screw u nintendo blah blah blah

[Muscelli]

http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/28/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm

blah blah balh

[chadtower]

Here's a thought... don't buy everything they sell. :roll:

[jajaja]

money money money, its so funny, in a richmans world :D

hehe seriously tho, no one is forcing you to buy, or?
I think its good that they make new stuff so people have more stuff to choose from.
I doubt a company like Nintendo who have been around for over 100 years will go bankrupt. Atleast not in our lifetime.

[Cmosfm]

money money money, its so funny, in a richmans world :D

ABBA OWNS YOU! :P

Yeah, if you don't want it, don't buy it. There's no reason to go "OMG NENTENDO U SHULD DIE CUZ URTEH SU><ORZ"

...just don't buy it...

seems like you're a bit angry cause you really DO want to buy it, but just can't afford it. I can afford it though. :D I can't wait!

[jajaja]

money money money, its so funny, in a richmans world :D

ABBA OWNS YOU! :P


Haha ye, abba is good ;)

[Muscelli]

im just pissed that theyre screwing people who bought DS by releasing another system a couple months later

they couldnt care less about their customers, seeing gamecubes online support, a bizillion gba ports, and their awesome line-up for DS...

geez, whats happened to nintendo in the last 15 years?

another handheld is always good, but im defiently not buying it cuz i know what nintendo will do... :/ never thought sony would be the good guy in my eyes... suprised nobody heres pissed about their decisions lately

[den68]

wha????

did someone say Sega CD, 32X, Game Gear, Nomad, Pico?


wow, toss in the E-reader, Gameboy Player and the original GBA and that's a lot of hardware in a short span of time. That could piss off a few customers, confuse them for sure.

[Arcade Antics]

im just pissed that theyre screwing people who bought DS by releasing another system a couple months later
How, exactly, is that "screwing people who bought DS"?


they couldnt care less about their customers, seeing gamecubes online support, a bizillion gba ports, and their awesome line-up for DS...
I don't even know what this means. LOL

[chadtower]

Yeah, because as we all know, it's bad to have a lot of good options when you want to buy something. We'd all rather have one product that we're all forced to use.

Come on, people. You don't have to own it all. It's GOOD that they would release lots of stuff.

[Push Upstairs]

I knew Nintendo would do this....I didnt want them to do it, but i knew it was going to happen.

This is why i think Nintendo is run by monkeys.


So a consoles lifespan is now what, 5 years? How long are Nintendo's handhelds?

And more importantly, what kind of message does releasing a new system every year say about Nintendo to video gamers?

[chadtower]

Uh, it says that in a year there will be a new console available if you want one? It's not like they don't make them backwards compatible, and it's not like anyone is forcing you to buy them all.

[-hellvin-]

I still can't understand why they even bothered with the DS. I can't understand even more whey I have one??

[Satac]

Rumors, rumors, rumors - just wait with the bashing until Nintendo announces it officially...

[Push Upstairs]

I still can't understand why they even bothered with the DS.

This is a damn good question.


I can't understand even more whey I have one??

I can't help ya there.

[goatdan]

I actually kind of knew about this for a while. Rumor has it that the reason there isn't a ton of releases coming out for the DS is that developers are already switching to the GBA2. If that's true, both the DS and the GBA2 (or whatever it ends up being called -- personally, Game Boy Next would be cooler) are going to face tough futures, as the lack of DS support will cause people to question the GBA2.

If they support both though, I think it would give a lot of credibility to the "three pillar" approach that they have been talking about. The DS is a different beast than the GBA (or PSP for that matter) and if Nintendo wants to, they could support both. If they decide not to though, it will be big trouble.

And I still don't understand why everyone complains about the GBA SP coming out. It was not a new console. I can walk into a store and buy a GBA game and play it on either model. It was a hardware revision. It happens to be one of the best hardware revisions they are (after the original GBA was one of the WORST hardware incarnations though), and it has sold a lot. I don't think people that had a Genesis were complaining that Sega released the Genesis 2, and people that were complaining about the recent PS2 hardware revision were doing so only because it didn't have all of the same functionality as the original (hard drive).

