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"Ice Wipe Inc." <birdworm12@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bVa4d.226$5O5.12@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
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> My thoughts...
>
> Its been 3 years now since the GBA was released, so don't expect any info
on
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> the hardware for a few years. I would say they will wait another 3 years
> before they will release it.
>
> I think the strategy they are using is smart. Having a 2 tir system where
> the customer can have 2 choices. They can either buy the cheap, but fun
> system that cost only $80 or if they are wanting something more they can
got
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> for the DS, a system with features that can't be found anywhere else,
> costing $150.
>
> SEGA in the end got over its head, plain and simple. It was a number of
> reasons why they had to bail out of console hardware. Nintendo haven't
gone
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> their route thankfully and haven't flooded the market with addons and
> hal-hearted handhelds and consoles.
>
> The PSP will be on the back foot thanks to its late release in the US.
> Nintnedo will ship 4 million DSs by next March, which will help take much
> steam out of the PSP. As well, the PSP price range will even hurt it more
> for that time of the year. $300 may be fine during shopping seasons but
> forking that type of cash out after Xmas is just plain bad strategy.
That's odd.
I honestly believe without question", the DreamCast had way more great games
on it in it's very short lifespan then the GameCube has to this very day. I
always felt Nintendo's handheld systems were way behind the times from a
technical stand point, another area I feel Sega far outshined them.
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