If you look at Nintendo's history..
Game Boy (1989)
Game Boy Pocket (1996) 6 years
Game Boy Light
Game Boy Color (1998) 2 years
Game Boy Advance (2001) 3 years
Game Boy Advance SP ( 2003) 2 years
Game Boy Advance SP w/ Backlight (2005)
Game Boy Micro (2005)
Nintnendo DS (2004) 1 year
Nintendo DS Lite (2006) 2 years
Nintendo DSi (2009) 3 years
Nintendo DSi XL (2010) 1 year
Nintendo 3DS (2011) 1 year
Nintendo 3DS XL (2012) 1 year
Nintendo 2DS (2013) 1 year
New Nintendo 3DS (2015) 2 years
Is it safe to say that based on these blocks of units (3 original GBs, then 3 GBAs) (4 DS's, then 4 3DS's) the next batch of Nintendo handhelds will be a new line all together? Or will they continue to milk the dual screen?
Two screen's is nice and 3D now that it's stable is actually looking like less of a gimmick (for those who don't get headaches from it).
My theory is they actually might have 1 or two more versions of the "New 3DS".. maybe a smaller one and maybe one with even better 3D down the road. But after that I think Nintendo might make a jump and go back to a single screen and begin to re-innovate their handheld lineup. Your thoughts?
Game Boy (1989)
Game Boy Pocket (1996) 6 years
Game Boy Light
Game Boy Color (1998) 2 years
Game Boy Advance (2001) 3 years
Game Boy Advance SP ( 2003) 2 years
Game Boy Advance SP w/ Backlight (2005)
Game Boy Micro (2005)
Nintnendo DS (2004) 1 year
Nintendo DS Lite (2006) 2 years
Nintendo DSi (2009) 3 years
Nintendo DSi XL (2010) 1 year
Nintendo 3DS (2011) 1 year
Nintendo 3DS XL (2012) 1 year
Nintendo 2DS (2013) 1 year
New Nintendo 3DS (2015) 2 years
Is it safe to say that based on these blocks of units (3 original GBs, then 3 GBAs) (4 DS's, then 4 3DS's) the next batch of Nintendo handhelds will be a new line all together? Or will they continue to milk the dual screen?
Two screen's is nice and 3D now that it's stable is actually looking like less of a gimmick (for those who don't get headaches from it).
My theory is they actually might have 1 or two more versions of the "New 3DS".. maybe a smaller one and maybe one with even better 3D down the road. But after that I think Nintendo might make a jump and go back to a single screen and begin to re-innovate their handheld lineup. Your thoughts?