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Re: DS Lite to be Discontinued?
« Reply #25 on: April 22, 2011, 09:51:06 PM »
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Re: DS Lite to be Discontinued?
« Reply #26 on: April 22, 2011, 09:52:42 PM »
Because the DSi price is higher than the Lite, so they offer two different models at different price points. It's similar to the different versions they (used to?) offer with the PS3 and XBox 360 at different prices.
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Re: DS Lite to be Discontinued?
« Reply #27 on: April 22, 2011, 10:00:36 PM »
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My guess was a big reason Nintendo dropped the Phat like a stone is because of how they were trying to go after mature audiences...
No, it was the same reason they stopped producing the original GBA when the SP model came out: the Lite was better in every way so there was no reason to continue selling the original model.

The DSi/XL was better than the DS lite in every way, so how come they didn't drop DS lite production until only now? The plug on the Phat model was pulled almost immediately after the Lite came out, but its been about 3 years since the DSi came out until now. So why did Lite production continue on this long whereas Phat production ended so abruptly?

I'd say there was one main factor for the DS Lite's longevity in light of the DSi/XL.It had  GBA support where as the DSi didn't. Plus the DS Lite was a better model than the Phat.
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Re: DS Lite to be Discontinued?
« Reply #28 on: April 22, 2011, 10:05:00 PM »
I would still be using my at Launch DS Phat today if the touch portion of the touch screen hadn't gone out when I went to play the first Professor Layton.  I had my wife pick me up a lite on the way home so I could play it.  The XL was what I was really holding out for even before I knew it existed.  Though I ended up getting the 3DS for DSiWare and like...
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Re: DS Lite to be Discontinued?
« Reply #29 on: April 23, 2011, 06:50:44 AM »
With DSi and DSiXL still out there, they are still three pillars strong for the time being.

Even more reason NOT to announce a new system, because then they  will be at four pillars, and that would be silly.
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Re: DS Lite to be Discontinued?
« Reply #30 on: April 23, 2011, 04:23:17 PM »
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With DSi and DSiXL still out there, they are still three pillars strong for the time being.

Even more reason NOT to announce a new system, because then they  will be at four pillars, and that would be silly.

No. The 3DS is backwards compatible with those systems, so they don't offer anything different. What was special with the DS Lite was what it retained GBA support and was the last handheld to do so. Now that its gone they are down to two pillars, not three.
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