Nintendo: Hit or Miss

While Nintendo is unequivocally responsible for some of the best-loved pieces of gaming hardware ever created, they've also had some spectacular misfires.

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DS (2004) -- HIT! Having slid somewhat uncomfortably into third place in the console race (the Gamecube trailed both the Playstation 2 and Xbox), Nintendo needed a spark. Instead, they found two. The dual-screen handheld didn’t take off at first, but over time – and after several redesigns and upgrades – the DS proved to be a serious portable machine. Very serious, in fact: in December of 2010, the DS line became the best-selling handheld ... more
DS (2004) -- HIT! Having slid somewhat uncomfortably into third place in the console race (the Gamecube trailed both the Playstation 2 and Xbox), Nintendo needed a spark. Instead, they found two. The dual-screen handheld didn’t take off at first, but over time – and after several redesigns and upgrades – the DS proved to be a serious portable machine. Very serious, in fact: in December of 2010, the DS line became the best-selling handheld of all-time and is currently trailing only the PS2 as the best-selling video game system ever. less