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I do not think Nintendo even in their wildest dreams thought the DS would have this much success. I can remember Satura Iwata (or whatever; the CEO/President of Nintendo) saying something like Nintendo would be happy if only 1 gamer out of a handful liked the DS concept when they first discussed it. I think they have did more than that ....already.
I think Sony is surprised as well. This marks the first time since Sony entered the video game hardware market that Nintendo beat Sony in releasing their hardware (PS1 was almost a year before N64 and PS2 was about a year before GC). Nintendo has maintained they could beat Sony if they could beat them to the market. This is their chance. Sony will not be able to build hype by underproducing like they did for the PS2. They will have tobring many units to launch or Nintendo may trounce the PSP.
Sony also seems to be taking the Xbox method of selling PSPs(ie, losing loads of money on each system). Also, if they lower the prices of their games (currently 49.99 on ebgames.com) they will cut their profits. Nintendo reportedly produces their game cards rather cheaply while Sony's UMDs on the PSP cost more.
I would love to see Nintendo beat Sony FOR ONCE! I do think, however, that Sony entering the portable market may have made Nintendo step it up a notch. This should be good for all of us game players. I think this is Nintendo's best chance to beat Sony, and if they do well here, maybe they can carry it over to the console market. Now, back to Mario 64 DS!
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