Pikachu90000 wrote:What doesn't make a stock fall these days? Even the best days for a company will result in red.
The announcement of a new product usually comes with a rise in stock price as investors are excited about how well the product will sell when it hits the market, such as when Nintendo announced the Wii.
The fact that stock prices fell after the announcement shows that investors have no faith in the DSi selling well.
The Wii does not really count, that was in 2006, long before any investors nor the general public knew that the economy was going to be in the situation as it is in now.
Apple's shares always almost goes down after a product announcement. Why? Because people expect too much from them, and when they don't announce it, their shares fall. That doesn't mean that they don't have any faith in whatever new iPods or Macs they are going to announce. No, investors still have faith in the new iPods and Macs.
Pikachu90000 wrote:
The Wii does not really count, that was in 2006, long before any investors nor the general public knew that the economy was going to be in the situation as it is in now.
Some keen eyed investors knew plenty well the economy was going to turn back. Some politicians likewise claim this, Prime Minister Brown issued a warning regarding the economy back in 2004. One need only look at the amount of reckless borrowing conducted by the banks and passing out 100% mortgages. It didn't take a genius to see it would all come crashing down sooner or later.
Pikachu90000 wrote:
The Wii does not really count, that was in 2006, long before any investors nor the general public knew that the economy was going to be in the situation as it is in now.
Some keen eyed investors knew plenty well the economy was going to turn back. Some politicians likewise claim this, Prime Minister Brown issued a warning regarding the economy back in 2004. One need only look at the amount of reckless borrowing conducted by the banks and passing out 100% mortgages. It didn't take a genius to see it would all come crashing down sooner or later.
Well Gordo is a smart cookie then.
AFAIK, very few people in North America took any of the warnings seriously. The banks gave out subprime mortgages to anybody without a credit and as such they are the problem. Essentially they killed themselves. Everybody was about housing prices going up and some people were all screaming "DOW 36,000". Now at the rate the markets are falling, perhaps Dow 3,600 is even likely.
However ome people were even more ignorant of the situation, If I remember correctly, our PM, Stephen Harper during our recent election in October stated that "The economy is fine, there is no recession." Two months later he prorouged Parliament and caused a ruckus, and later stated the economy was in a recession and made severe changes to the budget to prevent a coalition government.
Hi hear what you are all saying about the DSi and I must admit that not having the GBA slot is my biggest gripe with the system, but I like I am sure some other people did buy one, as the wife has taken ownership of the DS Lite and I have been impressed with the system but if I did not own a DS Lite already would have defiantly brought the Lite over the DSi
Benbis wrote:I have been impressed with the system but if I did not own a DS Lite already would have defiantly brought the Lite over the DSi
Really? Is there not that much difference between the DSi and DS Lite? I've always thought the other way around. Since I own a DS phat I've figured if I WERE to upgrade I'd go to the DSi since it's the newest piece of hardware, automatically assuming it's better. Although the battery life's an issue
I have to say in my opinion there isn't much difference apart from the ones you already know about, the DSiWare is a nice touch but as when the Wii started out there is not much to download at the moment but the best bit goes to the upgradeable firmware which I do like.
Don't let me put you off as it is a great piece of kit and I am glad I brought one, I just wish they had kept the GBA slot, also the wife seams to think the graphics look a bit better but I can not see the difference at the mo
Sorry if my posts seam abit of a contradiction of each other it is just I am always in favour of new consoles / upgrades it's just sometimes I think the manufactures take some vital elements away from what made the system before it great
Benbis wrote:
Don't let me put you off as it is a great piece of kit and I am glad I brought one, I just wish they had kept the GBA slot, also the wife seams to think the graphics look a bit better but I can not see the difference at the mo
Apparently the DSi is slightly more powerful than the original DS and DS Lite but I don't know if that would have an effect on already existing DS games.
Anyway it's a shame they got rid of the GBA slot but I guess they had to eventually, it's old technology by now and with a few exceptions such as Opera and Guitar Hero it's pretty underutilised by DS era games. Considering the GBA came out in 2001 and hasn't been in production for who knows how long now, they had to get rid of it at some point.
I don't see the point of keeping backwards compatibility with the GBA. It's a dead platform. I don't believe any new games are being developed for it. Like Pikachu3828 said, very few games use the GBA slot, Pokemon D/P does come to mind to transferring Pokemon.
The GBA slot should have been removed a long time ago. If the public wanted a system that can play GBA games, then they should have bought a GBA when it was available.
I had a big clunky original DS... and personally I wanted to upgrade, so i bought a black one. I like the feel and size, and it's very bright and loud. Another big factor for me was the DSi Shopping Channel... I use the Wii's version of it pretty often, so that's a plus.
GBA is not a problem for me, neither is using the Pal Park... I kept my old DS for these purposes... wasn't worth trading it in.
Circe. wrote:GBA is not a problem for me, neither is using the Pal Park... I kept my old DS for these purposes... wasn't worth trading it in.
This made me think...does anyone know the relative brightness of the GBA SP and original DS screens? On the off chance that the GBA SP is brighter I could trade in my original DS part payment for a DSi if I wanted.
It all depends... there are two type of GBA SPs. The newer models have a screen brightness equal to that of the GB Micro. And in my opinion, it's brighter than the DS Phat.
I have both the orignal SP and DS. I can say that the orignal SP is less bright than the DS, but you can play with the SP without any lighting. It's really hard to play anything without the backlight on the orignal ds
Hmm personally I believe its down to what you would prefer in a system and what you require in a system.
The DSi has all of these features but not everyone will want them, and as said before by Benbis, you can't play GBA games on it. Though with HeartGold and SoulSilver coming out I no longer see this as a problem, because you get to travel through Johto, Kanto and Hoenn regions all in one, thats if the rumours are to be believed. If so then I'm sure as loyal Pokémon fans we can all agree to not see the GBA slot as a problem.
Also, if its an issue of the Pokémon in the games then the solution again is simple. Transfer your Pokémon from Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed and/or LeafGreen to Diamond, Pearl, and/or Platinum then proceed to transfer your Pokémon from that to SoulSilver and/or HeartGold.
Personally it all depends on what your problems with the system are. These were my only problems so since I've found my solution I'll get a DSi when I'm ready and when I have the money. By that time the newer version will most likely be in stores but I don't mind being 1 step behind. As said it all depends on your perspective so you just need to list your problems and see if theres a solution to it, if not then just go with the system that suits you best.
Thats all I have to say on the DSi. Concerning this recession, well I blame the banks for being to eager to get people into depts. In all honesty though we should have known better than to just go along with it before thinking things through, also it being advertised by the News didn't help either. If we were none the wiser this recession would have most likely ended itself a while back, but thats just my opinion. When one news channel here in the UK said it was the worst recession we've ever been in, well you can imagine how we - the public - reacted to that. So you see I believe the blame lies mainly in us all knowing we were in a recession, as the old proverb goes, "what you don't know can't hurt you" and in this case I believe it to be correct.
