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ph4nt on 17 February 2010

GBA could have sold much more if Nintendo didn't kill it prematurely.



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jarrod on 17 February 2010
leo-j said:
The wii might do it, but I have my doubts, its $199, and despite being cheaper than last year at the same time, its falling behind..

then again stock is an issue for nintendo in the U.S

Er, Wii's tracking well ahead of PS2 in every market but Japan... and at a higher pricepoint too.

Wii beating PS2 rests entirely on how Nintendo decides to wind the platform down.



theRepublic on 17 February 2010
chocoloco said:
I have never meet an adult other than females that own and play a DS. Are there any of you DS owners out there that are over the age of 21?

There are lots of males and females over the age of 21 with a DS.



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Linkzmax on 18 February 2010
leo-j said:
Gameboy color was not a just gameboy with color, it was a new platform, hence the reason it had games specifically made for it..

New platform or not, Nintendo counted them together, and Advance seperately: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/library/historical_data/pdf/consolidated_sales_e0912.pdf

The GBC is similar to the DSi. Nearly all GB/DS games work on the successor, some games were designed to work on the former with enhanced features for the latter, and some are exclusive to GBC/DSi. Nintendo totals all DS models together, but it now also gives data on individual models.

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paulrage2 on 18 February 2010

DS is a portable game. PS2 is a console.

It is totally diferent!!!

PS2 still will be the biggest seller console for the next years.



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chocoloco on 18 February 2010
theRepublic said:
chocoloco said:
I have never meet an adult other than females that own and play a DS. Are there any of you DS owners out there that are over the age of 21?

There are lots of males and females over the age of 21 with a DS.


That's some very interesting statistics for japan where handhelds dominate the market, but I live in the United States (Denver) and I doubt you would have such a wide varying range of age for the handheld here. I never meant to insult anyone I just was stating an observation as another poster noticed.

theRepublic on 18 February 2010
chocoloco said:
theRepublic said:
chocoloco said:
I have never meet an adult other than females that own and play a DS. Are there any of you DS owners out there that are over the age of 21?

There are lots of males and females over the age of 21 with a DS.

That's some very interesting statistics for japan where handhelds dominate the market, but I live in the United States (Denver) and I doubt you would have such a wide varying range of age for the handheld here. I never meant to insult anyone I just was stating an observation as another poster noticed.

I'm in the US as well and I doubt it is much different here.  There are tons of older people with a DS.



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WarmachineX on 18 February 2010

no shock; Nintendo always wins in the end cuz they be badass.





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jarrod on 18 February 2010
chocoloco said:
theRepublic said:
chocoloco said:
I have never meet an adult other than females that own and play a DS. Are there any of you DS owners out there that are over the age of 21?

There are lots of males and females over the age of 21 with a DS.

That's some very interesting statistics for japan where handhelds dominate the market, but I live in the United States (Denver) and I doubt you would have such a wide varying range of age for the handheld here. I never meant to insult anyone I just was stating an observation as another poster noticed.

I live in NYC, you see pretty much every age, ethnicity, gender, race, etc, represented on the subways playing DS, from little girls to young professionals to senior citizens.   Maybe it's different for cities with heavy public transport/commuters.  

Coincidentally, I only ever see male teens and early 20-somethings with PSPs... and half the time they're watching videos on them.



Xmanny2009X on 18 February 2010
llewdebkram said:
Especially as Nintendo makes such good quality consoles that don't need replacing and PS2s high sales in my opinion are due to so many repeat purchases after breakdown.

UHMMMMMMMMMM, that sounds familiar.  Could it be that system, that its out right now, that gets this thing called the Red Ring of Death like a million times?  I believe its name was Xb....you just have to walk in to a game store and BOOM, there it is with its RROD.  



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