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There's going to be no subscription fee; we're not looking at this as a profit-driven program.
Interesting. So are we going to get a bare-bones service, or getting something akin to Live and then some?
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And then if you look at licensee support, you've got Killer 7, we've got a number of titles coming from EA, a number of Ubisoft titles, you know, again, I think the characterization of low levels of licensee support is also mistaken
I can't let this one slide. He can only mention one title by name (which was supposed to be exclusive but that story's been told) and the rest are the usual suspects. If EA and Ubisoft aren't supporting your system, there's a problem. its nothing to brag about.
The whole Micro thing is confusing. Reggie is hinting that this will be 'affordable', yet Iwata has gone on record saying it won't be cheap. Which is it? If you really just want to lug the Micro in your pocket with no case or protection, that better be one tough screen.
"There's portability that you can pop into a bag, which is currently SP, which is currently DS, and then there's portability that you put in your pocket."
Again, I'm nitpicking here, but if I remember correctly, his analogy at the e3 conference was the original GBA could fit in your bag, the SP in your pants pocket, the Micro in your shirt pocket. The peanut gallery has spoken...
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They may have an SP at home; they have a number of SPs at home, but this is going to be something that they pop in their pocket, and when they're hanging out with their buds or when they're in between classes at school or when they're on the bus, it's five minutes of pure fun.
Now that's frivoulous. He's talking about value one second, then this. What gives? What parent in their right mind would spend cash on the SP, which is portable enough as is, get the Micro on top of it? Either that, or the kids today have fatter allowences than they did in my day...
Aside from those points, Reggie knows what to say. The DS has done well, despite everyone in the gaming press saying that PSP will pwn you. And its not letting up. Though I'll doubt we'll be seeing apologies or rapid changes of opinion from the gaming press anytime soon.
EDIT: Comp crashed, added some extra ranting.