Nintendo's Press Conference

[A Black Falcon]

You don't switch characters often in BT, while in Dk64 you have to do it every two friggin' minutes.

I don't remember ever switching every couple of minuites in that game. Well, maybe a FEW times, but not many at all. I would just switch to a character then stay with that one until I got bored with its tasks or completed everything I could in that level... which often can be quite a while. I don't know how you played, but I didn't switch every few minuites.

First you suggest that we count handhelds, now you're trying to say that they're a totally different market. Pick one, damnit!

Handhelds are part of the industry but they have some different rules. Simple.

I really don't understand your messed up logic that suggests that Sony's popularity in the console industry won't translate into the handheld industry even if their PSP is at the right price with a decent battery life. You are really deluding yourself if you truly believe that.

I'm doubtful that both of those things will happen... though it is possible, its doubtful. Especially the price -- there is no way it could be low enough to have mass success on a level to quickly challenge the Game Boy...

None of those other handhelds stood a chance against the Gameboy because they were either from unpopular companies, had terrible battery lives, or both, dumbass! You're the same kind of idiotic fanboy that didn't think the PSX could take over the market, and then thought that the Gamecube would place Nintendo in the lead again. You are being very foolish and very naive, but what else can I say? You'll just have to wait and see how wrong you are when the PSP launches. I'll be here rubbing this thread into your face when it launches with great success.

GBA is still selling on par with the PS2... it has a huge installed base... I just don't see any possible way that Sony will just come in and take over the industry like it did with the PSX. The market conditions would have to be perfect, like they were, and this time its just not like that!

You were referring to the Dreamcast when you said that "graphics don't matter", but you fail to realize that this is Sony we're talking about, not Sega. Graphics do matter when you have close competition.

Actually, I never referred to the Dreamcast, which is why I was confused by your mentioning it... where did you think I was talking about it?

It was pretty clear to me that I was talking about how the weak GB beat all the more powerful systems... and nothing else...

None of those other handhelds stood a chance against the Gameboy because they were either from unpopular companies, had terrible battery lives, or both, dumbass! You're the same kind of idiotic fanboy that didn't think the PSX could take over the market, and then thought that the Gamecube would place Nintendo in the lead again. You are being very foolish and very naive, but what else can I say? You'll just have to wait and see how wrong you are when the PSP launches. I'll be here rubbing this thread into your face when it launches with great success.

You are giving Sony far more credit than they deserve. But we'll see in upcoming months how the PSP turns out... it really IS a bit early now...

For the last time, the PSP will not be competiting with the GameBoy, just as the X-Box 2 will not be competing with the Gamecube! Nintendo will probably have their new handheld out sometime around or after Sony releases the PSP, and that is what it is going to be competing with. Nintendo is scared about this, which is why they practically announced a new handheld last week. They know that the GBA will not be able to compete with the PSP, so they're making a new one! Get this through your thick skull!

I am sure that for a while the PSP WILL be competing with the GBA. Its just foolish to say that Nintendo will have a new console out at the same time... sure, if it is some amazing success despite the odds it will chip away at the GB's huge base, but the GB just has so much strength in this market that it'll last for a long time. I am also sure that it'll still get great games, if just because of the huge size of its base and the fact that it still isn't that old... sorry, but you are wrong. They will be competing... and the PSP is far more powerful, sure, but I think the GBA can hold its own for plenty long to give it a decent lifespan and for Nintendo to make its next portable a little while later.

Or do you forget how the NES, SNES, and PSX all lasted for a long time after competition that was better came out?