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The DS a third pillar?
I really don’t think so; not any more, at least.

(This is probably going to be painfully disjointed, but bear with me.)

From Ninty’s point of view, perhaps - at least, if they’re still taking the same view as pre-E3, that if only 10% of people ‘get’ the DS, they’ll be happy.
That was when, to me, the 2-screen thing did seem a little gimmicky - hardly revolutionary.

But then they announced that the second screen would be touch-sensitive.
Now there’s something revolutionary. Something you can actually work with, something much more than a gimmick - that could actually change how we play games.

And after E3, I think I can safely say that more than 10% of you here ‘get’ the DS.
I could probably say that 90% of you will remove limbs to physically get the DS.

And I don’t think it’s a third pillar any more. It’s a second pillar, with impressive girth.

Any mention of the GBA2 at E3? If so, I must have missed it.
Have any of you actually even thought about the poor thing?

Think about things from other companies’ point of view. Would any of them release games on just the DS or GBA2? I don’t think so - straight ports minus any touch-screen features are more likely: why split potential profits?

After all - how many of you were planning on buying the DS and the GBA2? I know I’m not, it does seem rather a waste of money.

What will be the point of GBA2 anyway?
The leap in terms of graphics from GBA to DS / PSP is one of the greatest ever seen - a jump that big again would being visuals up to today’s home-console standards. Practically impossible, I’m sure.

So will Ninty carry on their promised gaming revolutions with the GBA2? Like ... I dunno, 3 screens? One for throwing stuff at.
But, no, that would be the DS2, wouldn’t it?

I just can’t see one company doing any better with 2 handhelds than they would with 1.

Yes yes, DS is something different.
But it’s a handheld all the same, and would get exactly the same kind of games as the GBA2.

Back to the developers - most companies probably shat themselves when they heard of the PSP. Because that’s a whole other market to be tapped - Sony loyalists to target, smaller versions of PS games to create.
But with the GBA2 - how many companies would bother? They’d get no more sales than usual, as the Ninty market is already being covered by the DS.

And since the DS made such an impact (I think even Ninty were impressed by its reception) I wouldn’t be surprised if the GBA2 never surfaced. Or at least, not until - if ever - the DS died.

Did that make any sense?
FFF.

Also, wasn't the DS supposed to be called something else?

Whilst the GBA is going strong, don't expect the next Game Boy for a few years yet.

Chances are, they might even rename the DS to Game Boy after it's reception (though I hope not, in the hope that the next Game Boy is even more innovative)

If i buy a DS i won't be buying a GBA2 when that comes out. I don't have money to throw away- if i did have, i'd play the lottery.
I heard that GBA2 was a 2006 release - if DS is 2005 then that gives us a year before the games for the DS start to fizzle out.

Maybe GBA2 will take a back seat, along with Mario 128; which will probably be its release title.

I thought the DS was GBA2.
Why would they make a GBA2 when they are making the Nintendo DS?

Confused.

The DS a third pillar?
I really don’t think so; not any more, at least.

(This is probably going to be painfully disjointed, but bear with me.)

From Ninty’s point of view, perhaps - at least, if they’re still taking the same view as pre-E3, that if only 10% of people ‘get’ the DS, they’ll be happy.
That was when, to me, the 2-screen thing did seem a little gimmicky - hardly revolutionary.

But then they announced that the second screen would be touch-sensitive.
Now there’s something revolutionary. Something you can actually work with, something much more than a gimmick - that could actually change how we play games.

And after E3, I think I can safely say that more than 10% of you here ‘get’ the DS.
I could probably say that 90% of you will remove limbs to physically get the DS.

And I don’t think it’s a third pillar any more. It’s a second pillar, with impressive girth.

Any mention of the GBA2 at E3? If so, I must have missed it.
Have any of you actually even thought about the poor thing?

Think about things from other companies’ point of view. Would any of them release games on just the DS or GBA2? I don’t think so - straight ports minus any touch-screen features are more likely: why split potential profits?

After all - how many of you were planning on buying the DS and the GBA2? I know I’m not, it does seem rather a waste of money.

What will be the point of GBA2 anyway?
The leap in terms of graphics from GBA to DS / PSP is one of the greatest ever seen - a jump that big again would being visuals up to today’s home-console standards. Practically impossible, I’m sure.

So will Ninty carry on their promised gaming revolutions with the GBA2? Like ... I dunno, 3 screens? One for throwing stuff at.
But, no, that would be the DS2, wouldn’t it?

I just can’t see one company doing any better with 2 handhelds than they would with 1.

Yes yes, DS is something different.
But it’s a handheld all the same, and would get exactly the same kind of games as the GBA2.

Back to the developers - most companies probably shat themselves when they heard of the PSP. Because that’s a whole other market to be tapped - Sony loyalists to target, smaller versions of PS games to create.
But with the GBA2 - how many companies would bother? They’d get no more sales than usual, as the Ninty market is already being covered by the DS.

And since the DS made such an impact (I think even Ninty were impressed by its reception) I wouldn’t be surprised if the GBA2 never surfaced. Or at least, not until - if ever - the DS died.

Did that make any sense?
FFF.

Also, wasn't the DS supposed to be called something else?