Nintendo Forecasts Advance-ing Sales

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Japanese video game maker Nintendo has set aggressive sales targets for its hand-held Game Boy Advance machines, aiming to boost sales by one-third in the business year starting on April 1.

Nintendo aims to sell two million of its new Game Boy Advance SPs, which feature rechargeable batteries and a brightly lit screen, in the first six weeks after their February 14 launch, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata told a news conference.

"With full confidence, we will launch Game Boy Advance SP as the ultimate version of the hand-held game player. With a wide-ranging software line-up, Game Boy Advance SP will be able to appeal to a broader range of users...regardless of age or sex," Iwata said.

Nintendo, which dominates the global hand-held game system market, said it planned to sell 20 million Game Boy Advance machines globally, including the SP models, in the next business year, up from its target of 15 million this year.

View: Nintendo has high hopes for Game Boy Advance

News source: Reuters UK

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#1 DrOmango on 06 Feb 2003 - 02:23

[url=http://24.243.200.21/GBA_SP_1.jpg]http://24.243.200.21/GBA_SP_1.jpg[/url] this is what Game Boy Advance SP looks like

(4 replies) #2 kuregu02 on 06 Feb 2003 - 07:08

GO NINTENDO!!! Milk the money from us instead of doing what you should've done when the GBA was first launched!

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#2.1 Spyder on 06 Feb 2003 - 15:56

??? milk nothing. if you already own a GBA, its in your ability to not buy the SP version.

#2.2 kuregu02 on 06 Feb 2003 - 16:22

[neoquote=#2.1 by Spyder]??? milk nothing. if you already own a GBA, its in your ability to not buy the SP version. [/neoquote] I know but I don't get a backlight. Yes, I know there are kits out there that you can buy, which I'm gonna do, but they should have put a backlit in it in the first place.

#2.3 threetonesun on 06 Feb 2003 - 16:22

Yeah! They should have charged us $200 for an internally lit recharable battery one in the first place! Those bums, forcing us the buy batteries nad find light sources so we could get one of the coolest things around for only $60. This makes a lot more sense now that it did then. And if another company hadn't come up with an internal lighting system, Nintendo would still have no reason to make this. But...it is pretty cool looking

#2.4 Spyder on 06 Feb 2003 - 18:18

[neoquote=#2.2 by kuregu02]I know but I don't get a backlight. Yes, I know there are kits out there that you can buy, which I'm gonna do, but they should have put a backlit in it in the first place.[/neoquote] i hear ya. if its that much of a bummer, i'd suggest selling your GBA now while you can still get decent money for it and get the SP when it comes out

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