Topic: The stupidest editorial I ever read

[Deguello]

"Introducing the DS three or four months before the PSP is a brilliant move, especially when Sony is the incumbent."

Sony isn't the incumbent.  Nintendo is pretty much 100% the leader of handhelds at this juncture.

[NWR_Lindy]

I should have clarified that.  I meant that they were the incumbent in mindshare, as a company.  As in, any new product they announce/introduce is instantly going to generate interest from average Joe Gamer.

In terms of the handheld market, yeah, definitely Nintendo is the incumbent.  But the fact that the PSP is made by Sony has people automatically checking for it.

silks

[Urkel]

Blah.

If Nintendo wasn't planning on releasing the DS this holiday season, then people would be calling Nintendo stupid for not getting a head start, and for not releasing it during the busiest shopping season of the year.

I seem to recall that when the PSP was first annouced, many doubted Nintendo would come up with another portable to counter it. People said that Nintendo was getting complacent with its dominance in portable gaming, and that they would wait until after the PSP took a considerable chunk out of the GBA marketshare, and it would be too late.

I also seem to recall people complaining about how Nintendo took too long before they finally decided to release a significant upgrade to the Gameboy i.e. GBC and GBA.

Meh, whatever. I'm gladly going to pick up the DS at launch. If the rest of you want to wait 2+ years until a "DS SP" comes out, you'd better hope Nintendo continues to support the GBA after DS becomes its main portable.

[Blackknight131]

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Originally posted by: couchmonkey
Personally I will probably hold off on a DS purchase in hopes of a price drop (and possibly different colours) but I don't think I'll be able to wait very long, and I don't think Nintendo will come up with a must-have improved version of the system.  Although I can think of one thing that Nintendo could add - analog controls.  I don't see this as being something the company will likely do, because I'm sure they already considered analog controls, but if we see a lot of simpering in the press about the lack of analog control, I would not be surprised to see a new analog version of the system.

I doubt that will happen...they need to get rolling on their manufacturing for two launches (Japan and then US)...this DS we have now should be the final version.
Unless you meant they later release a version with an analog stick....which would effectively alienate every single person who had already bought a DS. Its not as simple as buying a controller like for Sega's Nights. Its an upwards of $150 dollar unit.

[kennyb27]

Urkel, I think it's pretty clear Nintendo will support the GBA after the launch of DS.

[Juno]

I think the ds will be better than the GBA and the sp combined. But by all the pictures of the ds, it looks a bit big to me, and kind of ugly but still i somewhat like it.

[mouse_clicker]

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I do believe that the DS is the successor to Gameboy - or at least the possible successor. I think that if the DS is a big success, we can expect to see it become a sort of "standard" for Nintendo's handhelds, and Nintendo's plans for a more powerful Gameboy that would compete with PSP will probably be put off for a couple of years, or even scrapped in favour of a new DS. But for the time being Nintendo is playing it safe and trying to keep FD positioned as far away from the Gameboy as possible, because it doesn't want to risk killing the Gameboy's reputation if the DS Fails. Not to mention sales of the still extremely popular GBA SP.

I think you've hit the nail on the head. The DS is set up to be the successor to the GBA, but if it fails Nintendo doesn't want the Gameboy line besmirched.

I also don't see how Nintendo has a "reputation" of cutting their handhelds lives short- you all saw how incredibly well the SP sold and continues to sell even after the original GBA model sold magnificently. I also don't think we'll see some newer, better DS model on the market in a year or so. Nintendo only did that with the Gameboy because the had the freedom and liberty to do so. As Deguello said, Nintendo owns nearly 100% of the handheld market, so they can afford to offer newer models. Sony is quite possibly their biggest competitor yet, though, and Nintendo knows this. I wouldn't be surprised if they've had the DS planned for years and were holding it back for when they really needed it, i.e. now. All in all I think Nintendo is pulling out all the stops- this is their secret weapon for when their market is seriously threatened.
 

[Urkel]

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Originally posted by: kennyb27
Urkel, I think it's pretty clear Nintendo will support the GBA after the launch of DS.

I'm sure they will... for a while. But if anyone plans on waiting until some DS SP comes out, it will be slim pickings on the GBA front eventually. I'm sure Nintendo is going to focus most of its portable software on the DS, unless something goes horribly, horribly wrong.

I'm just saying, holding off on buying a DS until an upgrade that may never come out, while the GBA support dwindles as devs shift support to the DS may not be the best course of action.

[kirby_killer_dedede]

lol...flash is a popular computer hacking program...

[KnowsNothing]

BAND

[altf4]

God I hate the people on the internet who try beat down on nintendo, who is, lets face it, the underdog in the US right now.

[IceCold]

Hindsight vision is always 20/20

[nitsu niflheim]

this was dead and now a zombie?  why brought back?

[Infernal Monkey]

This thread was ordered to wise from its gwave to beat up zombies and rampaging pigs. =o
Oh wait, no. That's Altered Beast. Unlesssssss...

[Rancid Planet]

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Originally posted by: IceCold
Hindsight vision is always 20/20

But looking from your rear causes sever nerve damage to your cornias.

Plus it makes you eyes smell like a butt.

[nickmitch]

And going number 2 will never be as fun.