Windows Nintendo DS announced

"An unprecedented approach to video game play-holding two separate game screens in the palm of your hands - hits the scene later this year when Nintendo introduces a new portable game system, code-named Nintendo DS."

http://www.gamespydaily.com/news/fullstory.asp?id=5624

 

ahh ive also got the email from nintendo telling me about it, sounds interesting.

ive only bought a GBA SP a few months back!

 

good old nintendo, always got something good up their sleeve

 

Its gonna suck

 

Yeah sure is i have always hated Nitendo lol dont spel it right either shows how much i like em. i love Playstation 2,Xbox, My PC

 

PS is pitiful

nintendo own, no competition

 

Exactly

Although this new hand held thing doesn't sound like their best idea.

 

im not into this nintendo sega sony and now xbox quarrel they all have their good and bad points in my oppinion alot of people hate sony coz it destroyed sega and isnt doing nintendo any favours xbox has cost microsoft billions but they still backing coz they dont have the sense to realise their loss (more money than sense) i got a ps2 coz i love final fantasy games and gran turismo i have my pc for first person shoot em up had an xbox for halo but wasnt a fan of it so i give it my brother for xmas.

 

hope i offended no one peace all

 

For pure gameplay

GC > Xbox > PS2

 

you love FF enough to buy a GC with FF:CC ?

 

Hardly new technology from Nintendo. Anyone remember this from the 80s :

 

Those really rocked. I had a luigi and mario one, they were trying to chug boxes around the place

 

ill be checking ff out on the gc of course i will

 

Could this be the DS?

Nintendo DS

 

Don't get me wrong, I am a massive Nintendo fan (I love my Gamecube and also owned an N64 before that), but I think that they are going to suffer a very serious beating at the hands of the Playstation Portable in the handheld market. I completely agree with Lord Kordir and his comment about Nintendo's supremacy in the area of gameplay, however sadly that's not what the games industry is about nowadays; marketing and image is playing an increasing role, with innovation and gameplay often taking a back seat. I suppose it could be argued that this importance of marketing has always existed within the industry, right back to the era of the great SNES vs Megadrive battle, though I would argue that its detrimental effects have become worse in recent years (the demise of the Dreamcast is a good example of this).

I don't think that the DS will be a complete disaster, as Nintendo have enough of a reputation from the previous incarnations of the Game Boy to ensure that the sales aren't terrible. However, remember what happened with the original PlayStation; the N64 didn't fare too badly against that (aside from some poor initial sales due to some pretty ridiculous pricing *cough* £60 a game *cough*), then the PlayStation 2 absolutely destroyed the GC in terms of sales. I think we may well see a repeat of this in the portable market, with Sony taking a generation or so to get their act together before becoming the dominant player. Don't forget that unlike with the original PlayStation, Sony have already established themselves as serious contenders within the industry as a whole.

 

LOL id rather the PSP tbh.

 

kevo, that av makes me sick.

 

yup, the PSP looks well sexy 16M colours, video and sound features too.

'doc

 

Have you heard what the DS can do? Stylus operated touch screen. Voice commands with a microphone. Wi-Fi too, and you can put it on your LAN and possibly play people across the net.