DSi announcement didn't keep Nintendo stocks from falling

Hopefully you're not an Apple stockholder either - they sunk below $100, and have lost about half their stock's value (about $90 a share) over the last couple of months.

Marty, I really like Apple, so I notice every time just how much you hate Apple... You go out of your way to mention them, even off-handedly like here!

But I'm with you on yesterday's beatdown on the naive republican Bass Master, so I guess it evens out for me.

Stocks will be back, if you have it in you, it's a good time to buy.

I wasn't mentioning them out of hate, I just noticed how badly they've gotten hit over the last few weeks. I'd invest in them if I were confident about where they are headed, but I don't think they'll be making the climb back up to $180+ a share for a long time.

And I don't hate Apple really - I'm just critical of them because the fanboys get on my nerves sometimes.

So lemme get this straight Marty... because some people are immature and annoying in their fanboyism you have to be an ass towards a company, who like any other company, has no control over what their fanboys say or feel?

Last I checked, there are annoying fanboys in EVERY camp, so are you just as critical towards every company equally? Gatta agree with Ill Trooper, and so no.

I only really dislike Apple because of their commercials

I mean, if you WANT to make it look like your company caters to hipster douchebags in lieu of normal people, more power to you.

Look, I can be annoyed by whoever I want, and if I find Apple fanboys and their smug, idiotic banter more annoying than others, that's my business. You might find fanboys from the Linux, Microsoft, or Sony camps more annoying than others, and I would not fault you for that.

Regardless, and again, I only mentioned it because their stock is taking a *huge* beating, and not out of any malice for the company. The same's happening with Adobe (creators of Photoshop). Does my mentioning that make me anti-Adobe now too?

See, this is why I hate Apple fanboys. I say something completely factual about their stock, and I've got two people who are probably perfectly normal under every other circumstance suddenly giving me shit, acting like I'm out to get somebody. It's lame.

Apple fanboyism in a nutshell.

Every stock is dropping like a brick. I'm glad not to be an investor.

Everyones stock is taking a huge beatdown. It's not from poor performance (in all cases) but more of a bi-product of the financial crisis in the United States.

I already have shares--but I bought them almost 10 years ago so it has a long way to go before I lose money.....but still, I knew I should've cashed in when it popped up to $78/share earlier this year...oh well. that's why stocks are a long term investment--to ride the waves of these little hiccups...

This is hardly a small hiccup; it'll be a while before your stocks approach the value they held a year ago.

unless the value of the cash plummets, and becomes as useful as a post-it note

"using both touchscreens."

DSi only has a single touchscreen.

Hopefully the DSi will mean a price drop for DS Lite.

I'm still luggin around a phat DS...

wouldnt mind the new one, but I cant justify its price yet.

DSI does have 2 touch screens.

actually of doesn't
It does have more ram though, hopefully we can have a nice snes emu

Yep, it has two touch screens unlike the older DS systems.

That's why a lot of Nintendo fans are bitching about the lack of a real hardware update. If they're going to go ahead and update the hardware to have two cameras, an extra touchscreen, and bigger screens, why didn't they just revamp the graphics as well and make a new console that was backwards compatible. I think that's what most people are angry about. The DS is starting to get old (considering how long Nintendo's handhelds usually last). It's honestly time to smell the coffee and realize they are going to be left in the dust here soon by Apple and at least in Japan, Sony, if they don't get their act together.

I think Nintendo (as much as I love them) is very much like Sony. Nintendo thinks they have the handheld market in the bag no matter what they pull, just as Sony thought they had consoles in the bag for good because they had such a large user base. One trip up has shown that can all change quite quickly. Nintendo needs to stop pretending it has no competition by not "competing with anyone".

Uh, no it doesn't. Do your research folks.

Turns out a translation error across the interwebz caused many news outlets to misinterpret 'larger screens' as 'dual touch screens' - there's only one.

"Nintendo thinks they have the handheld market in the bag no matter what they pull,"


I don't think so. Remember when someone at Nintendo admitted later on that they thought that if the DS had failed, Nintendo would've been doomed?

The reason they took out backwards compatibility is because of the DSi Shop(Channel). If they can put full DS games like Brain Age 1 & 2 on the service, then they can obviously sell GB games. They'll probably make a DSi Shop part be called "Virtual Handheld."

Or, just keep your DS(or better yet, buy a GBASP/Micro)

That's because they're in the middle of a share repurchasing program, not because they aren't getting hit by this. They should be doing a lot better than they are right now, but instead they're just keeping their heads above water. Even Ballmer said so.

Well I didn't say why their stock is holding. I just said it's holding. Why is everyone so disagreeable today?

Mostly because you sound like a blathering fool in your posts.

Italian stereotypes are awesome!!!

41% is a big bucket. I'm glad you don't do my taxes.