World-Wide Revolution Launch Unneeded

GamesIndustry.biz reports that, in the words of Nintendo President Iwata, a simultaneous global launch for the Nintendo Revolution is not necessary. From the article: "We don't think it's necessary to do the simultaneous worldwide launch simply because others are doing this." He also goes on to mention that they plan to have the DS shortage problem at least partially taken care of by the end of April.

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I knew the DS was big in Japan...

[Hamster Lover]

but not that big. Nintendo is making a killing and the new DS Lite and the coming Zelda are just going push things even higher I expect.

A guy from work is willing to buy my DS for his daughter at a fair price if I want to trade up to the DS Lite. I guess a lot of children are asking their parents for them. My dentist will even loan one to you so that you can play other patients while they clean you teeth, fix a cavity, whatever.

Re:I knew the DS was big in Japan...

[MobileTatsu-NJG]

"A guy from work is willing to buy my DS for his daughter at a fair price if I want to trade up to the DS Lite. I guess a lot of children are asking their parents for them."

It's not just children. My gf isn't a gamer, but she loves Mario Kart. The DS was cheap enough for me to get her her own DS with her own copy of Mario Kart. (When I say 'cheap enough', I mean that if MK was a PSP game, she'd be out of luck.) We play the hell out of that game. She even goes on-line with it. Since then, I've gotten her a couple of other games.

Nintendo has stated before they're trying to broaden their audience towards non-gamers. From where I sit, they're doing an excellent job. Long live Nintendo.