Iwata on Nintendo DS future and successor

Nintendo's not currently in need of any new weapons, Iwata has said,
suggesting that the company's next handheld isn't near.



November 03, 2007 - Typically, Nintendo's home consoles have endured
roughly a five-year lifecycle, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata
explained at the company's recent Q3 financial results conference,
while its handhelds have lasted "a little less." That must mean, then,
that the successor to the Nintendo DS must be nearing.

But Iwata said, "I'm quite doubtful that such a notion of platform
cycles can be applied in the future...As we continue our research and
study for new hardware, when we will be able to launch a new kind of
hardware will actually depend on when we can change entertainment
completely, and so have a strong impact on people around the world.
Or, there will certainly be a time when we have to say that we have
done everything possible with the current machine, that we can never
propose anything new.

"Lately, I cannot say I'm making video games on the frontline of
development, but as a person who used to develop software, the
availability of new hardware means that we possess a new weapon," he
continued. "We long for a new weapon whenever we cry that we cannot
fight anymore with the current weapons. But today's situation is such
that we are not desperate for any new weapons at all.

"Whenever we are working on so-called next generation hardware, we are
always thinking in terms of the future. We need to forecast what the
future will be like with the expected evolution of new technologies
which are available at any given time, and try to identify the so-
called "sweet spot" of technology over the next few years."

Not everything Nintendo's designed internally at its Kyoto base has
made it to market, Iwata said. "We have produced a number of hardware
prototypes which did not in the end reach the market place. We are
always preparing for new hardware so that we can launch whenever we
determine we should do so. However, scheduling for a rather fixed
launch date 4 years from today, regardless of future changes in the
industry and the market, appears to be too inflexible an approach to
us.

"We are always studying and working on what the new hardware must
become in the future, but we are also monitoring changes in
circumstances in order to act flexibly. Also, since Nintendo's
hardware engineers and software creators are always communicating
closely, only when both teams agree that it is time to challenge the
market with new hardware that we will launch it. So, it is not a
correct observation that we are having any trouble deciding on the
launch timing of the next hardware."

The real reason why Nintendo's not in need of a successor for the DS
at this point is, quite simply, "[that] we are not suffering from the
shortage of new ideas for DS," Iwata said. "I heard that some of the
attendees to our October 10th conference were expecting to hear about
a new portable machine announcement, but we never had that kind of
notion in the first place."

During the foreseeable future, much of Nintendo's handheld
advancements will come by way of new services offered through the DS,
Iwata indicated. "With that as the premise, we would like to establish
a circumstance where people can find new joy in carrying around DS all
the time. Such services should contribute to making DS an actively
used hardware and, also, to make the leap from one DS per household to
one DS per individual."


http://www.aussie-nintendo.com/?v=news&p=18909

Had to get this for the DS to get my 360 back to play real games on.

Now I don't play the 360, just PQ on the DS.

Gah.

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:47:56 +0000, Gary  wrote:

>Had to get this for the DS to get my 360 back to play real games on.
>
>Now I don't play the 360, just PQ on the DS.
>
>Gah.

Heh heh. Don't worry, you'll start playing other games after about a
month or so. It's on XBLA too, isn't it? 

	Cheers - Jaimie ("Hi, I'm Jaimie, and I used to play Puzzle
Quest...")
-- 
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On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:53:48 +0000, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote
(in article ):

> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:47:56 +0000, Gary  wrote:
> 
>> Had to get this for the DS to get my 360 back to play real games on.
>> 
>> Now I don't play the 360, just PQ on the DS.
>> 
>> Gah.
> 
> Heh heh. Don't worry, you'll start playing other games after about a
> month or so. It's on XBLA too, isn't it? 
> 
> 	Cheers - Jaimie ("Hi, I'm Jaimie, and I used to play Puzzle
> Quest...")
> 

Yes - that's what I mean. I downloaded it for XBLA and thought, I'm spending 
all my time playing PQ on this hi def TV on a 360... I want to get back to 
Orange Box or PRG4 or something. 

So I got PQ for the DS instead. Deleted it from the 360. 

Now I don't play the 360 at all, just PQ on the DS :-(

And I have no idea why, as it's so chuffing annoying!

As an aside, I see we share the Mac world as well as the DS world. Never 
noticed that before. That's you, me, deKay, anyone else?

