On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:55:31 GMT, "El Guapo" <plethora@pinatas.com>
wrote:

>"Rob Browning" <pluvius3@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
>news:ru93o2phtm5qmqlio9kktm5a1ci232tt83@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:42:24 GMT, "El Guapo" <plethora@pinatas.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>"Rob Browning" <pluvius3@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>news:rbm0o2lvnqt10skda5pquid4h77aril1mo@4ax.com...
>>>> On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:12:40 GMT, "El Guapo" <plethora@pinatas.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>consoles.  Why in the world would they want to force people to buy a
>>>>>console
>>>>>they don't want, just to play their game?  Maybe people would, but maybe
>>>>
>>>> Good question; why would Squenix want to force people to buy DSes just
>>>> to play their game?
>>>
>>>Come on, how much of a problem is that?  DS had sold over 26 million
>>>worldwide by the end of September, and sold nearly a million more in the 
>>>US
>>
>> The PS2 has sold well over 100 million units worldwide, while the GBA
>> stands at a little over 75 million.  While a good number of the PS2
>> sales were replacements, a good number of the GBAs were as well due to
>> the SP superceding the original version.  That still leaves the
>> install base of the PS2 at least a few million higher than that of the
>> GBA.  And that's not even counting the XBox or the GameCube, both of
>> which have bases numbering in the tens of millions.  This suggests (to
>> what should be the surprise of no one) that a lot of people who own
>> consoles have little interest in portable systems.  And that's not
>> even mentioning the fact that despite all of its disadvantages and
>> negative reputation, the PSP still withholds a large chunk of the
>> current-gen portable marketshare from the DS, while the GBA was
>> uncontested.
>>
>> And the only reason why the DS appears to be such a big seller in
>> comparison to the next-gen consoles is because it's already been
>> around for two years and has already went through one revision.  Wait
>> a couple of years before you start comparing the sales of the DS
>> directly with the sales of the next-gen systems.
>
>
>So what?  Obviously they are concerned with the current generation, not the 
>last.  Right now the DS has a huge lead and is unlikely to relinquish it any 

And so you missed my point.  I brought up the last generation to show
you what this generation will probably be like.

>Whether the console business and portable business overlaps is of little 
>concern to Square Enix, as long as they believe that the majority of their 
>Dragon Quest customers own or will own a DS.  They are probably also looking 

Doesn't that mean by definition that Squenix is concerned about
whether or not the console and portable markets overlap?

>>>> What you said is a problem no matter what console Squenix releases
>>>> their games on.  The only real solution is for them to stop making
>>>> their games console-exclusive.
>>>
>>>They don't do that with DQ, instead they deliberately concentrate their
>>
>> Then why are they saying that DQ9 will only be released on the DS?
>> That's the definition of "exclusive."
>
>Meaning, they don't try to make the game for multiple consoles, and they 
>don't want to.  DQ is *always* exclusive.

And I said that the only way to fix this current problem is to stop
making it exclusive.  What was the point of your reply?

Rob
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