PS3 sucks, XBox 360 sucks, Revolution sucks

[Paco]

I don't need to, you did it for me. :)

It was sarcasm. I need to work, I need to go to school, I need to pay for rent and food. I don't need to play more video games, especially those I wouldn't be comfortable playing.

Handheld games are great... I've had gameboys longer than any other consoles, and have gotten many fun hours out of them... I do find myself more likely to play a handheld game when on a trip or something like that where you're away from the TV or computer for long periods of time, but a particularly good game can draw me away (Fire Emblem, for instance... such awesome games...).

I also picked up a Super Game Boy last week and was playing Donkey Kong('94)... (seemed appropriate, as the game they tried to sell the accessory based on... Still as good as ever, and that's a game that has not been matched since in its particular subgenre of puzzle/platforming... the only other title like it I know of is Mario vs. Donkey Kong for the GBA, and that one's just not as good.

I know. I have a Gameboy Player for my GC. Like the games, just don't like the portable system. Too tiny a screen.

Nintendo has a point that 12-button, dual analog-with-dpad controllers are intimidating and far from approachable, though... finding the middle ground where they make approachable games while not alienating existing gamers does seem like a huge challenge, but for the most part it seems to be working on the DS (maybe a few less games the hardcore would love, but there are still more than enough to make it a system worth owning, whether or not you're interested in Nintendogs or Animal Crossing...)... I don't think they are trying to just appeal to new gamers. They've repeatedly talked about attracting new people while holding on to the hardcore, and I think they mean it; things like the download service to a large extent exist for the hardcore, after all.

Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sega combined have sold hundreds of millions of console with controllers that have many buttons and functions.

I think you were more on spot when you said Nintendo wants to be number one, and can't do it by simply copying what the number one company is doing.

I'll be holding on to my GC controllers, hoping they get used for some new games.