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Sun 16/01/05 at 12:21
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Yes, I know, there is about 50 posts on this forum with "wich do u fink iz betta? DS or PENISP?" as their topic.

I just found this article on the BBC news website which looks at both machines and anticipates their arrival.

Pretty interesting reading if you are bored.

Afterall, 2005 will be the year of the handheld....

....and I cannot wait

[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/4175141.stm[/URL]
Sun 16/01/05 at 17:41
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Dringo wrote:
> It was a theory that the DS is technically the next Gameboy. But I
> really don't think it is.

Nintendo made it clear that the DS is not the next gameboy, the next gameboy will be the GBA 2(codename), which will link up to the revolution. (The DS will link up to the GC)
Sun 16/01/05 at 17:32
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But what will the next GB be except a GBA with better graphics? Why will that be more successful?
Sun 16/01/05 at 17:03
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GBA SP won't beat the DS and PSP, maybe the PSP but I wouldn't hold my breath.

The expect a new Gameboy early 2007.

It was a theory that the DS is technically the next Gameboy. But I really don't think it is.

If the DS does as well as Gameboy's normally do then the PSP and Gizmondo are dead and there will not need for a new GB for a while.

But I don't think the DS is good enough to destroy the competiton. Equal it, maybe a little better but not destroy it.
Sun 16/01/05 at 16:29
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No there is no Xbox Mini - he says Microsoft because they're supporting the Gizmondo. And I also think he's saying that the GBASP will beat the DS and the PSP because it's cheap and simple.
Sun 16/01/05 at 16:14
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Dringo, I don't think that the next Gameboy is going to be out for a while, not until the PSP2 and "Xbox Mini" are on the way.
Wasn't it just on the sidelines incase the DS went belly up?
Sun 16/01/05 at 16:08
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Hahaha, Gizmondo.

What a futile attempt.
Sun 16/01/05 at 15:32
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Nintendo pretty much headlined what was essentially a terrible article.

The fact is Gizmondo, the DS and the PSP, a.k.a Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony can all establish themselves over the next 2 years.

But the next Gameboy will DESTROY them all.

So is the war pointless???

Pretty much.
Sun 16/01/05 at 13:14
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gerrid wrote:
> Woahw! An unbiased article about gaming from the BBC?! Where's Gibbon
> when you need him?

Is he still around? I thought Sony & Microsoft would have stopped paying him by now.

Anyways. The least biased article I've seen for a while from the BBC. Although it's always "Sony and Nintendo", with Ninty always coming last. They hate the DS really, you can see it in their sentence construction I tells ya :|
Sun 16/01/05 at 12:50
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Feel The Magic > most PC and home console games
Sun 16/01/05 at 12:50
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I'm going to win this years handheld war.

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