That having been said, no company has released two consoles that compete directly with each other so close together. If Nintendo is serious about making this three great product lines, they better really do it or it will cause their foundation to crumble. If any company has the ability to support two different handheld consoles though, I do believe it would be Nintendo.

As I tend to always end these posts with, I guess we'll have to wait and see.

[Arcade Antics]

dude, oh my god...
OMG!!1eleventy-eleven!!1


I am really tired of this, they dont care about their customers...
How do you figure? Still waiting for your answer to that one.


they are just greedy pigs....
Wait. A large corporation wants to make money? *GASP!*


Heres hoping that Nintendo will file for bankruptcy soon..
Y'know, for someone who wants them to go bankrupt, you aren't helping anything by buying a new handheld every year. LOL

[mikeetler]

This isn't exacly a surprise. Nintendo stated last year before the DS shipped that is was not an addition to the Game Boy line and it was a well documentd rumor that the Advance's successor would ship before their next console. I think the actual release will be dependant on how DS software sells. I really don't expect the DS to last five years for hit 400 games, but that's no reason to not enjoy what does come out for it.

-Mike

[njiska]

So you're all getting pissed off because of sepeculation, huh? Note that the article quotes analysts not NINTENDO.

If there's a new GBA this christmas i certainly don't mind. Nintendo has always said that the DS and GBA would be for different markets. The DS offers dual screen gaming and touch control, while the GBA is for more classic styled one screen games.

From the article it sounds like it's just another redesign of the GBA which also doen't bother me. I have problems with my SP's shoulder buttons.

Nintendo is not going to stop supporting the DS. they will support both at the same time much like it is now. Any other strategy would be industrial suicide.

Nintendo loves their customers, if you doubt me talk to their tech support, 1-800-255-3700. They're pretty nice.

To anyone who says the GBA isn't being supported i suggest you try taking a look at the Minish Cap. Damn good game and it's for the GBA and it's barely a month old.

Nintendo is a good company, sure they can make mistakes, but they certainly aren't going to try to piss off their customers by dropping support for a system that's got over a million installed units and is quite popular. Although i will concede that it doesn't have the best gaming library yet. The best releases are coming in march-may.

[Crush Crawfish]

Fine by me. As far as I'm concerned, It's just more good games for me to play, whenever I can buy the system. I still think it's a bit too early to release this, though...the good ol' GBA still has plenty of life left in it.

[NintendoMan]

Here's a thought... don't buy everything they sell. :roll:
Very true!

Thanks for posting this article.

[MegaDrive20XX]

I knew this was gonna happen, but it was estimated at 2007...but now? Wow Nintendo you are a dick right now

[link1110]

OK, I totally support Nintendo and want to see them beat Sony back to consumer electronics where they belong, as Nintendo is the last true video game company.

That said, if they were to release a new GB this year, it would be a REALLY stupid move. They can't keep doing this now that they have a real threat to their portable dominance (PSP.) They have about a million unit lead on PSP in japane as it is, if they made the lead go from 1,800,000 (DS)- 900,000 (PSP) to about 1,500,000 (PSP, by the time this new GB comes out) to 0, that would be a Sega-worthy dumb move.

[PDorr3]

http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/28/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm

dude, oh my god... Im sick of buying a new handheld every year... Im sick of the bullshit theyre pulling DS being a 3rd pillar MY ASS wheres the GBA support , now theyre Planning on making a new console, and abandoning DS... I am really tired of this, they dont care about their customers... they are just greedy pigs.... Heres hoping that Nintendo will file for bankruptcy soon..

First of all it is called a "New Gameboy SP", it was in no way mentioned as a totaly new system with new hardware, it is simply what the original SP was to the GBA, its going to be a sleeker version of GBA SP, which I am sure will have some nice features, like a TRUE backlit screen like the DS (the games look even better) and it may have some stereo sound with more than one speaker.

Heck who knows, its the release of the PSP and xbox's so called new system coming out who can blame nintendo for trying to stay in the race?

Simple fact is that if you do not like it, dont buy it, its easy as that.

