Since Gamasutra posted a pretty lengthy look at the history of consoles in Korea, we're going to give the abridged conclusions here. By all means, check out the full article since it's really quite entertaining. As far as the PSP goes, it's still fairly popular, but mainly used for watching movies while on subways, etc. It's not much of the "short burst" gaming system, which is why the DS has gained a lot of ground there.
The PlayStation 3 has hit a wall in Korea, since most of the "hardcore" crowd have already put their money on the 360. All the negative pre-launch press didn't help, either. The system's still selling, but until the big titles hit, it's not going to have any remarkable sales numbers. The PS3 may, in time, ride on the success of the PS2 in Korea, but until that time, there's nothing fantastic going on. In short, Sony's got to step up to the plate and deliver some good marketing strategies in Korea or else even those Korean console developers will stop trying and that would be a shame, stamping out potential.
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8-19-2007 @ 3:14PM
Andy said...
With my DS I prefer to play single player and with my PS3 I prefer online, except for NHL 2K7 because the online doesn't work. I will proabably get the PSP2
Speaking of Korean, does anyone have a recipe for Korean garlic potatoes. They have a crunchy garlicky sweet shell and a soft middle. I absolutly love them!
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8-19-2007 @ 3:41PM
SkeetSkiLee said...
korea rocks at making MMOs! Maybe they can help bring MMOs to PS3.
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8-19-2007 @ 4:08PM
micklol said...
Do you know Koreans invented PS3 and video games?
NO it's true, their PS3 games are super great within Korean market, we are just not fortunate enough to see those games. All Japanese developers and Blizzard ripped off their game ideas and concept. They make the greatest game in Korea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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8-19-2007 @ 4:37PM
Mr Khan said...
I don't have a good grasp of the Korean market, except in that South Korea has one of the broadest working WiBro networks in the world, and their nation is both the most wired (as in highest % of people online) and wireless (because of that large WiBro Network)
PS3 certainly has more accessible wireless than 360 (although slightly less so than Wii), and, if they really push the social networking games (MMOs of the non-Versus match type), and tailor HOME somewhat to their liking (flesh out the interpersonal interface), they could certainly be the console of choice for that market, certainly
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8-19-2007 @ 10:05PM
Consolcwby said...
Korea should make RTS console games, especially since the PS3 can use mice (mouses? =D ), and because there isn't any for the PS3 right now... Although I am VERY interested in that new Tom Clancy game: Endwar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik21W-XKA3k ... =) I love PC RTSs, so a StarCraft clone wouldn't be so bad on the consoles... =D
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8-19-2007 @ 10:36PM
SkeetSkiLee said...
i dont like the part where he said korean games are annoying... they're more like UN-creative... all they need is more work. more chance in my opinion and they'll get better. it's not like magna carta and astonishia story were the only games they made.
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