Nintendo is smart they won't let that happen. It could be Sony and MS all over again. They will release at the same year Sony release their system. I think DS will be supported until sales dwindled down just like the PS2. IMO

^Wii launched a year later and charged ahead of the competition because of content, its not an issue of timing, its content, if the next Nintendo handheld system launches later but with better content it'll win easily.

Let's hope Wii sales go over 100 million because that would mean it's the first Nintendo console to top 100 million in history,  will the vitality sensor be that popular and push wii sales, if it's really that usefull maybe some hospitals will invest in some.

Exactly.  What a silly little argument that was.

And I'd like to know where they're selling those new Wii colors in the US (as mummelman mentioned).  I'd like a red one.  /sarcasm

Wow@1 million DS's sold!  It's crazy to watch it's sales increase after being out for so long.  200 million possible?

I highly doubt Nintendo has access to anybody's data but it's own, as a separate company SIRAS must be somewhat at arms length from Nintendo otherwise competitors such as SCEA would be put off from joining. There must be some kind of confidentiality agreement between manufacturers, retailers, and SIRAS to prevent such sensitive information being passed to third parties including Nintendo.

Also, SIRAS doesn't cover every single retailer in the US (they're missing Amazon for example), but they do cover an awful lot;

Best Buy      
EB / Gamestop     
Fred Meyer     
Fry's Electronics     
Game Crazy     
K-Mart     Zellers
Meijer     
Nintendo     
Nintendo World     
Sam's Club     
Sears     
Shopko     
Target     
Toys 'R' Us     
Toysrus.com     
Walmart     
Walmart.com

bluthunder, SIRAS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo.... though I admit that I have no idea about whether or not that affects what you said

We are talking about Sony here. One of their fierce competitor. Look what happen to Sony letting one of their competitor took a 1 year head start. Even if Nintendo is the King of the handhelds they won't let anybody gain a momentum. Nintendo know this very well because they been there before PS1 era? Underestimating your opponent will lead you no where.

PS. but of course if Sony can't find their own Pokemon it will be hard.

Yes, I'm aware of that, but ownership doesn't affect my point.

There are lots of examples where subsidiaries are forbidden from passing certain information on to their parent companies be it for contractual, legal, or regulatory reasons.

One of the most extreme examples of this is with BAE Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BAE Systems plc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE_Systems_Inc.

I think there's been a misunderstanding. Khuutra's not saying that Nintendo can get full access to other Siras members' info, only its own.

  Yeah Sony, whom Nintendo has crushed both in the Handheld and Console Markets.

Exactly, If Nintendo has games like Pokemon and the like, PSP2 would be crushed with ease, if you recall, DS when it first launched was actually outsold by the PSP in NA, until the DS Lite launched, and games like NSMB DS, Nintendogs, Pokemon, Brain Age and the like came out, and completely devastated the PSP, so there was no reason Nintendo can't launch a year later, with better games and do the same.

In fact DS would probably outsell the PSP 2 for that year, no, Nintendo needs to worry about launching with a strong stable of high selling games, not about Sony