Calling nin tendo greedy pigs that do not care about there customers and hope they file bankruptcy for attempting to stay in the charts this year is pretty low and inaccurate. You should think of WHY nintendo would do this first before coming to a hasty conclusion...

[Arcade Antics]

OK, I totally support Nintendo and want to see them beat Sony back to consumer electronics where they belong, as Nintendo is the last true video game company.

I'll never understand statements like this one. NEVAR!!!1!eleventy-onehundred-eleven!11 :)

Doesn't the competition force Nintendo to come up with better games? Or would you rather have Nintendo as the only game company in the world so that they can just make whatever crap they want to fling at the wall? :hmm:

[Lady Jaye]

Well, better this than one version of handheld being supported for years and years and years (original Game Boy, anyone)?

I'd wait before whining and blasting Nintendo. Nothing's confirmed and who knows? Maybe the DS already has undocumented built-in support for the next-gen GBA? Or maybe, as others have said, it's just hardware revision of the GBA, not an actual new console. Speculation is exactly that, speculation.

Oh, and what GoatDan said.

[Querjek]

Wow, I am such a sucker forthese handheld wars... right when I saw the title of that article, I thought, "Only $99? Wow, I should get one at launch!", even though I got my DS, GBASP, and GBA at launch, and will be getting my PSP at launch. Oh, and I didn't get it at launch, but I have an N-Gage...

[mikeetler]

First of all it is called a "New Gameboy SP", it was in no way mentioned as a totaly new system with new hardware, it is simply what the original SP was to the GBA, its going to be a sleeker version of GBA SP, which I am sure will have some nice features, like a TRUE backlit screen like the DS (the games look even better) and it may have some stereo sound with more than one speaker.

If it was a new Game Boy entry, don't expect a financial column to get the name straight. It was either The New York Times business section or the Wall Street Journal that reffered to the DS as the "Game Boy Advance DS" during December in an article about system sales over Thanksgiving.

-Mike

[Flack]

I can't wait for it to come out, so it'll drive down the price of the Nintendo DS, so I can finally buy a GBA SP.

It's all about the old school, kids.

[NintendoMan]

OK, I totally support Nintendo and want to see them beat Sony back to consumer electronics where they belong, as Nintendo is the last true video game company.

Doesn't the competition force Nintendo to come up with better games? Or would you rather have Nintendo as the only game company in the world so that they can just make whatever crap they want to fling at the wall? :hmm:

I couldn't agree more!

I can't stand it when people count different color systems as them getting screwed. When the real reason was probably cause a new color came out that they wanted, and can't affor to get a different color. I guess those same people only want ONE color of car to choose from.

[MegaDrive20XX]

First of all it is called a "New Gameboy SP", it was in no way mentioned as a totaly new system with new hardware, it is simply what the original SP was to the GBA, its going to be a sleeker version of GBA SP, which I am sure will have some nice features, like a TRUE backlit screen like the DS (the games look even better) and it may have some stereo sound with more than one speaker.



I like this theory, if that happens...I'm so buying it, a better looking model then the SP? Hell yeah

[Muscelli]

all right, first off... arcade antics... quit personally attacking me because u dont agree with me, im sorry that i hurt ur feelings by dissing nintendo, but if quoting every line i write makes you feel better, then fine... but when u hit puberty, you will take a more mature approach to this whole situation...

and i didnt know that it was a new SP they were talking about, it seemed like a neew gameboy altogether... a new sp is alright, i guess... but whats the purpose of it? It seems to have everything fine with me...maybe theyll start developing gba games again if this releases..

[sisko]

Say it with me:

"The DS is not a Gameboy, The DS has never intended to be a Gameboy. The DS is not a successor of Gameboy."

Nintendo has been saying this from day one, open yer ears x_x

Also, please point me to where it says Nintendo is abandoning the DS. I read through the article twice, and saw no mention of it.

[goatdan]

If anyone interperted my comments as saying the "Game Boy Next" (AKA GBA2) would be another hardware revision of the Game Boy, no. I do not think that at al.

I've actually heard rumors that this would be the biggest change in Game Boy consoles pretty much ever. From media to control styling, it could be a pretty major step.

