Need your opinions on the Gameboy DS

[funkydelic]

Re: Need your opinions on the Gameboy DS

True dat. And with Nintendos recent history, there is no telling how many 3rd party devs will actually make games utilizing the DS's technology. I'm holding off for a PSP myself.

Actually your wrong Nintendo owns the handheld market and 3rd party titles.
Sonys jump is very very similar to Microsofts jump into consoles only I feel its worse for Sony. Several American and Japanese companies have failed when trying to compete with Nintendo because of the exclusive 3rd Party support is too much to compete with. Your very likeley to have a paperweight in a year according to History. Sega and Neo Geo couldnt do it and they had paperweights in less that time.

[funkydelic]

Re: Need your opinions on the Gameboy DS

True dat. And with Nintendos recent history, there is no telling how many 3rd party devs will actually make games utilizing the DS's technology. I'm holding off for a PSP myself.

Actually your wrong Nintendo owns the handheld market and 3rd party titles.
Sonys jump is very very similar to Microsofts jump into consoles only I feel its worse for Sony. Several American and Japanese companies have failed when trying to compete with Nintendo because of the exclusive 3rd Party support is too much to compete with. Your very likeley to have a paperweight in a year according to History. Sega and Neo Geo couldnt do it and they had paperweights in less that time.

[Graphik]

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Actually your wrong Nintendo owns the handheld market and 3rd party titles.
Sonys jump is very very similar to Microsofts jump into consoles only I feel its worse for Sony. Several American and Japanese companies have failed when trying to compete with Nintendo because of the exclusive 3rd Party support is too much to compete with. Your very likeley to have a paperweight in a year according to History. Sega and Neo Geo couldnt do it and they had paperweights in less that time.

Thanks for the correction. I'm thinking more of the Gamecube and its lack of games than anything. The Gameboy SP has been taking care of business for Nintendo.

I donno, to me the DS just screams Virtual Boy all over again. The Virtual Boy was another innovative contraption by Nintendo that never quite took off. I mean, I'm not tryna compare them in any way. It just seems like a dual screen, touch screen gaming is just to ahead of the times right now.

[Graphik]

Re: Need your opinions on the Gameboy DS

Actually your wrong Nintendo owns the handheld market and 3rd party titles.
Sonys jump is very very similar to Microsofts jump into consoles only I feel its worse for Sony. Several American and Japanese companies have failed when trying to compete with Nintendo because of the exclusive 3rd Party support is too much to compete with. Your very likeley to have a paperweight in a year according to History. Sega and Neo Geo couldnt do it and they had paperweights in less that time.

Thanks for the correction. I'm thinking more of the Gamecube and its lack of games than anything. The Gameboy SP has been taking care of business for Nintendo.

I donno, to me the DS just screams Virtual Boy all over again. The Virtual Boy was another innovative contraption by Nintendo that never quite took off. I mean, I'm not tryna compare them in any way. It just seems like a dual screen, touch screen gaming is just to ahead of the times right now.

[funkydelic]

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belive it or not Nintendo actually already has had dual screen machines im 30 years old and I remember when I was in Kindergarten when Nintendo first broke into the scene ousting Atari they had a game called Donkey Kong which was a dual screen handheld dang that was back in 1982

[funkydelic]

Re: Need your opinions on the Gameboy DS

belive it or not Nintendo actually already has had dual screen machines im 30 years old and I remember when I was in Kindergarten when Nintendo first broke into the scene ousting Atari they had a game called Donkey Kong which was a dual screen handheld dang that was back in 1982

[ps2king]

Re: Need your opinions on the Gameboy DS

Actually your wrong Nintendo owns the handheld market and 3rd party titles.
Sonys jump is very very similar to Microsofts jump into consoles only I feel its worse for Sony. Several American and Japanese companies have failed when trying to compete with Nintendo because of the exclusive 3rd Party support is too much to compete with. Your very likeley to have a paperweight in a year according to History. Sega and Neo Geo couldnt do it and they had paperweights in less that time.

Sony has every major 3rd party developer behind them. EA alone with have to titles ready for the PSP's release. I doubt the PSP will go the way of those other handhelds it has way to much backing for it to fail like that.

[ps2king]

Re: Need your opinions on the Gameboy DS

Actually your wrong Nintendo owns the handheld market and 3rd party titles.
Sonys jump is very very similar to Microsofts jump into consoles only I feel its worse for Sony. Several American and Japanese companies have failed when trying to compete with Nintendo because of the exclusive 3rd Party support is too much to compete with. Your very likeley to have a paperweight in a year according to History. Sega and Neo Geo couldnt do it and they had paperweights in less that time.

