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Echodork · 11-21-2004, 04:42 PM

Well, the Nintendo DS launched fairly well today, as expected. Nintendo continues its grip on the already-dominated handheld market by releasing a bunch of rehashed games... Spiderman 2, Madden 2005, Super Mario DS (a clone of SM64 with some new features), and The Urbs (a Sims game). Also on the plate were a no-name racing title (Asphalt GT) and an unknown dating sim. The rest of the "we've seen this before" lineup is due out later this year, including the obligatory Mario Kart and Metroid money farms.

All is not love and roses, of course. The DS doesn't play Game Boy Color games, cutting out 60% of Nintendo's Pokemon library, among other things. The DS also isn't compatible with Gamecube "GBA Enabled" games, such as Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles and Legend of Zelda: Four Swords. The DS is only available in silver, although Nintendo has already announced their plans to "round two" customers by releasing colored versions in six months. Of course, we're all used to that already, after seeing colored versions of the Game Boy Color, GB Advance, GBA SP, and Gamecube released six months after the regular versions.

Finally, a little personal experience. I manage a Gamestop, and we did system inventory tonight. We have zero PS2 and Xbox units (no new, no refurbished, no used), with waiting lists for both systems. We have 13 new Gamecube systems of varying colors and packages (Metroid bundle, Mario Kart bundle, non-bundle colors, etc), and 29 used Gamecubes of varying colors. We have more used Gamecubes traded in on a weekly basis than any other system, we have more used Gamecubes in stock than all other systems combined (N64 and PS1 included), and we get more Gamecubes traded in than we sell during an average month (Gamecube sales are actually negative in this district). Soo... there you go, think about that.

11-21-2004, 04:42 PM	#23 (permalink)
Echodork Tilted	Well, the Nintendo DS launched fairly well today, as expected. Nintendo continues its grip on the already-dominated handheld market by releasing a bunch of rehashed games... Spiderman 2, Madden 2005, Super Mario DS (a clone of SM64 with some new features), and The Urbs (a Sims game). Also on the plate were a no-name racing title (Asphalt GT) and an unknown dating sim. The rest of the "we've seen this before" lineup is due out later this year, including the obligatory Mario Kart and Metroid money farms. All is not love and roses, of course. The DS doesn't play Game Boy Color games, cutting out 60% of Nintendo's Pokemon library, among other things. The DS also isn't compatible with Gamecube "GBA Enabled" games, such as Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles and Legend of Zelda: Four Swords. The DS is only available in silver, although Nintendo has already announced their plans to "round two" customers by releasing colored versions in six months. Of course, we're all used to that already, after seeing colored versions of the Game Boy Color, GB Advance, GBA SP, and Gamecube released six months after the regular versions. Finally, a little personal experience. I manage a Gamestop, and we did system inventory tonight. We have zero PS2 and Xbox units (no new, no refurbished, no used), with waiting lists for both systems. We have 13 new Gamecube systems of varying colors and packages (Metroid bundle, Mario Kart bundle, non-bundle colors, etc), and 29 used Gamecubes of varying colors. We have more used Gamecubes traded in on a weekly basis than any other system, we have more used Gamecubes in stock than all other systems combined (N64 and PS1 included), and we get more Gamecubes traded in than we sell during an average month (Gamecube sales are actually negative in this district). Soo... there you go, think about that.