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On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:01:06 +0000, Gary  wrote:

>On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:53:48 +0000, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote
>(in article ):
>
>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:47:56 +0000, Gary  wrote:
>> 
>>> Had to get this for the DS to get my 360 back to play real games on.
>>> 
>>> Now I don't play the 360, just PQ on the DS.
>>> 
>>> Gah.
>> 
>> Heh heh. Don't worry, you'll start playing other games after about a
>> month or so. It's on XBLA too, isn't it? 
>> 
>> 	Cheers - Jaimie ("Hi, I'm Jaimie, and I used to play Puzzle
>> Quest...")
>> 
>
>Yes - that's what I mean. I downloaded it for XBLA and thought, I'm spending 
>all my time playing PQ on this hi def TV on a 360... I want to get back to 
>Orange Box or PRG4 or something. 
>
>So I got PQ for the DS instead. Deleted it from the 360. 
>
>Now I don't play the 360 at all, just PQ on the DS :-(

Hee hee! 

>And I have no idea why, as it's so chuffing annoying!
>
>As an aside, I see we share the Mac world as well as the DS world. Never 
>noticed that before. That's you, me, deKay, anyone else?

Ric, The Rev and Chris, to different degrees. I nearly made the same
comment over there when DBSnappa turned up a day or two ago.

Since the Apple group is just before the games groups, I sometimes
don't notice when I step from one to the others..

	Cheers - Jaimie
-- 
"If apathy and manipulation aren't strengths, I don't know what is" - Zadok, 1/0

Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:01:06 +0000, Gary  wrote:
> 
>> As an aside, I see we share the Mac world as well as the DS world. Never 
>> noticed that before. That's you, me, deKay, anyone else?
> 
> Ric, The Rev and Chris, to different degrees. I nearly made the same
> comment over there when DBSnappa turned up a day or two ago.

I've FINALLY persuaded my boss to get me a Mac for work after years of 
trying. And it's Out For Delivery RIGHT NOW according to the UPS web site. 
New iMac and Super Mario Galaxy on the same day? BEST DAY EVER!

-- 
Xbox Live Gamertag: That Rev Chap
http://www.inverty.com

Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:01:06 +0000, Gary  wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:53:48 +0000, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote
>> (in article ):
>>
>>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:47:56 +0000, Gary  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Had to get this for the DS to get my 360 back to play real games on.
>>>>
>>>> Now I don't play the 360, just PQ on the DS.
>>>>
>>>> Gah.
>>> Heh heh. Don't worry, you'll start playing other games after about a
>>> month or so. It's on XBLA too, isn't it? 
>>>
>>> 	Cheers - Jaimie ("Hi, I'm Jaimie, and I used to play Puzzle
>>> Quest...")
>>>
>> Yes - that's what I mean. I downloaded it for XBLA and thought, I'm spending 
>> all my time playing PQ on this hi def TV on a 360... I want to get back to 
>> Orange Box or PRG4 or something. 
>>
>> So I got PQ for the DS instead. Deleted it from the 360. 
>>
>> Now I don't play the 360 at all, just PQ on the DS :-(
> 
> Hee hee! 
> 
>> And I have no idea why, as it's so chuffing annoying!
>>
>> As an aside, I see we share the Mac world as well as the DS world. Never 
>> noticed that before. That's you, me, deKay, anyone else?
> 
> Ric, The Rev and Chris, to different degrees. I nearly made the same
> comment over there when DBSnappa turned up a day or two ago.
> 
I've been a lurker in the Mac group for years, but it's too much like 
hard work keeping up with the volume of traffic in there.

I was having a play with a new 24" iMac the other day when I went to the 
  Goon Bar at the Regent St Shrine - it's very nice. Does anybody know 
how accurately it can be calibrated for retouching work?

