Comments on: Nintendo DS, I never even got to know you; When the iPhone convergence story wins http://almaer.com/blog/nintendo-ds-i-never-even-got-to-know-you-when-the-iphone-convergence-story-wins blogging about life, the universe, and everything tech Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:06:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Wilson MacGyver http://almaer.com/blog/nintendo-ds-i-never-even-got-to-know-you-when-the-iphone-convergence-story-wins/comment-page-1#comment-39321 Wilson MacGyver Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:01:39 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/nintendo-ds-i-never-even-got-to-know-you-when-the-iphone-convergence-story-wins#comment-39321 Actually, DS sales is in fact slowing down, at least in Japan. This goes for both DS and Wii, and applies to DS software in Japan too. http://kotaku.com/5030827/ds-wii-totally-cooling-off-in-japan Actually, DS sales is in fact slowing down, at least in Japan. This goes for both DS and Wii, and applies to DS software in Japan too.

http://kotaku.com/5030827/ds-wii-totally-cooling-off-in-japan

]]> By: Daniel http://almaer.com/blog/nintendo-ds-i-never-even-got-to-know-you-when-the-iphone-convergence-story-wins/comment-page-1#comment-39320 Daniel Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:18:59 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/nintendo-ds-i-never-even-got-to-know-you-when-the-iphone-convergence-story-wins#comment-39320 It could be the other way around. More Nintendo DS's are sold than any cell-phone I know of, and there is no sign of it slowing. It is projected that over 100 million total DS's will have been sold by the end of next year. Now imagine if Nintendo were to partner with Skype to provide a VoIP firmware update, or do a slight redesign and add cell-phone capabilities. That would be "game changing" IMO. Sadly that won't happen since Nintendo stubbornly does their one thing and does it well. You would more likely see Sony or Microsoft try to enter the mobile phone market from the gaming side. (PSPhone? GameZune w/ Windows Mobile?). Especially now that Apple is showing it as a viable market. It could be the other way around. More Nintendo DS’s are sold than any cell-phone I know of, and there is no sign of it slowing. It is projected that over 100 million total DS’s will have been sold by the end of next year. Now imagine if Nintendo were to partner with Skype to provide a VoIP firmware update, or do a slight redesign and add cell-phone capabilities. That would be “game changing” IMO.

Sadly that won’t happen since Nintendo stubbornly does their one thing and does it well. You would more likely see Sony or Microsoft try to enter the mobile phone market from the gaming side. (PSPhone? GameZune w/ Windows Mobile?). Especially now that Apple is showing it as a viable market.

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