There's usually multiple branches of companies that work on different things rather than one branch that only works on one thing at a time. I doubt the development of the DSi, their new system, or their games had any effect on each other. Redonkulous_D

I never said there was only one branch that works on everything. And yes the 3 could have an effect on one another, a part of a company that produces Ds games would prbly have to be split off for work on Dsi download games, a part of Nintendo that works with the games could be split off to try producing early models of games for the next handheld to be made, etc.

This is my opinion on the Dsi and it seems you all care alot about my opinion. You are all looking at it from a business perspective to see which way Nintendo could earn the most money. I AM NOT. I never said that Nintendo cares what I think as a consumer. I'm saying from the perspective of a customer what i wish Nintendo would do. UNDERSTAND?

ALL i was saying in the first place is what i wish Nintendo would do, and from what i heard when i watched the video first the console was already finished so i thought they should have instead been working on their current console the Ds and DSi instead of making the next console, or if they were gng to finish the next console so early to not make the Dsi so sales could continue dropping and put a feature similar to the Dsi shop on the next console or to have only made one or no upgrades for the DS.

"But when we are launching new hardware, the most important thing is to sustain the momentum. If introducing new hardware won't do anything to do that, well..."

That's a quote from the article. In Japan, the DS' sells were falling, but releasing their new handheld wouldn't have made things better. Instead, they made the hardware they have more interesting. The DS' sales are double of what they were before and now they don't need the new handheld; at least for the time being.Do you understand now?!?!

Redonkulous_D

Can u just post the link to the whole article?

Anyways i still dont believe they should have released the Dsi if the next handheld would be completed so shortly afterwards. Instead of releasing the dsi they should have spent that time, you know making quality games or getting games released faster if sales are dropping. And i dont see how releasing a new system wouldnt pick up sales. the Dsi isnt even the next generation handheld its just an upgrade and it picked up sales so why couldnt the actual next gen handheld pick up sales? Releasing the Dsi would make more sense to me if they didnt already have the next handheld completed. They could have started work on the next handheld after the release of the DSi, not have it done already.

I dont like how they make their money off of making more and more upgrades to their current systems instead of releasing new ones. I think they should upgrade a system 1 time at most. The Ds lite for instance could have been the Dsi. Also the only really interesting thing i see about the dsi is the dsi shop which could have gone on the next handheld instead.

BTW Didnt someone already post saying the next handheld was canned and wont even be released? If so this doesnt even matter anymore.

You fail to understand Nintendo's reasoning. Read the article on the homepage and maybe a page or two in the Iwata Asks section on Nintendo.com. Nintendo doesn't want tokill the DSwhen it still works for them, at the time being, better than their new handheld.

Redonkulous_D

What article where? I cant find it. Anyways i just think they shouldnt have released the DSi. They could have put something like the the dsi shop on the next gen handheld. I think they shouldnt have made a third Ds. They could have just let the sales drop on the Ds lite and than release the next handheld. They only released the Dsi to make money. And than if the Ds is doing so well why should they have already finished making the next handheld? They could keep working on it and improving on it instead of finishing it so early especially if its gng to take so long for Ds sales to drop. Right now they are prbly looking on ways to improve the next handheld but they prbly wont even do it with all the time they have. They will prbly just use those ideas to make a slightly improved version of the same thing. And I would be fine with Dsi if they hadnt already finished the next handheld so early. But they did finish the next handheld early when instead they shouldnt have even made the Dsi and just put its features on to the next handheld.

[Could have released anew handheldinstead? Why would Ninty release a new handheld at the current one's peak? I think it was a great idea to go half way by releasing the DSi. The DSi's success is too great to even think of replacing it.The most I'd expect to see out of E3 '010 is Nintendorevealing what the handheld is like and stating they'll make a release date when the DSi's sales die down dramatically. Looking at the Wii's success in sales, I can't see the DSi going anywhere for a long time.

Redonkulous_D

I dont think so. its good for them because they can make some extra money. by releasing the dsi it is just gng to take even a longer time for sales to die down. If they hadnt even made the dsi sales would die down quicker and they could release the next handheld which is already completed.

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From a business standpoint yes but i dont rlly care about that. Nintendo makes tons of money already. According to the video the next handhelds already been completed. The vid said the only reason they arent releasing it is cause of how good the ds is doing. The dsi is only gng to make sales better. Than they are prbly gng to wait a while to release the next handheld cause sales are high, and by the time they release it, they will probably already have an upgrade to that finished which they could have released instead.

they shouldnt have even released the Dsi in the first place. they shuld have just released the next gen handheld and put in the Dsi features in that.

Well if its already finished being made than when they release it they better release the English one at the same time or vry close to the same time as the japanese one.

Oh didnt know u lived in the UK. Did you try the UK site than http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/nintendo_ds_family_page_11512.html?

It gets better the farther you go on like the story and having a lot of characters but my biggest problem with it is its tooo easy. There is very little challenge cept the final boss.

:o I didnt know i was the only one who liked it better. well origins wasnt the best movie ever but i liked it better cause i thought benjamin buttons was just alright nothing that special. I guess i had too high of an expectation for Benjamin Button while i had rlly low expectations for the X-men movie and Buttons didnt live up to my high expectations while Origins surpassed my vry low expectations for it.