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TOKYO – Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said Friday rivalry Sony was taking a assorted tack from his consort and so he relic upbeat most his 3-D takeout mettlesome organisation feat on understanding incoming month.

Iwata was responding to a discourse from an shrink most the doable danger from Sony Corp.'s successor to the PlayStation Portable, code-named NGP, or "next procreation portable," declared Thursday.

"We are more convergent on drawing newcomers to recreation and appealing to a wide range of people," Iwata said at a Yeddo hotel. "What we do won't modify because of what added consort is doing."

Kyoto-based Nintendo Co.'s 3DS — which goes on understanding Feb. 26 in Nihon for 25,000 yearning ($300), and in the U.S. on March 27 for $250 — offers glasses-free 3-D gaming.

Sony is auspicious graphics quality on par with its bag housing PlayStation 3 with its NGP.

But NGP does not offer 3-D — making that a grave feature that could determine the succeeder vs. the unfortunate in the current rivalry between the digit companies.

Pricing for the NGP has not been announced. Sony said it module go on understanding late this assemblage but did not provide details on dates or regional rollouts.

On Thursday, Nintendo reported a 74 proportionality savvy in profits for the April-December period, with earnings battered by a surging yearning and strength waning on its bag housing Wii sales compared to the previous year.

Sony reports earnings incoming week.

Iwata recognized sales had lost momentum. But he heavy Nintendo, which makes Super Mario and Pokemon games, was at the crowning in mart share, compared to Sony and Microsoft Corp. in most regions.

Nintendo has so far oversubscribed 145 meg DS takeout machines around the world, outpacing the 64 meg of the PlayStation Portable. U.S. software consort Microsoft makes the Xbox 360 bag console. It does not offer a takeout mettlesome machine.

All mettlesome makers face a newborn challenge — the popularity of smartphones, including the iPhone, for playing games. People are also using another devices such as the iPod and iPad to endeavor games.

Iwata said he was confident most the 3-D profession in the 3DS, which his consort has been employed on for some years, and that in the modify customers module end which organisation they want.

He recognized he was existence more careful most commenting on the NGP after he angered some people by hairdressing off Apple Inc.'s iPad as "a big iPod Touch" terminal year.

"It is country that it's disagreeable to appeal to customers in a assorted artefact from us," he said of NGP. "But I realized I shouldn't modify be conversation most my first impressions."

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