The Rev wrote:
> Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:01:06 +0000, Gary  wrote:
>>
>>> As an aside, I see we share the Mac world as well as the DS world. 
>>> Never noticed that before. That's you, me, deKay, anyone else?
>>
>> Ric, The Rev and Chris, to different degrees. I nearly made the same
>> comment over there when DBSnappa turned up a day or two ago.
> 
> I've FINALLY persuaded my boss to get me a Mac for work after years of 
> trying. And it's Out For Delivery RIGHT NOW according to the UPS web 
> site. New iMac and Super Mario Galaxy on the same day? BEST DAY EVER!
> 
I'm actually quite jealous ;)

DBSnappa wrote:
> The Rev wrote:
>> Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
>>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:01:06 +0000, Gary  wrote:
>>>
>>>> As an aside, I see we share the Mac world as well as the DS world. 
>>>> Never noticed that before. That's you, me, deKay, anyone else?
>>>
>>> Ric, The Rev and Chris, to different degrees. I nearly made the same
>>> comment over there when DBSnappa turned up a day or two ago.
>>
>> I've FINALLY persuaded my boss to get me a Mac for work after years of 
>> trying. And it's Out For Delivery RIGHT NOW according to the UPS web 
>> site. New iMac and Super Mario Galaxy on the same day? BEST DAY EVER!
>>
> I'm actually quite jealous ;)

It's here and shiny. Slightly annoyingly it came with Tiger installed and 
Leopard on a disc, so I'm having to wipe it and install that before I can use.

-- 
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http://www.inverty.com

The Rev wrote:
> DBSnappa wrote:
>> The Rev wrote:
>>> Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:01:06 +0000, Gary  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As an aside, I see we share the Mac world as well as the DS world. 
>>>>> Never noticed that before. That's you, me, deKay, anyone else?
>>>>
>>>> Ric, The Rev and Chris, to different degrees. I nearly made the same
>>>> comment over there when DBSnappa turned up a day or two ago.
>>>
>>> I've FINALLY persuaded my boss to get me a Mac for work after years 
>>> of trying. And it's Out For Delivery RIGHT NOW according to the UPS 
>>> web site. New iMac and Super Mario Galaxy on the same day? BEST DAY 
>>> EVER!
>>>
>> I'm actually quite jealous ;)
> 
> It's here and shiny. Slightly annoyingly it came with Tiger installed 
> and Leopard on a disc, so I'm having to wipe it and install that before 
> I can use.
> 
What size and spec. Also, you're a nerd, you're supposed to enjoy that 
kind of shit ;) It would piss me off slightly as well though.

Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Fri, 16 Nov
2007 10:46:47 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk The Rev
 fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>It's here and shiny. Slightly annoyingly it came with Tiger installed and 
>Leopard on a disc, so I'm having to wipe it and install that before I can use.

Did you get the box for Leopard?  It's AMAZING and very MARIO GALAXY.

deKay
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 Blog - http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/blog     
 My computer runs at 3.5MHz and I'm proud of that

DBSnappa wrote:
> The Rev wrote:
>> DBSnappa wrote:
>>> The Rev wrote:
>>>> Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:01:06 +0000, Gary  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> As an aside, I see we share the Mac world as well as the DS world. 
>>>>>> Never noticed that before. That's you, me, deKay, anyone else?
>>>>>
>>>>> Ric, The Rev and Chris, to different degrees. I nearly made the same
>>>>> comment over there when DBSnappa turned up a day or two ago.
>>>>
>>>> I've FINALLY persuaded my boss to get me a Mac for work after years 
>>>> of trying. And it's Out For Delivery RIGHT NOW according to the UPS 
>>>> web site. New iMac and Super Mario Galaxy on the same day? BEST DAY 
>>>> EVER!
>>>>
>>> I'm actually quite jealous ;)
>>
>> It's here and shiny. Slightly annoyingly it came with Tiger installed 
>> and Leopard on a disc, so I'm having to wipe it and install that 
>> before I can use.
>>
> What size and spec. Also, you're a nerd, you're supposed to enjoy that 
> kind of shit ;) It would piss me off slightly as well though.


Prezzy just for you...

http://a4.vox.com/6a00bf76d0a9b7438300c2251ed8bc8fdb-500pi

deKay wrote:
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Fri, 16 Nov
> 2007 10:46:47 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk The Rev
>  fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
> 
>> It's here and shiny. Slightly annoyingly it came with Tiger installed and 
>> Leopard on a disc, so I'm having to wipe it and install that before I can use.
> 
> Did you get the box for Leopard?  It's AMAZING and very MARIO GALAXY.
> 

Does it have a hidden "U R MR GAY" message on it?

-- 
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Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Fri, 16 Nov
2007 11:42:55 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
 fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>Does it have a hidden "U R MR GAY" message on it?

