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Nintendo's future may be in handheld players, not consoles: Despite its attempts to compete against juggernaut Sony, which owns about 70 percent of the console market, and Microsoft, with a nearly equal 15 percent share, Nintendo's success has been in handhelds. The latest DS device is the first to feature Internet connectivity, and its Wi-Fi Connection service has so far been a hit through both free hotspot usage (at what are normally for-fee hotspots) and home Wi-Fi connections.
On a tangent, I'm surprised Nintendo hasn't started to offer a device you can plug a CAT5 into and spread DS WiFi into your house so that you can play other people over the internet at your home.
I will admit such a device wouldn't be very popular, and can't be subsidized like the free connection at your local McDonald's.