You think so? My wife & I have DSs and we take them with us on every vacation; especially if there's an airport involved. I ride the subway every day and see college students & people in suits playing with DSs.

I gotta say: after RE and Burnout failing on the DS, I really wasn't expecting much out of this GTA-DS but now that it looks like they have a better looking version of my favorite cell phone game of all time (Dope Wars anyone?)they might know what they're doing.
As long as they keep with what works on the DS, this game might pleasantly surprise me.
After all: I have yet to be disappointed by a GTA game. Even the last one.

I play my DS religiously everyday and I am 32. Im not saying adults dont play it, just that its mainly used by young kids.

Really? The majority of DS players are kids? Have you READ the comments section of DSFanboy recently? The vast majority of the people who comment are over the age of 18.

And where, might I ask, did you get your figures on the majority of DS Owners being children?

Because out of all the people I know who own a DS (about 20, and some of them own more than one), only ONE of them is under the age of 18, and that's my 13 year old brother who is plenty capable of playing a GTA game and knowing it's not reality.

I agree this game shouldn't be played by immature teenagers who don't have a grasp on reality, or younger children, but that is for the PARENTS to decide, and no one else.

Censorship = Suck. Period.

Like I said, I love my DS. The fact is, most games for the DS are made for kids or "everyone". Take a look at the ESRB ratings below. You may think its ok for a 13 year old to play GTA, but you are most young and/or not a parent

Look at the # of Mature game for the DS compared to the Xbox 360. Clearly the DS is geared more toward teen and below.

ESRB Ratings

Nintendo DS

Kids to Adults (7)
Everyone (625)
Everyone 10+ (151)
Teen (93)
Mature (7)

Xbox 360

Early Childhood (1)
Kids to Adults (3)
Everyone (107)
Everyone 10+ (57)
Teen (167)
Mature (123)

Lol, boy are you uninformed! Most people who play the DS are kids, huh? I would say the exact opposite is true. Yes, there are many children that own a DS simply due to the lower pricepoint and game cost. However, this is also the reason many older generation gamers have one. My wife and I both have a DS and love the games from the bloody to cartoonish. The DS is for everyone although one true fact is that the DS is certainly marketed towards a younger audience. Read up my friend...

You stated the same thing I did. When I say "kids", I am talking about 16 and younger. Maybe I should have been clearer.

Quote:
"The DS is for everyone although one true fact is that the DS is certainly marketed towards a younger audience. Read up my friend..."

Duh, they market to the younger audience...just like the Wii...sheesh

At Matdredalia and anyone else arguing with him:

The majority of people who own a DS are kids. Plain and simple. Does that somehow make you insecure about owning one?

Ok. Most of the people you know who play the DS are over 18. And just how many people do you know under the age of 18? Work somewhere that sells DS's, and tell me then that most owners aren't children.

What's the big deal anyways? It's obvious there's a ton of shovelware directed at children, as always, but there's plenty of amazing games on the system, with or without mature themes. If you don't want to play the system because the entire grade school bus does too, then that's your lose.

thanks fulluphigh, you hit the nail on the head. Some people may think I am a "kid" playing video games at 32, but I dont care what they think. I love my DS and Xbox 360, and will continue playing them as long as quality games are made :)

Umm... selling drugs isnt committing a crime? Where do you live?

About GTA DS, couldn't care less. When it comes out I'll check out reviews and impressions, but I'm not expecting much.

About DSF being kind of meh, I don't know about that, but you guys do occasionally seem to get pretty fixated on certain titles. From reading comments, it doesn't appear the frequent updates on GTA DS is making any of us care about the game.

I'm not the biggest fan of GTA either, but...just because you find something boring doesn't mean other people won't be interested. And, yes, they DID blog about Time Hollow (http://www.dsfanboy.com/search/?q=time+hollow&invocationType=wl-ds&searchsubmit=) and Rhapsody (http://www.dsfanboy.com/search/?q=rhapsody&invocationType=wl-ds&searchsubmit=)

I believe she means that she expected drug trafficking to be already entrenched in the GTA franchise since it IS a crime, and GTA is known for allowing the players to partake in criminal activities.

but I agree, I could care less about DSF coverage of GTA:Chinatown Wars.