| Leon Dexter 2004-09-28, 6:48 am |
| "Xenon" <xenonxbox2@xboxnext.com> wrote in message news:acSdnaYBI5E7kszcRVn-
quote:
> "at the moment Nintendo has to split its resources between 4 platforms:
>
> GBA
> GCN
> Nintendo DS
> Revolution
>
> and within the next year, they'll need to start on a new platform,
totalling
quote:
> in 5 platforms:
>
> "GBA 2"
>
> and no, that is not Nintendo DS. So how much can they do with 5 platforms
> simultaneously?"
Yes, that was SEGA's mistake--one of them. But it's not quite as bad as you
say. Don't expect much, if any, Gamecube support once the Revolution is on
the way. They dropped the N64 immediately, and they'll probably do
something similar with Gamecube. It will depend on how profitable it is to
them, of course.
And don't expect the next Game Boy next year, or the year after, unless they
have a good reason to bring it out. If the DS tanks, or the PSP takes a
significant part of the GBA market (or both) then they'll probably release
it soon. Otherwise not.
I must admit I'm baffled by the DS. It reeks of 32X--something to fend off
those thinking of jumping ship from GBA to PSP before the new Game Boy
arrives. If the DS was being taken seriously at Nintendo, it would be
called the Game Boy DS. It seems like they are ready to kill it quickly if
it doesn't succeed, and bring out the new Game Boy to battle the PSP. They
want two, or even three (counting GBA) chances to fend off the PSP. I think
that's a stupid strategy--too complicated, fragmented, and confusing to the
market. They should just promote the GBA SP as cool, fun, cheap, and having
a huge library (all true) and, if necessary, announce its successor as
everything the PSP is and more, coming soon. That strategy certainly worked
for Sony between PS1 and 2, and may work again with PS3.
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