The Malstrom thread 2: Revenge of the Lapsed Gamer

[LordTheNightKnight]

Email: Bushnell: No one over 8 will play the DS

Malestrom please respond to this….

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http://purenintendo.com/2010/10/02/seige-2010-nolan-bushnell-and-the-future-of-video-games/

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Yes he says no one over 8 will play a DS because of Ipads and Iphones.  I think he should’ve said “PSP” instead of DS. Yeah the Iphone and Ipad are fun, portable devices but I know a lot of adults who enjoy the DS.  They’re playing puzzle games and Brain Age and I’m almost 30 and love taking it on the go.

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Now I do agree with your thoughts on the 3DS.  Nintendo’s clearly trying to kill Sony in the 3D market though when the Japanese price was revealed some freaked that it’s estimated to be $300 though an official US price has yet to be revealed (some put it more towards $250) though honestly I couldn’t see it not being expensive since there’s a ton of mind blowing stuff it does. But as you pointed out, it’s mostly porting console games and rehashing N64 games though they are making a new Nintendogs and hopefully they’ll make another 2D Mario which will keep them safe and perhaps this is why they had go the route they did with the 3DS because they knew the increase of populairity of gaming on the Ipad.

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Though you gotta love the new PSP commercials going after the Iphone instead of the DS now.

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Bushnell is famously wrong with many things he has said and predicted about video games. He is an interesting character, but many of his business ventures fail (as it should be. If you aren’t failing, you aren’t doing anything). The point is that he is no oracle.
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And Bushnell is invested and having a new business venture around the iPad/iPhone. He mentioned on a forum his plans to make something like a board game platform with using something like the iPad in the middle and everyone holding an iPhone type device. Bushnell isn’t talking like a distant observer, he is an active participant in the market. DS is going to be his competitor. Investors would think it made for someone to praise the competition.
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Bushnell also believes we will be using cyborg implants in the future. Do you really need someone to explain why that won’t work?