22nd January 2004, 12:25 PM
Quote:First of all she said 8 times, not 16. The standard GBA cart is around 16MB, which is what she is referring to. GBA carts can get up to well over 64MB if developers needed the space. It's just more expensive. I already said that. It looks like they've found a way to make high capacity carts for a much lower price.
Yeah, you're right, 8. But she sounded like GBA carts maxed at 16... I didn't think that was true either, really (I thought it was at least 32, maybe 64), but that's what it sounded like.
Quote:The GBA sells very well but it's not Nintendo's main console. Most of their development goes towards the Gamecube, and there's a reason for that. But that has nothing to do with the DS. If you read Iwata's comments you'll see that he doesn't expect this to be the next big thing, just something unique that some people will be intrigued by. Why are they doing this when they need much more than that, I have no idea. But so far it looks like the DS might be targeted towards a more narrow audience than the GBA and GC.
Their main problem here will be with all the trouble they have producing enough software to hold up two platforms, how in the world will they support three, especially when the third is even more first/second-party-reliant than the other two?