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Nintendo Sells a DS Every Five Seconds

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This is not the place for political conversation.
 
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My brother came home and sayed "he wouter we hebben een ds:eek:" that means he wouter i have bought the ds and i said LAME!!!! untill i saw him play mario kart it looks great its 3d and i like it
so now i also have an ds:D
 

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You'd have to be a complete fool to buy a DS for 130$ when the PSP costs 170$.
Why? Sure the PSP is more advanced hardware, but what does it give me? I haven't heard about a single game on the PSP that I'd be interested in. While the DS has brain training, and tons of simple short games for pick up and play. Sure, the pricetag is steep, but it's the price of entertainment, and which will entertain me more? Probably the DS. Would I ever buy one? No, but that doesn't stop me from playing with my cousin's when I visit.
 

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Why? Sure the PSP is more advanced hardware, but what does it give me? I haven't heard about a single game on the PSP that I'd be interested in. While the DS has brain training, and tons of simple short games for pick up and play. Sure, the pricetag is steep, but it's the price of entertainment, and which will entertain me more? Probably the DS. Would I ever buy one? No, but that doesn't stop me from playing with my cousin's when I visit.


Yeah, that about does it for your post :laugh:
 

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Its time for Nintendo to either drop the price of the DS to $99 or come out with another new version. I would love an even thinner and brighter DS to replace my original DS.:laugh::laugh:

Edit can't wait for the next Advance Wars to come out this Spring:rockout::rockout::rockout::rockout: :rockout:
 
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Yeah, that about does it for your post :laugh:

sure, it's preference, but my preference is the same as a lot of the gamers I know. I've yet to hear of any hype around a PSP game, or hear from the few owners I know, of games that they really enjoyed. Even so, my personal preference seems to coincide with the millions who are buying the DS, so, laugh all you want.
 

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sure, it's preference, but my preference is the same as a lot of the gamers I know. I've yet to hear of any hype around a PSP game, or hear from the few owners I know, of games that they really enjoyed. Even so, my personal preference seems to coincide with the millions who are buying the DS, so, laugh all you want.

Oh, you don't have to worry about that :laugh:
 

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