Owning a Mac makes such a message superfluous.

deKay
-- 
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 Gaming Diary - http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/diary
 Blog - http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/blog     
 My computer runs at 3.5MHz and I'm proud of that

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:50:33 +0000, deKay 
wrote:

>Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Fri, 16 Nov
>2007 11:42:55 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
>uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>Does it have a hidden "U R MR GAY" message on it?
>
>Owning a Mac makes such a message superfluous.

I AM MR GAY FOUR TIMES THEN, which is nice. Particularly for the
grilfiend, who wants to go out kinky-boot shopping tomorrow.

	Cheers - Jaimie
-- 
'The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human 
 mind to correlate all its contents'   - H.P.Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"

DBSnappa wrote:
> The Rev wrote:
>>
>> It's here and shiny. Slightly annoyingly it came with Tiger installed 
>> and Leopard on a disc, so I'm having to wipe it and install that 
>> before I can use.
>>
> What size and spec. Also, you're a nerd, you're supposed to enjoy that 
> kind of shit ;) It would piss me off slightly as well though.

It's the bottom of the range, but I shoved an extra gig of memory in it. 
Actually, as work were paying, I got Apple to shove the memory in before 
shipping.

It's a bit nippier than my five year old Powerbook, it has to be said.

-- 
Xbox Live Gamertag: That Rev Chap
http://www.inverty.com

DBSnappa wrote:
> 
> Prezzy just for you...
> 
> http://a4.vox.com/6a00bf76d0a9b7438300c2251ed8bc8fdb-500pi

Excellent!

-- 
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http://www.inverty.com

deKay wrote:
>  fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
> 
>> It's here and shiny. Slightly annoyingly it came with Tiger installed and 
>> Leopard on a disc, so I'm having to wipe it and install that before I can use.
> 
> Did you get the box for Leopard?  It's AMAZING and very MARIO GALAXY.

Nah, just a disc.

-- 
Xbox Live Gamertag: That Rev Chap
http://www.inverty.com

The Rev  wrote:

> DBSnappa wrote:
> > The Rev wrote:
> >> Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:01:06 +0000, Gary  wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> As an aside, I see we share the Mac world as well as the DS world.
> >>>> Never noticed that before. That's you, me, deKay, anyone else?
> >>>
> >>> Ric, The Rev and Chris, to different degrees. I nearly made the same
> >>> comment over there when DBSnappa turned up a day or two ago.
> >>
> >> I've FINALLY persuaded my boss to get me a Mac for work after years of
> >> trying. And it's Out For Delivery RIGHT NOW according to the UPS web
> >> site. New iMac and Super Mario Galaxy on the same day? BEST DAY EVER!
> >>
> > I'm actually quite jealous ;)
> 
> It's here and shiny. Slightly annoyingly it came with Tiger installed and
> Leopard on a disc, so I'm having to wipe it and install that before I can use.

Same here. I guess we bought too soon, but nuke and paving, then
installing Leopard didn't take too long (little over an hour). New iMac
sooooo shiny... My precious! *rubs hands together*

Regards,
 Jamie Kahn Genet
-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

Gary  wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:53:48 +0000, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote
> (in article ):
> 
> > On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:47:56 +0000, Gary  wrote:
> > 
> >> Had to get this for the DS to get my 360 back to play real games on.
> >> 
> >> Now I don't play the 360, just PQ on the DS.
> >> 
> >> Gah.
> > 
> > Heh heh. Don't worry, you'll start playing other games after about a
> > month or so. It's on XBLA too, isn't it? 
> > 
> >  Cheers - Jaimie ("Hi, I'm Jaimie, and I used to play Puzzle
> > Quest...")
> > 
> 
> Yes - that's what I mean. I downloaded it for XBLA and thought, I'm spending
> all my time playing PQ on this hi def TV on a 360... I want to get back to
> Orange Box or PRG4 or something. 
> 
> So I got PQ for the DS instead. Deleted it from the 360. 
> 
> Now I don't play the 360 at all, just PQ on the DS :-(
> 
> And I have no idea why, as it's so chuffing annoying!
> 
> As an aside, I see we share the Mac world as well as the DS world. Never
> noticed that before. That's you, me, deKay, anyone else?

*waves hand* Just bought a new 24" 1.8GHz Extreme iMac, as it happens
:-) (can't seem to stop bragging). Beautiful piece of kit.

