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Nintendo Gives No Ground In Handheld Wars
TomO wrote to mention a news item on the site Pro-G reporting on a general consumer confidence in the DS, greater than that of the PSP. From the article: "Wavemetrix, a company that specialises in working out what customers think of products, has released a new report on the Nintendo DS and the Sony PSP. The report, rather shockingly, reveals that the 'DS is better than the PSP in every important area.' This includes games, quality, screen and value." Relatedly a Gamespy article states: "Few could have imagined it, but the DS is becoming the most significant new console in Japan since the PS2. What started as a rumbling -- with great novelty games such as Wario and XX/YY -- has recently turned into a full-scale dual-screen uprising led by Electroplankton and Nintendogs."
But the thing is that you can send them to Nintendo, and get it it fixed or replaced. I don't have the link anymore, but gome guy bought a DS at launch last year. It had a dead pixel, and he sent it back to Nintendo to see how good their service really was. He sent it in less than 2 weeks after launch and had a replacement in his hands within 5 days.
Nintendo's customer service and quality is a real advantage, especially in the portable market.
Nintendo is no longer producing the Game Boy, GB or GB Color, nor are they making games for it. The PlayStation 2 did not have to compete with the NES or SNES, only the N64 for a year and the GameCube.
Nintendo will have the new Nes Micro handheld next year.
First, it is the Game Boy Micro, not NES Micro. Second, it will be another Game Boy Advance, not an NES.
Please tell me you are not using EGM as a resource for this, as they are the only people bad enough to make monkey-poo rumors like that.