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Millennium on 04 July 2008

The DS. When Nintendo released the Wii, it already had DS dominance under its belt to show that gameplay still trumps graphics after all these years. When the DS was released, Nintendo had no such assurance; all it knew was that it had been failing ever since it had tried to go graphics-are-everything with the N64.



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brute on 04 July 2008

^do you think they would of released wii with motion controls if DS failed



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The Ghost of RubangB on 04 July 2008

Nintendo doesn't take risks. They take names. Reggie told me one time.



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damkira on 05 July 2008

The DS had much more to live up to when you consider that Nintendo has always dominated the handheld business and Sony had just released the PSP.



deathcape on 06 July 2008
brute said:
^but if wii failed they might not have made any profits

 

hey..brute...think here..thw Wii was NO risk at ALL not even  ateensy bit...because of the success DS had they KNEW it would be a success, seriously..

 

try to undertsand that?...I think you're missing the point here



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brute on 06 July 2008

^i knwow what you mean,but dont you think wii was in developement before DS released?



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akuma587 on 06 July 2008

DS. Handhelds have been a huge source of revenue for them pretty much since the NES/SNES time period.



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Exblackman on 06 July 2008

Personally I think both were risks but not as big as many people think. It also would help if the OP define his meaning of failing. If last place is his meaning of failing then is it really failing if you still made a profit. I would like clarification on the OP meaning of failing in the consoles or handhelds business.



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brute on 06 July 2008
Exblackman said:
Personally I think both were risks but not as big as many people think. It also would help if the OP define his meaning of failing. If last place is his meaning of failing then is it really failing if you still made a profit. I would like clarification on the OP meaning of failing in the consoles or handhelds business.

 

 i meant failing as in,if wii did worse then gamecube,and if DS made ninty lose its hand-held crown



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