It's really stupid for DSi owners, but seeing as I never bought into the DSi, this is pretty decent news for me.

I'm currently DSless, which is killing me, but I don't know if I should wait for this new DS or just grab a DSi...

Christ, Nintendo will once again keep its dominance over the handheld market with an iron fist and a GUN.

A more powerful processor would enable the DS2 to play better looking games with shoddy/gimmicky touch screen controls? This is going be an improvement?

so no comparison of psp/pspgo and ds/dslite/ds2 constant release with little to nothing added to make it different?
sure when sony does it people explode,
when nintendo does it, its just nintendo being nintendo.
granted i dont care much for them either way. i havnt touched my psp since gta:lcs came out. just not much of a portable gamer. if im sitting around doing nothing its usually in front of my tv.

SO glad I didn't buy a DSi.

Too soon

I thought the DSi was a stupid idea to begin with. It added very limited functionality at the expense of alienating owners of previous DS iteration owners. Now THAT is something I wanted to hear. I think it's the next step towards a new generation of handheld and home consoles with added connectivity. It strikes me a little weird that they'll be renovating the area that they're most confortable, while the Wii shows significant signs of momentum-loss. Let's wait and see.

It's not like we can do anything else, anyway.

Good Tao, this is worse than the Madden series. They launch a new one every 8 months.

Crunshii: There were some rumours about the psp2 having some unbelievably powerful ships

But it'll still be less powerful than the PSP2.

linuxguy, ships? lol.

I mean I am all up for better graphics and multiple uses like my iphone, it does so much. So I don't care if Nintendo or Sony do it first, I just want them to do it! I want a portable PS2 powerhouse handheld that can play FF14 remotely and record video of my self when I tea bag defeated people in MvsC2/TvsC.

@linuxguy: There were also rumours about the PSPGo being a worthwhile piece of hardware. Let's face it, if they indeed released a PSP2 at this point, the price would be ludicrous. The Go is already way too expensive to even begin rationalizing the purchase. It's a passion acquisition, and I'm sure lots of people are perfectly happy with it, but in comparison, it pales in value.

Sony is screwing up their handheld department. Which makes me wonder if they can't ever get their shit right, for their home console department is, for the first time in 3 years, working like a charm.

Not to mention backwards compatibility. This will be a VERY tough battle for Sony, given that I don't see a retro-compatible PSP2. UMDs are awful and they know it, and their slot is way too spacious. I only can see it happening if they go all-digital with a UMD slot. And, if that's the case, the already expected-to-be huge price will be increased even further. Besides screwing the Go owner.

Sony's in a tight spot here and they deserved it. It's only more annoying that there's so much good software for it, which makes the company's fault even more astonishingly blatant.

@Ben PerLee:
And people just started to buy PS3's! It's craaazy.

My DS Lite's hinge cracked, so I've been thinking about buying a replacement, but if this holds out to be true, maybe I won't.

If Nintendo really is powerhousing on graphics next gen, I'm going to be the happiest man alive. I'm sick of the brand getting a bad rap for being "lazy" on graphics, there's no reason for them to stay behind the curve.

Well, heck, the Game Boy Micro shames the PSPgo--it's not exactly a tough feat.

@Crunshii: You got a point. However, I still find it VERY unlikely that they would release it with a UMD slot. Downloadable PSP1 titles I can see happening. But it's still miles away from the actual retrocompatibility that the DS2 will probably sport, given Nintendo's history.

@Ben Perlee:It is indeed. I actually love it. Hurts my pocket, but I'll be dammed if there's anything videogame-related more pleasant than setting up and turning on a brand new console. Specially one that promises a shift in the way you perceive gaming, be it motion controllers, touch screens or high definition. Those classy introductions to a new console are priceless(Nintendo should make the safety warning ditch-able and add a proper console opening screen, by the way). If they deliver or not, that's another story. Damm you capitalism.

The DS came out almost 6 years ago! Seems like a good time to start a new cycle.

But, I'd like to point out to everybody here, that this IS a pretty unsubstantiated rumour.

I'm glad about this. I've been clamoring for new and more powerful portables for a while, that's whay I didn't buy into the DSi (even after selling my lite) and the PSPgo. I want new shiny toys, not the same toy with a different case damnit!

#1 this is old news, #2 i doubt that this is true, #3 if it is true, it's likely going to be a completely new device. most likely with ds compatibility. #4 i just received email confirm from nintendo on club nin platinum member's rewards being shipped. hopefully that means i get to beat up doc when i get home.

I just bought a Dsi! Thanks Nintendo!!!!

Will it play my huge library of awesome GBA games? No? Well then, back to my DS Lite.

@Papadukes: I hear that. I'm not a day 1 kind of guy, but I honestly can't see them failing here. DS fucking saved this entire generation for me, with a little help from PC. It's a wonderful system, and I'm sorry that I waited so long to get it. Well, actually it was until the lite came out, but I still consider that too long.

I think that it will have around PSP level graphics, hopefully an analog nub, and some kind of media card reader. I do hope, however, that the focus won't shift entirely to 3D games. And I don't even care about the touch screen. That's not what made the DS awesome to me. It was really just the great 1st and 3rd party support. It really doesn't matter what features a system has, as long as it's getting support, it will be good.

Also, Sony is fucked on both fronts unless they pull a Nintendo level comeback. I hope they weren't serious about all this 10 year life cycle bullshit. You don't implement a 10 year plan on video game hardware (or really any hardware) unless you know it will be successful and you have a backup just in case. That's basic stuff.

Sounds like a promising machine. Still, i would like it to be released around late 2011 or early 2012. I want more game produced for my DS Lite, i just bought it this year.