Gameboy Has One Holiday Left

November 30th, 2006 by George Lester-Pearson in Business

Speaking to Reuters this Wednesday, Nintendo president, Reggie Fils-Aime, has said that he expects to see one more holiday in the Gameboy’s console life cycle.

“We think that Game Boy Advance certainly has at least one more holiday season left in it. For us, it continues to be a great stepping stone for five-, six-, seven-year-old consumers to have their first great handheld gaming experience and then transition right into DS,” Fils-Aime told the Reuters Media Summit in New York.

Of course, primary focus has switched to the Nintendo DS, but Reggie states that profits are still strong on both consoles, not just the DS. He concludes the talk by stating that black Friday weekend saw excellent sales of both handhelds.

“For as great a Black Friday weekend that we had on DS, we had just as good a selling season so far on Game Boy Advance,” he said.

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