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Been using this emulator a little bit on my Retroid Pocket 3+ and he did an amazing job with it. A real shame it's come to this.

Just had a little go on this, but I struggled to get around the corners.

Came to comment "Where's NFL 2K?" but you got it! Shenmue 2 is probably my favourite game of all time — I even have the tattoo to prove it!

It's finally here! Congratulations on the launch of the website! It's really exciting what you're putting together here and I can't wait to see how the website grows and evolves!

I think there's a real appetite for retro content now, so this feels like the right site at the right time. Best of luck!

@Octane I wouldn't bet on it personally.

@Octane Do you think new systems built in the same spirit as the 3DS and PS Vita would improve upon their predecessors if they launched this year?

@Knuckles-Fajita The generation isn't over yet. Those four systems will finish near to 260 million when they're all retired. And even as things stand now, there's been no 150 million unit decline.

Thank you for agreeing with me.

@Knuckles-Fajita Oh my god, I said it was "considered" a flop. As in considered by other people.

Dedicated handheld gaming is dead, because the market from Nintendo DS and PSP to Nintendo 3DS and PS Vita has declined by almost 150 million units. Now we could put out a new dedicated Nintendo handheld and a new dedicated PlayStation handheld and see how much more they decline, but neither company is stupid enough to do that because they know it's over.

I never said 3DS was a flop at all. I never even said the PSP was a flop. But when the market is cut in half in the transition between generations, then you have to recognise the trend. It's over.

DS and PSP did amazing for the time; they wouldn't come close to those numbers in 2018. It's gone.

@Knuckles-Fajita "The 3DS probably won't outsell the PSP when all's said and done, which definitely puts things into perspective."

It does put into perspective just how much the dedicated handheld market has declined. You've gone from 154 million (Nintendo DS) and 82 million (PSP) to 72.5 million (Nintendo 3DS) and ~15 million (PS Vita).

How is this even up for debate? It's there in black-and-white?

"3DS has sold a shade over 65 million in six years. Decent, but 22 million come from Japan alone. PSP was considered a flop at 80 million."

It's true. Note I said that PSP "was considered a flop at 80 million" not that "I believe PSP was a flop at 80 million". I thought PSP did very well for itself, although it did tail off.

And why did it tail off? Because the market for handhelds like the PSP is dead as a dodo now. As the numbers above I just posted illustrate, and also the fact that Nintendo had to create something completely different to follow-up the 3DS.

Try again?

@Knuckles-Fajita Erm. You're going to have to find where I said PSP was a flop because I don't remember saying that.

Really fascinating insight into a legendary studio - I thoroughly enjoyed reading this.