And as far as I can tell, the GBA hasn't had games stopped in development because of the DS. In fact, it seems that since the DS came out, there has been more GBA games released than DS games.

[joshnickerson]

Yawn. Speculation. Wake me when it's official. -_-

[TheRedEye]

Okay, I'm going to NOT read this thread and politely point out that at no point in the CNN article is it confirmed that this "new SP" will actually contain new hardware architecture. In fact, I predict this is just another redesign of the Game Boy Advance, with an actual backlit screen and (maybe) wireless multiplayer support. I wish I could strangle the entire internet and tell them to calm the fuck down and wait for solid facts before pissing themselves and swearing off Nintendo, but that's impossible, so feel free to continue your bitching while the rest of us calmly wait for solid facts.

[Arcade Antics]

all right, first off... arcade antics... quit personally attacking me because u dont agree with me,

Please show where I personally attacked you. Did you even READ my post?


im sorry that i hurt ur feelings by dissing nintendo, but if quoting every line i write makes you feel better, then fine... but when u hit puberty, you will take a more mature approach to this whole situation...

You can't be serious. LOL

We've had an influx of nonsense lately and you're not helping. You can be part of the solution or part of the problem, up to you. :) You wanna keep being part of the problem, take it elsewhere. Pronto.


I am really tired of this, they dont care about their customers...
I'm STILL waiting for an answer to this exchange too.

P.S. - what's with editing the topic of your post fifty times, not to mention deleting everything you first wrote in it? x_x

[Iron Draggon]

If this drops the price of the GBA SP down to only $50, where it SHOULD be right now, then I'm all for it! I've been wanting to get one for a while now, but the $75 price is too prohibitive. But a $50 price is alot more affordable!

[Algol]

I had a feeling Nintendo would try something like this when they announced DS was not the next Game Boy. You would think either DS or this next GB has to compete against PSP, and if its not DS, and GBA2 is only $99, Nintendo will have 1Up-ed Sony in a BIG way.

This could get REALLY interesting. :popcorn:

[Super Mario Fan]

I can't wait for it to come out, so it'll drive down the price of the Nintendo DS, so I can finally buy a GBA SP.

It's all about the old school, kids.

That would be great, but:


The new system, he predicts, will launch at a $99 price point, with prices on the Game Boy Advance falling to $49. Nintendo DS prices, he wrote, will likely remain unchanged.

:grrr: :grumble: :bad-words: :angry:

Hopefully that after a month or two there will be a DS price drop. :)

[Aboliax]

Nintendo's said several times that they are planning on having a 3 pillar market, the GBA and DS are not meant to interfere with each other. In my opinion I think it will be a GBA redesign, probably eliminating the folding feature, being smaller somewhere between a cell phone and pda, backlit, integrated wireless, lose its backwards compatibility (to save space so it can be smaller), maybe longer battery life, that kind of thing. I'd imagine it'd be japanese only (GBL anyone?), and the 99$ seems high, maybe more like 60$. Guess we'll have to wait till big N says for real though huh?

[LiquidX01]

Thank's Nintendo for reminding me about why I hate your handhelds so much...Blow it out your ass with your constant upgraded versions of gameboys...Well, I guess it's the only way to keep you afloat.

Yeah, I will be bashed by all the Nintendo fanboys, Oh well. :/

[PDorr3]

P.S. - what's with editing the topic of your post fifty times, not to mention deleting everything you first wrote in it? x_x

LOL this guy deleted his entire first post...and edited his other post after that to make it look like he didnt post anything to cause a ruckuss LOL

[cr0n0]

I always saw the DS release as a nervous reaction to Sony's PSP. I say nervous, because I feel they released it too early with almost no good software available (N64 comes to mind). The article does state that the DS and SP are aimed at different audiences, so I guess that's why they might release a new handheld. SP is neat, but it is limited. Maybe Nintendo wants to push stronger software with stronger hardware. In the end, it's just a rumor and no one hear should BITCH at it until Nintendo actually announces anything (if they do).


Also, don't bother correcting me on the N64 comment. I know well that the system was released after the PS1. I was reffering to the gaming lineup.

