more of a maintain sales type deal then a increases them thing.

 they should make some kick ass bundle deal.

The comment of the shifting of resources leads me to beleeive that if this comment was sincere, then nintendo is slowly going to edge out of the handheld market, b/c they see more promise with the wii.  A big possibility of continuing to produce DS's for the LT when attention is elsewhere is that it will become an unprofitable product.  The handheld market is always going to be there, always part of the picture, so imo, their statement was either BS or possibly a mistake in corporate strategy

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Any sort of drop in price will help a console or handheld the question really is how many will buy it at this new price that would not before. New games coming out will help it but so will the older games that are already established for this handheld. In the end though I think the DS has too many great games already and in the future to allow the psp to dramatically increase sales from month to month moreso than they are already doing.

heh, there's just more of me to go around...

Nintendo is NOT getting out of the handheld market. That is crazy talk. Really, that's the nuttiest thing I've heard of in a while. Beyond crazy.

Exactly.  I don't even think that they will reduce resources from the DS at all, myself.  If nintendo was seriously going to let the DS wither on the vine, then sony would have been able to figure that out....and they wouldn't even bother with the new PSP or the price cut.

I think people are completely misinterpreting the shifting resources to the Wii comment. They probably meant in regards to the GC and GBA, not the DS.

if nintendo didn't make handhelds they would be long gone by now. they've basically been surviving as the last 10 years because of their handhelds. diversity is good. having home consoles and portables in your product portfolio gives you a better chance at survival because you're not relying on a single product. nintendo will leave the console market well before they leave the handheld one, especially since portables are poised to compose the largest market share in the future.

 ARGH! why do you keep insisting that the statement "we'll be shifting more resources to the Wii somehow translates to "we're abandoning the DS"? 

When Microsoft stated that they'd be entering the console market, did you say "I'm really suprised Microsoft is going to forfeit the PC operating system market to Apple"? Or were you too concerned that Apple was discontinuing computer manufacturing all together because they had shifted some resources to the ipod? 

 I mean really? do you think that putting a stronger focus on the Wii means that they'll cancel DS games currently in production and not announce any future games? They are a corporation with many many employees, numerous development teams and a big whack of money.  They can expend a little more energy in one department without amputating the others. Nintendo will continue to expend a sizable amount of time and money on the DS, reglardless of how much they put into the Wii

 And yes, I do apologize for my offensive and insulting post. It's late and my right eye is itchy from allergies.

stof, if you read my last post you would see that I said that the statement was probably corporate BS.