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News \ DSi Won't Replace DS Lite, At Least in US

Cammie Dunaway has revealed that the DSi won't fully replace the DS Lite, at least within the US who has said "Right now we’re still working through what the strategy's going to be here. But we think that there's huge untapped potential for the DS Lite. Because when you’ve got only one in every five households in the U.S., compared to one in every two in Japan, it says there's potential.

You’ve seen some of the work we’ve done this year with celebrities, that we're bringing a lot of new consumers in to the DS. So I think there’s opportunity for both of them to coexist for some period of time."


Does this mean Nintendo will show equal support for both the DS Lite and DSi?

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http://kotaku.com/5058975/dsi-wont-replace-the-ds-lite-at-least-not-in-the-us

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m24ychal
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this stinks i hate it when ninty does stupid stuff like that!
06/10/2008
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Shyam
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Thats fine. It is ultimately up to you. No one is stopping you.
05/10/2008
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jofra01
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Shyam said: Yeah I didn't watch the presentation myself. But yeah this was the information they gave out during the presentation.

Infact jofra01 already talked about this in his othe article www.myds.com.au/

As to why he is revisiting this topic (since he has already mentioned it) as if he hasn't seen it before-I have no idea



Becoz I felt like doing some news on it
05/10/2008
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Shyam
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Yeah I didn't watch the presentation myself. But yeah this was the information they gave out during the presentation.
Infact jofra01 already talked about this in his othe article www.myds.com.au/

As to why he is revisiting this topic (since he has already mentioned it) as if he hasn't seen it before-I have no idea
05/10/2008
Sydney, NSW
Sumguy0
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dude...

if you watched the conference the presenter said they won't stop making it for people that want to play GBA games and if people still buy it.
05/10/2008
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Shyam
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Yeah I knew abou this for a while now. It is considered the third pillar of their marketing (Wii, DS, DSi). I can only guess why though.

I think they are just saying that for marketing. So as to not annoy all those people who recently bought a DS lite.Besides if they just replaced the old one and people thought they were the same-a person could walk inro a shop and pick up a camera based DSi game thinking it would work on their old DS system.
It also does not put companies like GuitarHero totally offside because they are still supporting the system.

Maybe instead the DS lite would now be like a cheap model and then there is the more expensive newer DSi with a camera.
Because seriously the only main difference (in terms of games) is the camera and the Slot 2. Everything else is an aesthetic change that won't/shouldn't change game play.
05/10/2008
Sydney, NSW
jofra01
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I think that is an interesting approach.
05/10/2008
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Brisbane
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