7th August 2003, 5:40 AM
Quote:At Nintendo's news conference today, President Satoru Iwata announced the company is planning a new gaming product which would "give a fresh surprise to consumers." No specific details were given about the product, only that more information would be announced in the Spring of 2004. As to whether or not the product would be a rival to Sony's PSP, Iwata had this to say: "Basically I believe Sony's multi-function handheld device will not have big impact on our business, but we are, whether Sony releases a new product or not, preparing for our future... and we'll be able to tell you specifics next spring." Iwata declined to comment on whether the product would be hardware or software, and also had no information on when said product would hit the market. He did, however, confirm that Nintendo would be releasing it's new home console in 2005 or 2006.
Iwata also announced a new program called 'Club Nintendo', in which gamers can accumulate points by buying Nintendo games. These points can be saved up in order to earn Nintendo related products. "We plan to begin the new program in Japan and the United States by the end of this year. We aim to have 300,000-500,000 users to sign up for the program in the first year after release," he told the press. No details were given as to the nature of the products earned with the point system.
A mystery product? Time to start guessing what it is!!
I like the idea of a reward program, because I buy Nintendo games all the time.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.