Nintendo To Launch New Machine Next Year?

EvilDonut writes "According to Bloomberg.com, Nintendo intends to launch a new machine in Japan next year, in order "to boost sales". There are no details as to wether the machine will be hand-held or not, but Bloomberg does describe it as a next-generation console. This is pretty odd, as Nintendo has previously stated that the GameCube successor wouldn't be out until 2005, and the GBA is doing so well that I can't imagine they'll replace it as early as next year. The article also mentions the Nintendo iQue, so it's pretty clear this is not just a mix-up regarding the new, China-only system." Update: 11/13 23:44 GMT by S : GameSpot has a very cryptic clarification from Nintendo, that "the new product will be a unique item that is different from any traditional machine", and will be "be [neither] a home console nor a portable machine."

Comments

Well

[beady]

2 Comments of the 3 were Intimating that the new console was the IQue. Not reading the article is something I have grown to expect, but not reading the blurb either?

Re:I don't think this is news.......

[Haeleth]

...whatever this new machine is, it is something they consider to be a new type of device that they wouldn't classify as anything like a GameCube or GBA successor.

Unfortunately for the world, that leaves only one option - it must be Virtual Boy II!

Multitasking: Priceless.

[yerricde]

There are plenty of parents out there without enough money to get their kid a dvd player and a console.

• Xbox plus DVD player software: $210.
• PS2, with DVD player in BIOS: $180.
• GameCube plus separate Apex DVD player: $160.
• Not having to give up your GameCube when somebody else in the house wants to watch all three The Lord of the Rings directors' cuts straight through: Priceless.

There are plenty of things coins can't buy. For everything else, there's WarioCard.