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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.
Worldwide launches are OK if you know you have enough units to make everyone happy, otherwise they aren't. Look at xbox 360. Tons of units sitting on the shelves in Japan, and people can't even find one in the US. Customers get very annoyed when they can't get something that's been released. Retailers get mad when customers leave their store empty handed because they don't have access to the products that the customers want.
Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
"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.
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