Nintendo's Press Conference

[A Black Falcon]

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

More than in BT? Yes. But you would stay in the forms for longer periods of time and have MORE TO DO IN EACH ONE! More fun, IMO. It was annoying in BT how the ONLY purpose of transforming into each form was to do one or two tasks then go back to the place and transform back! More irritating than switching to various characters that are all equal task-wise, to me.

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.

Wait, wait... because the PSP is far more expensive it will BETTER? What in the WORLD??? That makes no sense at all, unless I misunderstand you... when you have a console you're less likely to go out and get another, especially when it costs a lot more! That is just common sense!

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

I can't figure out why you think that, but I most certainly do not.

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.

I don't know about that... Nintendo likes to have consoles that are cheaper than the competition and I doubt they'll change that anytime soon...

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.

Uhh... as for why all the others failed, yes, it was that and the strength of the Game Boy that defeated them.

As for Sony... no. I see no reason to see why they would take over the handheld industry. Not in these conditions. Why DO you think they would? Just because they are big in TV-top consoles and have marketing and popular power? Yes, that means that the PSP will do well... but beat the Game Boy? No, I VERY highly doubt it. It just doesn't make sense. The Game Boy Advance is a good console. It is still relatively recent. It still has a great lineup of upcoming games, and will still have one a year from now. Sony will face a stiff challenge trying to enter the market...

Also... these consoles really DON'T target exactly the same markets. The PSP aims for a older average gamer age -- which COULD be a problem with portables because it IS true that portable gamers are generally younger... for many reasons, not just because Game Boy is "uncool" or something. That is part of it, but not all of it... and in the market Game Boy gets a lot of its support from the PSP probably won't do as well for quite some time. Oh, eventually they may, if the console is some super-console with very high battery life and a really low price, but I somehow doubt that those will happen... the PSP will do well, but it won't take over half the handheld market anytime soon. No way.

As I said, unlike when they took over the main console market, the competition isn't fractured and in a weak position, that's for sure.

No way will it be like the PS2 and N64. The N64 was on its last legs and far, far behind when the PS2 came out... and the PSX was in first! That is a DRAMATICALLY different situation from one where Nintendo owns over 90% of the market!