Do you think Nintendo should come out with a new GB soon?

Rumors have been spreading around about the possibility of a sequel console to the GB soon, and I am curious about people's opinions. Personally, I think they shouldn't do it so soon: Let the DS die a natural death, then make a new console. Flooding the market so soon with multiple handhelds will just lead to trouble in the end, and the death of one of the consoles.

 

Well the DS will be declared DOA when the PSP takes hold, so why not? schedule it for 6 months after the PSP launch and they may actually get some interest.

 

The PSP still isn't selling as well as the DS in Japan. I can't see the DS going anywhere at the moment.

Yakumo

 

I think people are too quick to condemn consoles these days.

The DS and PSP haven't even come out in Europe yet! Geez, give them BOTH a chance.

At least you don't get scared of scratching the damn thing with the DS. And who is to say what games will come out for it? Could be some corkers - after all, Nintendo are the King of handhelds still.

 

Iwata said DS and GBA will coexist, so GBA 2 might as well be around the corner, after all if it's supposed to be compatible somehow with Revolution...

 

Not a smart buisness move at all....Thing is, they have to think about the developers as well. If the new GB is just as powerful as the PSP, then most companies would just make ports to the new GB instead of making a DS version. Either way, one of the consoles will fail if Nintendo does this.

 

Nintendo are the king's of lazy re-hashes, why else would they make something that looks like a Game & Watch, but out of (mostly) GBA bit's and playing N64 games?

I'm not saying the PSP is going to be all originality, but the DS is just such a piece of stale wank.

 

A new ninty portable so soon would make the DS into the next Virtual Boy.
Can Nintendo afford to lose so much credibility? That would be a SEGA Caliber bad decision, in terms of hardware.
Now, PSP versus DS... I had some faith in the DS, actually, but I don't see any 2D powerhouse software being released. GBA compatibility is the bomb, though. Isn't the DS sort of a "new" GBA?
PSP... it's too expensive. If it had been as good as PS1 was, I'd be all over it. But I'm not precisely happy with PS2. No good 2D games, pretty much, and a crappy rate of translated good games. And a whole lot of 3D messes.
Mmm...
Let's wait and see.

 

@Yakumo: PSP outsells the DS 1,5:1 in Japan. 2005 DS sales are also low in the US.

@All: Nintendo roadmap shows that Big N supports the DS during 2005 - maybe even 2006 if it's selling well. If PSP outsells the DS Nintendo will release the "GBA 2" early in 2006.
As that seems to be the case they sure will announce GBA2 in 2005 and will delivers dev kits this year.

Nintendo is so lazy - there are Dev Kits for PS3 and Xbox 2 and many games are developed for both systems. Take a look at Revolution - there is a big NOTHING.

 

That's because it's "so innovative" everyone will steal their ideas! therefore, if nobody see's it until the day it's released (with no 3rd party games) then they are guaranteed not to have their ideas stolen!

You see? genius!

 

For me, the games sell me the console, not the look of the console.

If that were the case, who would have bought an American SNES? Or the PS2? (looks like a Spectrum + to me!!) NES was kinda ugly, too... but it still sold for what, nearly 10 years??

As for the Game and Watch, well sure it takes inspiration from ONE of their designs. Then again, G&W was the first handheld electronic computer game, so yeah, you could see similarities in any handheld. Screen in the middle, buttons either side..

Oh, and the G&W dual screens protected their screens from scratching or worse damage during transit. So does the DS.

The PSP, on the other hand, has a crappy material sleeve. I wear glasses and can tell you I would NEVER keep glasses in one of those. Not safe at all - OK it might stop it from scratching, but it doesn't stop other damage. Sure, the DS isn't any better protected, but the screen is.

Nintendo scores BIG points with me for thinking about that and actually protecting the screens. I also look forward to seeing how developers make use of two screens - could be good. Whereas we're stuck with one boring screen on the PSP, and crappy little discs that are prone to dust and scratching.

Sony are pioneers in the walkman field. You'd have thought they would've done better with the design and come up with something more rugged.

 

Ground Zero - 5:1? Where did you read that? as far as I was aware the PSP had only outsold the DS by 1.33:1 (for 2005 anyway)

 

Umm i bet its a console with built in 3d glasses... oh dont forget the DS controlers...

 

@Deathcoaster: I wrote 1,5:1 not 5:1.

@Paulo: That would be cool but it would require a VGA monitor to use the glasses.
A TV, even in progressive mode would flicker the brain out of your head.

 

Yeah, I thought that was a typo.

You are gonna have to explain what the 1,5 means then *feels stupid*

 

Think he means 1.5?

 

Yup, in European Spanish at least, which means most probably in European English, the 1.5 "point" mark is supplanted with a Comma, which leads somewhat to confusion.
At least to those of us who speak Mexican Spanish.
It's the same with British English and American English, right?

 

Dev kits for Xbox 2 yes. Dev kits for PS3? Not so much. Microsoft is rocking out the support for Xenon while Sony is just stringing most developers along and leaving them to fend for themselves when prototyping.

-hl718

 

1,5 is simply the european (and probably elsewhere) version of 1.5. They use "." as the 1000 seperator, e.g. in 1,000,000 becomes 1.000.000

 

Okidoke, thanks everyone

Well, I guess my point is redundant now because he was saying exactly the same thing, lol.