Beginning of the End for DS?

According to NanaOn-Sha’s Masaya Matsuura in an interview with Gamasutra, the Nintendo DS may have reached the beginning of the end. The outstanding handheld is not being viewed by gamers in Japan in the same light it once was.

The touch screen, while initially innovative, may now be a bit of a hindrance to game development. The massive influx of copy cat brain titles seems to be targeted toward older consumers that are simply no longer that interested in the cookie-cutter gameplay.