Nintendo's Press Conference

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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.

You had to switch very often in DK64, much more often that you did in BT.

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

Any if Sony follows these so-called rules then they have a very good chance of dominating the market.

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...

I seriously doubt that the next Nintendo handheld will be $100. It'll probably be at around the same price of the PSP, which I'm guessing will be no more than $200.

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!

Because the GBA is so cheap, the PSP has a greater chance of being a success! When you buy a $300 console, it takes a lot of convincing to go out and buy another $300 console. But when you have a relatively cheap, $100 handheld and something big and better comes out for just a $100 more, it's not that difficult of a decision to make.

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 the other systems were that much more powerful than the Gameboy, and they failed because the brands weren't popular, the battery lives were too short, and/or the prices were too high. I'd be very surprised if the PSP had a short battery life and cost too much money. If Sony plays their cards right they have a an extremely good chance of taking the number one spot in the handheld market.

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...

Sony didn't end up dominating the console gaming industry because they are stupid, ABF. It only makes sense to assume that they haven't lost their brains.

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?

They lasted for a while, but most of the third-parties left for the next-generation systems. The PSP will be competiting with the GBA in the same way that the PS2 was competing with the N64, if you really want to call that competition. The gap won't be that large of course, but you're comparing two different generations of hardware here. Nintendo is making another Gameboy for a reason!