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New Nintendo Hardware This Year?

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Despite ongoing confusion from the gaming public and industry members alike, Nintendo will officially reveal the new hardware platform at this year's E3 expo in May.

Credit First Service Union Original Story: Posted 2/28/2005 @ 12:00 PM Central

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Card Credit Mobile Service With the Revolution not likely to release before 2006, one analyst thinks that Nintendo could be planning to ship the next Game Boy by the end of 2005.

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Card Credit Discover Service That analyst: P.J. McNealy of American Technology Research. "We believe it is likely that the next version of the Game Boy Advance SP will ship as early as this holiday, ahead of most expectations of calendar year 2006," wrote McNealy. McNealy also predicts a price of $99 for the next Game Boy, with the Game Boy Advance dropping to $49. The Nintendo DS, according to McNealy, will stay at its current price.

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Credit Public Service Union According to McNealy, sales numbers back Nintendo in releasing a new Game Boy over a year year after the release of the DS. "The Nintendo DS has, by and large, been additive to Nintendo software revenue and units sales and not cannibalistic. Even with the DS launch in November, GBA software revenue and unit sales were up double-digits in December and January," wrote McNealy.

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Card Credit Processing Service A new hardware launch would keep Nintendo in the top of consumer's mind during the 2005 holiday season, according to McNealy, as without new hardware Sony's PSP and Microsofts possible release of the Xbox 2 could keep Nintendo overshadowed. Further, McNealy believes that the current generation of Game Boy has a major issue of piracy, epically in the Asia-Pacific region. By changing over to a new medium, such as flash memory cards, like those used for the Nintendo DS, piracy would no longer be as large an issue.

Center Credit Service Union McNealy also believes that publishers like Activision and THQ could benefit from a new Game Boy, writing, "We believe that a new GBA SP could mean between $10 million to $20 million of additional revenue for both Activision and THQ in FY06, and an additional $0.02 to $0.04 in earnings."

Card Credit Service Wireless Nintendo has not yet commented on McNealy's analysis. According to CNN Money, official confirmation of a new Game Boy could come as early as March 10th at the GDC when Satoru Iwata gives his keynote speech titled The Heart of a Gamer. The Advanced Media Network will be in San Francisco attending the Game Developers Conference, so if any new hardware is announced we will bring that information to you.

Credit Security Service Union UPDATE: 3/1/2005 @ 1:32 PM Central

Credit Report Service Since yesterday's report about P.J. McNealy's analysis regarding a possible new Game Boy by the end of the year, numerous rumors have begun to spread around the internet. One such rumor was that the next Game Boy will be shown at E3 2005. Another rumor was that the next Game Boy will simply be a redesign of the Game Boy Advance. It was even rumored that Nintendo may be working on a handheld similar to Sony's PSP, or a PDA-based device that plays games.

Blogspot Com Christian Nintendo of America has not confirmed nor denied any of the aforementioned rumors. When contacted by IGN Nintendo of America's Senior Director of Public Relations, Beth Llewelyn, stated, "Game Boy continues to be a shining star in the video game industry with more than 176 million units sold worldwide. In 2004 alone we sold 10 million Game Boy Advance SPs in North America and sales were up 9% in January. Our newest hand-held game system, the Nintendo DS, has done extremely well and is on target to ship 6 million worldwide by March 31. There is always speculation on what the next Game Boy will be, however, at this time there are no announcements about a new Game Boy SP product."

Christian Counseling Credit Nintendo's divisions outside of the United States have also not confirmed nor denied any of the recent rumors. A spokesperson from Nintendo of Europe, speaking to Eurogamer, said, "There is always speculation on what the next Game Boy will be, however, at this time there are no announcements about a new Game Boy SP product." A spokesperson for Nintendo of Canada, speaking to Canoe News, said that Nintendo of Canada has "no information on a Game Boy release for 2005."

Credit Federal Service Union GameCube Advanced and the Advanced Media Network will continue to keep you updated on the future of the Game Boy. It is our policy not post rumors, so while we won't be spreading the unconfirmed reports that have surfaced, we will be sure to keep you updated on any official and/or credible information that arises. Further, we will be at the Game Developers Conference this month and at E3 in May, so if anything is actually announced at either event, we will report on it.

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