MCV out of the UK and Bloomberg are both reporting that Nintendo President Saturo Iwata will announce a new DS along with Wii accessories at a press conference in Japan tomorrow. But don’t expect a price cut says Takashi Oka, a senior analyst at CSK Institute for Sustainability:
“Nintendo has no need to cut the Wii’s price,” said Takashi Oka, a senior analyst at CSK Institute for Sustainability, a Tokyo-based research firm. “If Nintendo cuts prices now, people who already bought the Wii will feel they’ve lost money. Nintendo won’t do such a thing.”
But all this was expected after the Nikkei news broke the story a few days ago. We’ll see if those screens that popped up earlier this week are real too. Let’s also see if IGN’s prediction of a May 2009 launch are correct.
I’m not sure if the photo is real or not, but please have buttons – not on screen buttons.
not real – it was a mockup from a while back. hit the “nintendo” tag and there’s a couple pictures of some screens i posted, though. Not too exciting, but hopefully this announcement will be cool.
Forget new DS or Wii accessories…maybe they will announce an update to – http://www.boilr.net/2008/09/30/meatspace-mario-kart/ !?!
As long as a new DS will still play the old games and the old gameboy games, it’s all good. Maybe the graphics will be better?