As for addictive games - it's still Tetris in my case and has been for
over 20 years :-D

Regards,
 Jamie Kahn Genet
-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

DBSnappa  wrote:

> Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
> > On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:01:06 +0000, Gary  wrote:
> > 
> >> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:53:48 +0000, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote
> >> (in article ):
> >>
> >>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:47:56 +0000, Gary  wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Had to get this for the DS to get my 360 back to play real games on.
> >>>>
> >>>> Now I don't play the 360, just PQ on the DS.
> >>>>
> >>>> Gah.
> >>> Heh heh. Don't worry, you'll start playing other games after about a
> >>> month or so. It's on XBLA too, isn't it? 
> >>>
> >>>     Cheers - Jaimie ("Hi, I'm Jaimie, and I used to play Puzzle
> >>> Quest...")
> >>>
> >> Yes - that's what I mean. I downloaded it for XBLA and thought, I'm
> >> spending all my time playing PQ on this hi def TV on a 360... I want to
> >> get back to Orange Box or PRG4 or something.
> >>
> >> So I got PQ for the DS instead. Deleted it from the 360. 
> >>
> >> Now I don't play the 360 at all, just PQ on the DS :-(
> > 
> > Hee hee! 
> > 
> >> And I have no idea why, as it's so chuffing annoying!
> >>
> >> As an aside, I see we share the Mac world as well as the DS world. Never
> >> noticed that before. That's you, me, deKay, anyone else?
> > 
> > Ric, The Rev and Chris, to different degrees. I nearly made the same
> > comment over there when DBSnappa turned up a day or two ago.
> > 
> I've been a lurker in the Mac group for years, but it's too much like
> hard work keeping up with the volume of traffic in there.
> 
> I was having a play with a new 24" iMac the other day when I went to the
>   Goon Bar at the Regent St Shrine - it's very nice. Does anybody know
> how accurately it can be calibrated for retouching work?

Dunno about that level of precision, but one of the first things I did
was calibrate the display by hand. It was a wee bit washed out from the
factory, but now looks stunning!

Regards,
 Jamie Kahn Genet
-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:42:03 +1300, jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie
Kahn Genet) wrote:

>The Rev  wrote:
>
>> DBSnappa wrote:
>> > The Rev wrote:
>> >> Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
>> >>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:01:06 +0000, Gary  wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> As an aside, I see we share the Mac world as well as the DS world.
>> >>>> Never noticed that before. That's you, me, deKay, anyone else?
>> >>>
>> >>> Ric, The Rev and Chris, to different degrees. I nearly made the same
>> >>> comment over there when DBSnappa turned up a day or two ago.
>> >>
>> >> I've FINALLY persuaded my boss to get me a Mac for work after years of
>> >> trying. And it's Out For Delivery RIGHT NOW according to the UPS web
>> >> site. New iMac and Super Mario Galaxy on the same day? BEST DAY EVER!
>> >>
>> > I'm actually quite jealous ;)
>> 
>> It's here and shiny. Slightly annoyingly it came with Tiger installed and
>> Leopard on a disc, so I'm having to wipe it and install that before I can use.
>
>Same here. I guess we bought too soon, but nuke and paving, then
>installing Leopard didn't take too long (little over an hour). New iMac
>sooooo shiny... My precious! *rubs hands together*

Get yer 10.5.1 patch installed, it includes several very necessary
fixes to the .0 release.

	Cheers - Jaimie
-- 
>So, what do *you* do for a living?
I sit in a chair pressing small plastic rectangles with my fingers
while peering at many tiny, colored dots.         -- Peter Manders

The Rev wrote:
> DBSnappa wrote:
>> The Rev wrote:
>>>
>>> It's here and shiny. Slightly annoyingly it came with Tiger installed 
>>> and Leopard on a disc, so I'm having to wipe it and install that 
>>> before I can use.
>>>
>> What size and spec. Also, you're a nerd, you're supposed to enjoy that 
>> kind of shit ;) It would piss me off slightly as well though.
> 
> It's the bottom of the range, but I shoved an extra gig of memory in it. 
> Actually, as work were paying, I got Apple to shove the memory in before 
> shipping.
> 
> It's a bit nippier than my five year old Powerbook, it has to be said.
> 
I can imagine ;)