Nintendo's Press Conference

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I don't think it'll fail [meaning it goes under after about a year] either. But, I think at this point to say that the GB is doomed is a bit of a stretch.

I don't think the Gameboy is doomed, I just think there's a good chance that Sony will take the number one spot away from Nintendo in the handheld market.

Depending on when Nintendo releases the succesor to the GBA it could be in direct competition with the PSP for some time. The PSX was never really in direct competition with the SNES because it had already hit its stride sometime back and was starting to fade out. Important note: The PSX didn't really take off until after the SNES was already gone and the N64 had stumbled.

Something Nitendo absolutely needs to do, wether they go with miniature DVDs or not, is to make the new GB backwards compatible with past GBs. Build on the success of the past, that's what Sony did with the PS2 and look where that got them.

The PSX didn't start becoming extremely popular until they started to get all of the big games. If the PSP launches with the rumored FF VII-2 then it's a sure bet that it'll become a huge hit.

Another reason why the PSP could become more successful than the Gameboy is because the PSP will most likely attract a whole new crowd to the handheld market, something that they did with the PlayStation. That is Sony's greatest ally: the casual gamer.