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According to CNN, [URL]http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/28/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm?cnn=yes[/URL] analysts are saying that Nintendo will release the next Gameboy before the end of 2005.
If so, it firmly sticks to Nintendo and their statements that the Nintendo DS isn't the successor to the Gameboy, but rather it is a third pillar system, to sit alongside the current Gameboy Advance and its future successor GBA 2.
It would seem a bold move on their part to release the system almost a year after the DS and most importantly several months after the European and US PSP release. Would this be the final nail in the PSP coffin?
How would the all new Gameboy manage to sit alongside the Nintendo DS as a viable system? Nintendo after all knows more than us and I would be confident enough that having two Nintendo handhelds together on the market wouldn't be so bad.
I could see it causing confusion amongst parents, but to stop this, Nintendo really need to hit home with the DS marketing and maintain it's image which is geared solely towards the 18+ market.
It could prove interesting and if true, we are bound to see some evidence this E3, which is not to far away now.
Also, could the "Nintendo special announcement" in March be about this very thing?
Heres hoping.
If so, it firmly sticks to Nintendo and their statements that the Nintendo DS isn't the successor to the Gameboy, but rather it is a third pillar system, to sit alongside the current Gameboy Advance and its future successor GBA 2.
It would seem a bold move on their part to release the system almost a year after the DS and most importantly several months after the European and US PSP release. Would this be the final nail in the PSP coffin?
How would the all new Gameboy manage to sit alongside the Nintendo DS as a viable system? Nintendo after all knows more than us and I would be confident enough that having two Nintendo handhelds together on the market wouldn't be so bad.
I could see it causing confusion amongst parents, but to stop this, Nintendo really need to hit home with the DS marketing and maintain it's image which is geared solely towards the 18+ market.
It could prove interesting and if true, we are bound to see some evidence this E3, which is not to far away now.
Also, could the "Nintendo special announcement" in March be about this very thing?
Heres hoping.
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It'd be stupid for Nintendo to do this.
People will be torn between the two systems.
People will be torn between the two systems.
FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Ninty themselves really haven't said very much at all.
Nintendo wouldn't :P
But then it's Spong, about as accurate as the Sun.
> Ninty themselves really haven't said very much at all.
Nintendo wouldn't :P
But then it's Spong, about as accurate as the Sun.
It's all hearsay and speculation, though.
Analysts say this ... er ... SPOnG (that world-famous gaming site) say that.
Ninty themselves really haven't said very much at all.
Analysts say this ... er ... SPOnG (that world-famous gaming site) say that.
Ninty themselves really haven't said very much at all.
Some more news, this time from Spong:
Some of the article-
"The new model of the Game Boy Advance will be shown at Nintendo’s E3 press conference this year in what will be one of the most remarkable moments in recent videogame history.
The unit will be a true gaming machine and will come equipped with a large high-quality back-lit screen and analogue controls, very much, one might argue, like Sony’s PSP.
Nintendo staffers have confirmed to SPOnG.com that preliminary hardware will be shown both at the firm’s conference and encased alongside the Nintendo Revolution on the showfloor."
and interestingly:
"The new Game Boy will be based around existing Nintendo GameCube hardware and will be, when it launches in the US and Japan towards the end of this year, the most powerful handheld console on the planet. SPOnG also believes it likely that the machine will make use of GameCube software. Revolution connectivity was confirmed."
Full text on www.spong.com
Interesting.
Some of the article-
"The new model of the Game Boy Advance will be shown at Nintendo’s E3 press conference this year in what will be one of the most remarkable moments in recent videogame history.
The unit will be a true gaming machine and will come equipped with a large high-quality back-lit screen and analogue controls, very much, one might argue, like Sony’s PSP.
Nintendo staffers have confirmed to SPOnG.com that preliminary hardware will be shown both at the firm’s conference and encased alongside the Nintendo Revolution on the showfloor."
and interestingly:
"The new Game Boy will be based around existing Nintendo GameCube hardware and will be, when it launches in the US and Japan towards the end of this year, the most powerful handheld console on the planet. SPOnG also believes it likely that the machine will make use of GameCube software. Revolution connectivity was confirmed."
Full text on www.spong.com
Interesting.
People won't shell out for a new system so soon if they've gotten a DS.
Analysts?
Well going by the CNN report its going to be $99 US which is roughly £52! :D
They also say that Nintendo will drop the GBASP to $50 which is about £27!
If Nintendo want to remain serious about keeping their grip on the handheld market, thats how they should do it!
They also say that Nintendo will drop the GBASP to $50 which is about £27!
If Nintendo want to remain serious about keeping their grip on the handheld market, thats how they should do it!
I don't really see it working, to be honest. Unless it's well cheap or whatever, I think that people percieve the DS as the new gameboy regardless of what Nintendo think.
According to CNN, [URL]http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/28/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm?cnn=yes[/URL] analysts are saying that Nintendo will release the next Gameboy before the end of 2005.
If so, it firmly sticks to Nintendo and their statements that the Nintendo DS isn't the successor to the Gameboy, but rather it is a third pillar system, to sit alongside the current Gameboy Advance and its future successor GBA 2.
It would seem a bold move on their part to release the system almost a year after the DS and most importantly several months after the European and US PSP release. Would this be the final nail in the PSP coffin?
How would the all new Gameboy manage to sit alongside the Nintendo DS as a viable system? Nintendo after all knows more than us and I would be confident enough that having two Nintendo handhelds together on the market wouldn't be so bad.
I could see it causing confusion amongst parents, but to stop this, Nintendo really need to hit home with the DS marketing and maintain it's image which is geared solely towards the 18+ market.
It could prove interesting and if true, we are bound to see some evidence this E3, which is not to far away now.
Also, could the "Nintendo special announcement" in March be about this very thing?
Heres hoping.
If so, it firmly sticks to Nintendo and their statements that the Nintendo DS isn't the successor to the Gameboy, but rather it is a third pillar system, to sit alongside the current Gameboy Advance and its future successor GBA 2.
It would seem a bold move on their part to release the system almost a year after the DS and most importantly several months after the European and US PSP release. Would this be the final nail in the PSP coffin?
How would the all new Gameboy manage to sit alongside the Nintendo DS as a viable system? Nintendo after all knows more than us and I would be confident enough that having two Nintendo handhelds together on the market wouldn't be so bad.
I could see it causing confusion amongst parents, but to stop this, Nintendo really need to hit home with the DS marketing and maintain it's image which is geared solely towards the 18+ market.
It could prove interesting and if true, we are bound to see some evidence this E3, which is not to far away now.
Also, could the "Nintendo special announcement" in March be about this very thing?
Heres hoping.
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