[SuperNES]

I don't think people that had a Genesis were complaining that Sega released the Genesis 2,

or the genesis 3, or the nomad! LOL

[TheRedEye]

I don't think people that had a Genesis were complaining that Sega released the Genesis 2,

or the genesis 3, or the nomad! LOL

The difference being that the Genesis 2 and 3 were steps down in functionality and cool factor, whereas the Game Boy evolutions have always been steps up.

Anyway. I'd like to make another point here. Our only source for this is from an INDUSTRY ANALYST REPORT. Think about that. Then stop thinking, and relax until we get official word.

[MegaDrive20XX]

Wait a minute! It just dawned me....

It's the 20th Anniversary of the NES in the USA this year right?

this has GOT to be Nintendo's big surprise for the 20th Anniversary!

[PDorr3]

I don't think people that had a Genesis were complaining that Sega released the Genesis 2,

or the genesis 3, or the nomad! LOL

The difference being that the Genesis 2 and 3 were steps down in functionality and cool factor, whereas the Game Boy evolutions have always been steps up.

Anyway. I'd like to make another point here. Our only source for this is from an INDUSTRY ANALYST REPORT. Think about that. Then stop thinking, and relax until we get official word.

agreed this could all be BS. I wont believe any of it until nintendo announces it officialy.

[SoulBlazer]

Once agian I find I must bow to the super mind of Dan for saying what I was allready going to say. :D

With one slight change. I think the next Game Boy product will not be all that different from the current GBA SP -- just some more upgrades and functions added to it.

Nintendo has said they were always serious about this three product line (console, DS, Gameboy). We'll see how well it works.

[Poofta!]

ill buy it regardless, i buy every new piece of hardware that comes out, cause if theres a game i wanna play, i wanna play it, i dont like being constrained by what console i do or do not have. so i have everything.



another thought i had is that maybe the new gameboy will be as powerful as the psp and nintendo has just kept it real real real quiet. hey its possible, nintendo mentioned that the DS is in no way out to replace the gameboy, but rather a side project.

[Berserker]

Personally, I'd much rather Nintendo stick to a more GBA 2dish kind of game format with this newer Gameboy, with some marked improvements, as it would give more purpose to owning multiple handhelds other than being able to play both 3d game X and 3d game Y.

[NintendoMan]

P.S. - what's with editing the topic of your post fifty times, not to mention deleting everything you first wrote in it? x_x

LOL this guy deleted his entire first post...and edited his other post after that to make it look like he didnt post anything to cause a ruckuss LOL

I was thinking the same thing. LOL

[goatdan]

I don't think people that had a Genesis were complaining that Sega released the Genesis 2,

or the genesis 3, or the nomad! LOL

The difference being that the Genesis 2 and 3 were steps down in functionality and cool factor, whereas the Game Boy evolutions have always been steps up.

My point was that the Game Boy Advance SP is still a Game Boy Advance, which for some reason it seems that a ton of people forgot when it came out. It is a hell of a lot better than the Advance thanks to the rechargable battery and backlit screen, but it plays the same games and nothing more.

Arguing that the GBA SP and the GBA are completely different consoles is as goofy as saying that when the Game Boy Pocket came out, everyone was really pissed because they had to get rid of the original Game Boy to get a Pocket. You didn't have to. The games still worked the exact same on both consoles.

The DS is the first truly "new" hardware that Nintendo has rolled out since the GBA launched.

[NintendoMan]

Thank's Nintendo for reminding me about why I hate your handhelds so much...Blow it out your ass with your constant upgraded versions of gameboys...Well, I guess it's the only way to keep you afloat.

Yeah, I will be bashed by all the Nintendo fanboys, Oh well. :/

So you still use the oldest form of windows available?? Or you still have one of those 5 pound, big ass cell phones??

I am just saying, what in the world could be wrong with upgrades?

[Promophile]

I would just like to say that I have NO sympathy for people who bought a DS and are whining about this. Nintendo stated BEFORE the DS was released that it wasn't the new Gameboy system, it was a THIRD PILLAR. One of the reasons I didn't buy one.

