Ds Long Term?

[Frozen Fury]

I read in Game informer that Nintendo announced that the DS has a good long run ahead of it well i hope so i mean systems are'nt cheap a hundred dollars a piece at a nonstop pace NES then Snes Then N64 then ps1 then gamcube,Xbox,PS2notincluding Game boy,Gameboy color,SP,DS,and PSP then Xbox360,PS3,AND Wii look i am a big gamer but slow down the pace a little you know what i mean?

[danskmacabre]

I'm pretty sure it has long legs.
Like most of the other handheld formats for Nintendo.
It is very popular atm, I bet it'll last longer than Nintendo would like.

[danskmacabre]

A lot of games require quite precise control, I don't think a human finger is precise enough for such a small screen, regardless of how good touchscreens become.

[cyberpsychic]

I kind of agree. It has the quality of software and the economic muscle now to last, but I wonder whether Steve Jobs's prediction about the limited appeal of the stylus will hold true, particularly as touchscreen technology improves.

Same goes for the Wii. Both have an innovative input method that engages initially, but it remains to be seen whether after a couple of years games on these platforms will work in spite of the stylus and the remote, rather than because of them.

I know quite a few people who have sold thier WIIs because it was too much like 'work', they had to exert too much physical effort to play the games... the DS can go both ways with the stylus and the buttons, yeah, I klnow so can SOME of teh WII ones also... I feel like the WII will survive in spite of its catchy inputs and the DS BECAUSE of them... in the long run.
and for the record... MY TOASTER WINS!

it's keeping me alive and neither one of the other can do that..
.YET

[daab.orion]

I kind of agree. It has the quality of software and the economic muscle now to last, but I wonder whether Steve Jobs's prediction about the limited appeal of the stylus will hold true, particularly as touchscreen technology improves.

Same goes for the Wii. Both have an innovative input method that engages initially, but it remains to be seen whether after a couple of years games on these platforms will work in spite of the stylus and the remote, rather than because of them.

I know quite a few people who have sold thier WIIs because it was too much like 'work', they had to exert too much physical effort to play the games... the DS can go both ways with the stylus and the buttons, yeah, I klnow so can SOME of teh WII ones also... I feel like the WII will survive in spite of its catchy inputs and the DS BECAUSE of them... in the long run.
and for the record... MY TOASTER WINS!

it's keeping me alive and neither one of the other can do that..
.YET

TOo much like work? Honestly? You move your wrist slightly to the left and right to play. I move my 360 controller about as much as I do my wii one just while playing... how big are these people? Jabba the Hutt's family in law?