Topic: Is Nintendo Aiming For an October Release of the 3DS?

[Kytim89]

Unless third party developers have been secretly developing for the system in the past year, I do not see them releasing the device this year unless Nintendo plans to carry the slack for the 3DS games for atleast a while for the third parties to pick up. I just want to avoid a two year dry season like what we went through for the DS. Nintendo will most likely let the DS have one more holiday season before retiring it and releasing the 3DS some time in 2011.

[Stratos]

The DS dry spell was nothing compared to the one on the N64.

[KDR_11k]

Natal matters for mind share of the potential consumers.

I have a few extra hundred dollars to spare/spend and want some new entertainment for my dollar. Do I buy the Nata....HOLYSH!T Nintendo 3DS!!!

I don't think many people of the 3DS audience care about Natal and I don't think mindshare really matters either.

[Spak-Spang]

There won't be that bad of a dry spell...if developers were thinking the system would launch early next year like around March.  Say the 3DS launches in the October with 3 First Party Games, and no 3rd party games...unlikely, but still.  That means that you have 3 games to play at launch, and most likely 3rd party developers will trickle their games 1 or 2 a month until around March when a flood gate of games would come out.

That doesn't sound too bad...specially if you also have regular DS games, DSi games and other downloads.  A portable virtual console, and more. 

[UncleBob]

Natal matters for mind share of the potential consumers.

I have a few extra hundred dollars to spare/spend and want some new entertainment for my dollar. Do I buy the Nata....HOLYSH!T Nintendo 3DS!!!

I don't think many people of the 3DS audience care about Natal and I don't think mindshare really matters either.

I think you underestimate the number of people who own a DS and a 360....

[ThePerm]

i dont get people talking about how 3ds seems so soon after DSiXL,

XL was nothing but a larger dsi and is essentially just another color of DSi

the color for big handed or poor eye-sited people.

[KDR_11k]

Natal matters for mind share of the potential consumers.

I have a few extra hundred dollars to spare/spend and want some new entertainment for my dollar. Do I buy the Nata....HOLYSH!T Nintendo 3DS!!!

I don't think many people of the 3DS audience care about Natal and I don't think mindshare really matters either.

I think you underestimate the number of people who own a DS and a 360....

Oh there will certainly be a lot of overlap simply because the DS sold a ton but how many people will be deciding between a 3DS and Natal? And how many would actually go for Natal?

[BlackNMild2k1]

Natal matters for mind share of the potential consumers.

I have a few extra hundred dollars to spare/spend and want some new entertainment for my dollar. Do I buy the Nata....HOLYSH!T Nintendo 3DS!!!

I don't think many people of the 3DS audience care about Natal and I don't think mindshare really matters either.

I think you underestimate the number of people who own a DS and a 360....

Oh there will certainly be a lot of overlap simply because the DS sold a ton but how many people will be deciding between a 3DS and Natal? And how many would actually go for Natal?

A lot less now that 3DS will be all up in their MIND SHARE!!!

[Stratos]

Microsoft and Sony are doing what Nintendo decided not to do: release a motion add-on for a current system. The choice will not be very hard for most people. Brand new system with 3D or an add-on for a current system.

[Spak-Spang]

Its true.  I believe Sony and Microsoft both are making reactionary mistakes towards Nintendo's Wii.  Sony and MS would have been very smart to leave the generation as it is, and just plan to combat Nintendo's strategy next generation....instead they are both trying for a short term victory over Nintendo and I don't believe it will work.  It is just going to create division within their own market share. 

Though, I do believe Sony probably foolishly believes it can get a good 6-8 years with their PS3 console.  Unfortunately it won't work.  Once one company jumps the gun and plans releasing another console it will be a made dash for the other companies to follow suit.  Nintendo is actually in the best situation for quickly releasing new systems since they always make a profit on their systems....it means they don't have to worry about making up a big hole. 

I hope that 2011 Nintendo launches a new system that just screws with Sony and Microsoft for even attempting to add on to the current generation. 

[KDR_11k]

The timing for the next Nintendo console doesn't even matter, you can expect it to add yet another direction for games that MS and Sony didn't even think of. Maybe they'd even be in a better position if MS and Sony already have finalized their systems by then and can only cram a half-baked clone like the sixaxis in, if at all.

[Spak-Spang]

KDR:  True.  And although I am a die hard Nintendo fan.  I don't want to see the industry as a whole making bad decisions...because it hurts everyone. 

Instead, I wish Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo make the best decisions for their own companies and have large amounts of success.  I just want Nintendo to have more.