Nintendo DS sales expectations

but where ever the third parties go, that's where the gamers will go.

So it's a matter of whether or not DS pulls a GameCube - only noteworthy games being 1st party with little 3rd part support. I know all the talk of the 3rd party lineup for DS, but that was the case for GameCube too, and support gradually dropped off. If it winds up the same for DS...?

It might be a bizarro version of the console wars - all the third parties throwing in with what they know works in portables (Nintendo) without giving PSP a fair shake. Although Konami and Namco have already pushed some new game loving on PSP, whereas DS gets rehashes of N64 games...

It's too soon to tell how this will all end.

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Originally Posted by AstroBlue

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Originally Posted by diffusionx

Oh, so let me go and get some of the year's best third-party games, like Metal Gear Solid 3, Burnout 3, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, and Ghost Recon 2 for the GameCube. Rock on.

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yep, thats why i love my x box, im going to go out and get all 4 for the x-box right now.

Wait.....what the fuck am I gonna do with 3 extra GBAs and all of these GBA-to-GC cables I bought?

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Originally Posted by SpoDaddy

Remnant does have a point, most TNLers are Nintendo haters. Roufus couldn't even last more than a few posts without following up his Nintendo props with a knock. I think people forget that most third party games are on GameCube too.

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Most TNLers aren't Nintendo haters. There are a small handful of very vocal Nintendo haters making it seem that way.

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Originally Posted by Hero

but where ever the third parties go, that's where the gamers will go.

So it's a matter of whether or not DS pulls a GameCube - only noteworthy games being 1st party with little 3rd part support. I know all the talk of the 3rd party lineup for DS, but that was the case for GameCube too, and support gradually dropped off. If it winds up the same for DS...?

It might be a bizarro version of the console wars - all the third parties throwing in with what they know works in portables (Nintendo) without giving PSP a fair shake. Although Konami and Namco have already pushed some new game loving on PSP, whereas DS gets rehashes of N64 games...

It's too soon to tell how this will all end.

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It'll be interesting to see if the DS will be successful enough to quiet all the talk about GBA 2. I don't know why Nintendo didn't just hold off and make the DS more powerful in the first place. They would have had the 3rd parties and the best hardware - Sony's only selling points would have been movie playback and Final Fantasy. As it stands, it could well be a dogfight.

Still, Nintendo must be ecstatic. 4 million units and they haven't even released a real game yet. Somebody's getting a raise.

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Originally Posted by diffusionx

Oh, so let me go and get some of the year's best third-party games, like Metal Gear Solid 3, Burnout 3, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, and Ghost Recon 2 for the GameCube. Rock on.

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Great point, maybe I should have gotten an Xbox instead of a GameCube so I could play great third party stuff like GTA San Andreas or MGS3 right now.....Or Tales of Symphonia, Resident Evil 4 early next year.....

I guess I'll just have to be content this holiday with my Metroid Prime 2 Echoes, Paper Mario, Tales of Symphonia, Baten Kaitos, Pikmin 2, Viewtiful Joe 2......what good are all those gems if the system doesn't have Ghost Recon 2...Why God, why?

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Originally Posted by SpoDaddy

Great point, maybe I should have gotten an Xbox instead of a GameCube so I could play great third party stuff like GTA San Andreas or MGS3 right now.....Or Tales of Symphonia, Resident Evil 4 early next year.....

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What's your gamertag gonna be?

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Originally Posted by remnant

gim·mick ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gmk)
n.

A device employed to cheat, deceive, or trick, especially a mechanism for the secret and dishonest control of gambling apparatus.

An innovative or unusual mechanical contrivance; a gadget.

An innovative stratagem or scheme employed especially to promote a project: an advertising gimmick.

A significant feature that is obscured, misrepresented, or not readily evident; a catch.

A small object whose name does not come readily to mind.

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pla·gia·rize Audio pronunciation of "plagiarized" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (plj-rz)
v. pla·gia·rized, pla·gia·riz·ing, pla·gia·riz·es
v. tr.

1. To use and pass off (the ideas or writings of another) as one's own.
2. To appropriate for use as one's own passages or ideas from (another).

You gotta love this kid.
He makes a thread and nobody says anything about gimmicks or any other products, so who decides to derail Remnant's thread in such a manner? Remnant.
I make a thread about Mario Baseball and specifically ask five seperate times to not mention other companies since they were irrelevant to the topic. However, one person just cannot defend a company's practicies without resorting to making attacks on other entites. Who? Remnant.

The cussing he appends to his retorts is just icing on the coiled cake.

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Originally Posted by Revoltor

What's your gamertag gonna be?

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LOL!

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Originally Posted by SpoDaddy

Great point, maybe I should have gotten an Xbox instead of a GameCube so I could play great third party stuff like GTA San Andreas or MGS3 right now.....Or Tales of Symphonia, Resident Evil 4 early next year.....

I guess I'll just have to be content this holiday with my Metroid Prime 2 Echoes, Paper Mario, Tales of Symphonia, Baten Kaitos, Pikmin 2, Viewtiful Joe 2......what good are all those gems if the system doesn't have Ghost Recon 2...Why God, why?

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Oh wow, One worthy game on the list for next year, and 2 this year. You go Game Cube !!! :p

Sorry, but I will take SA and MGS3 over it any day.