurt, either. And even when they did fail miserably (see: Virtual Boy), it was aiming at something different.
Let's say that they use LiveJournal. You can post using your phone, and LJ encodes those posts using ogg. I've seen plenty of complaints from other users that they can't play the posts. So there's one case, but I'm sure there aren't a lot more like it.
Actually, Metallica was getting screwed before, and had to renegotiate their contract after the Black Album, when they finally got the leverage.
Besides, most of the money for artists, if I'm correct, comes out of publishing, merchandise, and touring. Royalties in general are only that big if the CD sells tens of millions of copies.