Nintendo's Press Conference

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True. Okay, by late 1995 when the PSX came out here it was over 50% worldwide. But not so dramatically that they dominated the industry, for sure... Sega was strong competition. There is nothing like that in handhelds. All the others failed.

Nintendo and Sega combined could not stop Sony. Right now Sony controls roughly 70% of the console gaming market (just a rough guess). If anybody can overthrow Nintendo's Gameboy, it's them.

It will still compete with the GBA. The GBA will be 3 1/2 years old -- not at the end of its life cycle yet (the GBC's 2 1/2 year cycle excluded... that was too short...). Yes, the PSP is far more powerful... but as the console market has established many times, POWER ISN'T EVERYTHING. Game library, price, battery life, etc... other things matter more.

Otherwise we'd be playing ... uh, Neo-Geo Pocket Colors and Turbografx Portables...

Graphics don't matter? Yeah I bet Nintendo would have had lots of success if they had just kept the SNES in the market instead of introducing the N64.

The Dreamcast was a failure because of Sega's poor marketing, the lack of solid third-party support, and because Sega simply wasn't popular anymore at the time.

If the PS2 were as poweful as the PSX, it of course wouldn't have stood a chance next to the Gamecube and X-Box. The PS2 is comparable to the 'cube and 'box, so graphics aren't really an issue. The GBA has no chance of competing with the PSP, which is why Nintendo is making another handheld to combat it. It the PSP was released by any other company then sure, graphics wouldn't matter. But this is Sony we're talking about.

You were talking about where? This arguement is a mess... can you quote it or something then?

Oh, and IMO B-T's switching is more annoying because, as I said, in B-T you just switch to to a task then switch back... it seems kind of pointless... while in DK you have a even spread of tasks and powers across the characters. SUre, you don't spend much time in other forms in B-T, but IMO its comparitively more annoying than switching in DK64... because I just didn't think that the switching was a problem in that game. You have plenty to do in each character... its not like you switch constantly. Well, I don't.

I had absolutely no problem with the switching characters in BT since you didn't do it nearly as often as you did in DK64.