Rumor: Nintendo ready to launch DS successor by year’s end
- July 31st, 2008
- 7 Comments
According to Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter, Nintendo has a handheld gaming device in the works ready for launch by year’s end.
“We think that the timing of a new product introduction will depend upon the sales profile for the DS, and believe that lower than expected DS hardware sales could trigger an earlier launch for the new device,” Pachter said in an investor note.
“DS sales are solid worldwide, but are weak in Japan, leading us to expect an introduction of a new device in Japan before the end of the calendar year.”
He said that Japanese DS demand will likely continue to decline. He adds, “We think that Nintendo has a new handheld device ready for launch in [Japan] before the end of the calendar year.”
What new wonders might this handheld from Nintendo hold?
pickupjojo (Who am I?)
3 months ago
It would be very nice… as the picture. :)
Dan (Who am I?)
3 months ago
That picture has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the story!
THANK YOU for including it!!!
Mark L (Who am I?)
3 months ago
Now that’s what I call Ds
benjaminx (Who am I?)
3 months ago
I’d like to launch my successor into that year end.
etc etc.
Moose (Who am I?)
3 months ago
I was gonna be a fanboy and yell out “Nintenphone” but then I saw the picture of the 2 girls and instantly became a man. Thanks Crunchgear for making me grow up.
-Moose
anthony (Who am I?)
3 months ago
how about they have it look pretty much the same with the rectangular look but they add a camera and have built in memory(not memory cards cause that’d be a hard thing to sell to parents since they have to buy one themselves for their cams, phones, whatever). then with the camera you could do more out-of-the-box like draw on pictures and make dumb little speech-bubbles. upgrade the graphics engines and make the screen a bit more sensitive. add a built in accelerometer(sounds like ipod, i know but they had wariokart or something for ds and you had to add a cartridge). make the top screen scratch-resistant.
if they wanted it to appeal to adults they could do all that and add bluetooth and make micro-SD sleeves so it could go into the DS.
i’ve owned a DS but i sold it to buy an ipod touch
Connor (Who am I?)
3 months ago
I hope all DS’ come with one of those.