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Developer: 3DS and NPG utilise a "PSP1-like strategy"

News by Brenna Hillier Contributor

Published on Jan. 27, 2011

Microsoft Games Studio's John Noonan has entered into the spirit of the looming portable console wars by describing Nintendo and Sony's approach to the smartphone problem as a "PSP1-like strategy".

Eurogamer put together a Twitter-dump of industry comments in the wake of the NGP reveal, with some critical observations from Noonan:

"It feels like Nintendo & Sony are both employing a PSP1-like strategy this time around, which is pretty interesting," he said, later adding "If I was launching the 3DS or PSP2 I would have Rovio showing Angry Birds 2 at my presser."

Although Sony's PlayStation Suite is widely regarded as a step towards addressing competition from mobile phones, Noonan has doubts.

"Did Sony say anything about development kits? Seems like the real power of iOS/WP7/Android are the cheap/free SDKs," he observed.

Plenty of other industry figures have weighed in on the debate; get everything in one place.

Thanks, GoNintendo.