Sony has every major 3rd party developer behind them. EA alone with have to titles ready for the PSP's release. I doubt the PSP will go the way of those other handhelds it has way to much backing for it to fail like that.

[bdunn13]

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Thanks for the correction. I'm thinking more of the Gamecube and its lack of games than anything. The Gameboy SP has been taking care of business for Nintendo.

I donno, to me the DS just screams Virtual Boy all over again. The Virtual Boy was another innovative contraption by Nintendo that never quite took off. I mean, I'm not tryna compare them in any way. It just seems like a dual screen, touch screen gaming is just to ahead of the times right now.

The cube might have the best exclusives of all the consoles.

And I don't think the DS is gonna have any problems. Its already selling like crazy and since it will play GBA games, there is already a huge software library for it.

[bdunn13]

Re: Need your opinions on the Gameboy DS

Thanks for the correction. I'm thinking more of the Gamecube and its lack of games than anything. The Gameboy SP has been taking care of business for Nintendo.

I donno, to me the DS just screams Virtual Boy all over again. The Virtual Boy was another innovative contraption by Nintendo that never quite took off. I mean, I'm not tryna compare them in any way. It just seems like a dual screen, touch screen gaming is just to ahead of the times right now.

The cube might have the best exclusives of all the consoles.

And I don't think the DS is gonna have any problems. Its already selling like crazy and since it will play GBA games, there is already a huge software library for it.

[b_assassin]

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The cube might have the best exclusives of all the consoles.

And I don't think the DS is gonna have any problems. Its already selling like crazy and since it will play GBA games, there is already a huge software library for it.

I would have to agree, I think the DS is going to do just fine. Early sales numbers for the DS are similar to the GBA, which is a good sign. The PSP is definitely a cool device, and it will be interesting to see if the handheld market has matured to the point where it can support them both. Although history indicates otherwise, I have a feeling that there are enough gadget-hungry gamers out there with the means to support both systems. I'm partial to the DS myself, but you can't really go wrong with either of them.

[b_assassin]

Re: Need your opinions on the Gameboy DS

The cube might have the best exclusives of all the consoles.

And I don't think the DS is gonna have any problems. Its already selling like crazy and since it will play GBA games, there is already a huge software library for it.

I would have to agree, I think the DS is going to do just fine. Early sales numbers for the DS are similar to the GBA, which is a good sign. The PSP is definitely a cool device, and it will be interesting to see if the handheld market has matured to the point where it can support them both. Although history indicates otherwise, I have a feeling that there are enough gadget-hungry gamers out there with the means to support both systems. I'm partial to the DS myself, but you can't really go wrong with either of them.

[DXZeke]

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There's plenty of room for 2 compaines in the handheld market. Only thing Nintedno needs to worry about is how much of their bottom line in sales will be lost when Sony jumps into the picture. If it's only a dent, that'll be good news, but if it's anything signiffgant, who knows what they'll do on the hardware front since the Cube isn't really a moneymaker. *sigh*

[DXZeke]

Re: Need your opinions on the Gameboy DS

There's plenty of room for 2 compaines in the handheld market. Only thing Nintedno needs to worry about is how much of their bottom line in sales will be lost when Sony jumps into the picture. If it's only a dent, that'll be good news, but if it's anything signiffgant, who knows what they'll do on the hardware front since the Cube isn't really a moneymaker. *sigh*

[CM1847]

Re: Need your opinions on the Gameboy DS

The cube might have the best exclusives of all the consoles.

And I don't think the DS is gonna have any problems. Its already selling like crazy and since it will play GBA games, there is already a huge software library for it.

GC definitely has the best exclusives of all the major consoles. PS2 has GTA: SA and GT, Xbox has Halo 2 but GC has all of the Mario titles(ranging from Sunshine to Tennis, all of which are great) and probably most importantly, Zelda. Of course there are some other titles that PS2 and Xbox have, but GC has the 1st party stuff that Microsoft and Sony can't compete with.

The problem is obviously that they don't get a lot of the games that PS2 and Xbox share.

But the last line there says it all, as long as the DS is selling, companies will make games for it and the good games will lead to more sales. Sony will have the backing to get into the handhel race, but so did Sega with their Game Gear. That came out when Genesis and Super Nintendo were neck and neck and still failed because Nintendo was out first and had the name recognition. The DS has a BIG advantage over the Virtual Boy in that it's innovation is practical towards making games better. VB was a nice visual gimic, but the visuals weren't going to make the games that much better. A second screen(touch screen at that) has a ton of possbilities to improving the gameplay experience.