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Despite their public blustering, I believe Nintendo will slowly incorporate more and more of what the competition has made popular. But I do mean slowly.

Just remember how they felt about CDs back with the N64. Then they decided to go DVD with GCN, but oh wait! It's a GD-ROM bitches! Don't even bother asking what the G stands for, it stands for GREAT. As in GREAT DICK-ROM YOUR MOM.

Then remember how they would never ever incorporate online gaming. Well, along comes the Wii and there they have it. But oh wait, you want it to be a simple and pleasurable experience?? Sorry, pedos are everywhere. You've heard about the pope right?

Then comes HD gaming. Wii does HD, but it doesn't do super HD like all the others. What, you want super HD? May I refer you to our GD-ROM?

So, yeah, they're arrogant. Sometimes it works for them (NES, SNES, Wii, GameBoys, DS), sometimes it doesn't (all the others). I think overall, though, they win big-time.

And TML, going back to your old DS topic competing with Apple products, I think you and many others I've read are way over-estimating how much of the market the i devices will snag. Without dedicated game controls, the iPods will never make much of a dent on the handheld market. Also, may I refer you to the Sega Game Gear, Sony PSP, and that always-popular N-Gage?