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Vitani <inativ@tfosxft.moc> wrote in message news:<%DA4d.62$ub5.35@newsfe6-win.ntli.net>...
> Anyone know the reasons why Nintendo have decided not to make the DS the
> next GameBoy?
most of those that already replied gave some pretty good reasons, so I
can only restate some of these and add some more reasons.
a.) the DS is Nintendo's third leg in a triad of gaming machines.
Their so-called third pillar.
b.) DS is not called GameBoy, otherwise it would be the next GameBoy
c.) Nintendo does not want this experimental system to have the
GameBoy name because if DS flops, it would seriously damage GameBoy's
prestine good name.
d.) Nintendo has a next-gen GameBoy in development. It's been in
development since 2001 or earlier. Nintendo publically announced GBA
sucessor's development in 2002 along with a sucessor to Gamecube.
Nintendo Research & Engineering is handling the development of the new
GameBoy while Nintendo Technology Development in the U.S. and Nintendo
Integrated Research & Development in Japan is working on Revolution,
the sucessor to Gamecube.
e.) Nintendo has stated directly and through the media numerous times
that DS is not a sucessor to either GameBoy Advance or Gamecube, and
their sucessors are still in development.
depending on the how well DS is recieved, and especially how well PSP
does and how much PSP is hurting GBA and Nintendo overall, the next
GameBoy should arrive in 2006, or 2007 at the latest. the next GameBoy
will compete head on with PSP. Nintendo has the advantage of working
with ATI which could possibily allow for superior graphics compared to
PSP and a lower price.