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The DS and Revolution to Connect Wirelessly
Nintendo President Iwata further discussed the realities of the DS wireless initiative, Gamasutra reports. At the press conference he also revealed that, indeed, the next-generation console will utilize a wireless link-up to connect to the DS. From the article: "One particularly interesting piece of news is that, though Nintendo will not charge for the new online service, other publishers will be able to with relation to particular software titles - an option that is likely to please third-party publishers who may want to launch more complex online-capable RPG games or other information-retrieval services and then charge a monthly fee for them. Iwata makes it clear that any charges will be obviously signposted, however."
I think the Revolution may not be the only one:
http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000527032878/
The Xbox360 also apparently has wireless controllers.
Bush and Blair ate my sig!
That new gameboy talk was never real, it's only still around because psp fanboys use it as ammo to stop people from buying a DS. End of story, nintendo even confirmed that they were false, unsubstantiated rumours.
True genius is grasping a situation like a peice of fruit, and peircing it just right so that it drains dry.
I would also like to think that having the Xbox Live infrastructure is very appealing to game studios since it removes the cost of server maintanence and upkeep. Further, players aren't at the mercy of game studios if they decide to shut down the network servers for whatever reason.
For many games this won't be true some really will NEED their own servers. If Final Fantasy XI were released on the XBOX, you would have to pay extra money for it on top of the subscription. Even Microsoft is waxing poetic about additional "micropayments" in their next console.
XBOX live is little more than a matchmaking program linking consoles up AS THEIR OWN SERVERS. Many companies already provide this type of service simply for the cost of the game, such as Blizzard.
We will have to wait and see what Nintendo has planned, but I'd say that matchmaking will be free and games that require dedicated servers for the gameplay will cost money.