[Jibbajaba]

If this drops the price of the GBA SP down to only $50, where it SHOULD be right now, then I'm all for it! I've been wanting to get one for a while now, but the $75 price is too prohibitive. But a $50 price is alot more affordable!

Aren't you the one who just got done telling the entire membership of DP that we were cheapskates? And that we all had shitty dirt mall collections because we couldn't afford the good stuff, and that you could?

Just checking...

Chris

[Sniderman]

If this drops the price of the GBA SP down to only $50, where it SHOULD be right now, then I'm all for it! I've been wanting to get one for a while now, but the $75 price is too prohibitive. But a $50 price is alot more affordable!

Aren't you the one who just got done telling the entire membership of DP that we were cheapskates? And that we all had shitty dirt mall collections because we couldn't afford the good stuff, and that you could?

Just checking...

Chris
/golf clap

Well played. On the green in one.

[Bluteg]

The article stated that it would be priced at $99 and the the DS would stay the same. There is absolutely no way that Nintendo would release a new technology with new hardware for less than the DS. My moneys on it being a redesigned SP with a DS type screen.

Anyway $49 SPs for next Christmas!

[Push Upstairs]

If this article is making reference to a "revision" of the SP...then here is to hoping that Nintendo can finally makes a GBA actually worth owning.

Between the SP's arthritis inducing smallness, and the orginals terrible screen, maybe someone at Nintendo finally decided that mixing the best of both was needed.

[Promophile]

If this article is making reference to a "revision" of the SP...then here is to hoping that Nintendo can finally makes a GBA actually worth owning.

Between the SP's arthritis inducing smallness, and the orginals terrible screen, maybe someone at Nintendo finally decided that mixing the best of both was needed.

I like the small size of the SP, it's one of the reasons I picked it up. It was nice not having to put the thing in a freaking case if I wanted to keep the screen from getting scratched.

[Push Upstairs]

The SP was too small for my hands.

I have long fingers, and having to bring my hands so close together was very uncomfortable.

And those L+R buttons were really to close together for comfort....they were perfectly placed on Saturn and SNES controllers though.

[Zubiac666]

I can't belive that you all go nuts on an articel which hasn't ANY official words in it.
Are you all blind or what?

Nintendo may plan to introduce the follow-up to its most popular system in 2005


way to go naivety

man, it seems that the industry actually wants Nintendo to go down.
All I read is "nintendo sucks" "nintendo are dicks" "OMGz!1!!!11Nintendo aRee ThaA SuuXXoRoXX TheSSe daYs!!!11!!111"

and you wonder why they have the most hardcore fanboys of all companies....

x_x :roll:

overall: WAIT till official words

[hydr0x]

ok, here we go

http://spong.com/detail/news.asp?prid=8385

[Muscelli]

all right, first off... arcade antics... quit personally attacking me because u dont agree with me,

Please show where I personally attacked you. Did you even READ my post?


im sorry that i hurt ur feelings by dissing nintendo, but if quoting every line i write makes you feel better, then fine... but when u hit puberty, you will take a more mature approach to this whole situation...

You can't be serious. LOL

We've had an influx of nonsense lately and you're not helping. You can be part of the solution or part of the problem, up to you. :) You wanna keep being part of the problem, take it elsewhere. Pronto.



P.S. - what's with editing the topic of your post fifty times, not to mention deleting everything you first wrote in it? x_x

same with you, youre the one who keeps trying to make a fool of me...so its not because i bashed nintendo... why else would you be doing this stupid stuff... grow up

as for me editing my post 50 times, it was once, bro... and i edited it to avoid from u continuing to be nitpicking every sentence of the post... please, grow up and quit being such a prick

just stop, ok? Just stop, grow up, and leave me alone

[digitalpress]

same with you, youre the one who keeps trying to make a fool of me...so its not because i bashed nintendo... why else would you be doing this stupid stuff... grow up

as for me editing my post 50 times, it was once, bro... and i edited it to avoid from u continuing to be nitpicking every sentence of the post... please, grow up and quit being such a prick

just stop, ok? Just stop, grow up, and leave me alone

I'd suggest you settle down right now.

I'm going to do you a favor and lock this topic. Use this gift wisely.