Friday, February 20, 2009

Nintendo DSi Details!

Nintendo has outrun both Microsoft and Sony sales this past year, according to a top marketing analysis from NPD. The handheld arena is hardly a battle-field with Japanese sales for DS skunking those of PSP. In the U.S., the DS hit 3 million units sold!

And Nintendo does it again! The DSi is due to release April 5th, 2009.

The Nintendo DSi boasts new software that definitely is comparable to that of the iTouch. Here are the major new features.
  1. Two new cameras for photo taking
  2. Software that includes photo editing to a SD card
  3. Music playing capabilities through stereo headphone jack
  4. Record, edit, and save music or speech through the microphone
  5. Cost is only $170
  6. Wifi capabilities
  7. DS Download capabilities, including a game shop similar to the Wii Ware
As for games? Rhythm Heaven is the first announced game. RH is a music-based game similar to Guitar Hero. The system will play DS games but it is yet unknown if they will play Game Boy Advance games (but I dare ask-who cares as these games are by far outdated by three generations of DS!).  With similar features to an iPod and digital camera, it is not hard to guess that DSi will outsell PSP even further in 2009.

For more information on game sales in 2008, check out this report.
For more info on Nintendo DSi, read the press release at nintendo.com.
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2 comments:

  1. DGrehFebruary 21, 2009 at 4:01 PM

    Are you going to get one?
    Almost sounds too good to be true

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  2. MRayFebruary 23, 2009 at 8:18 AM

    Probably. I already use SD for my video camera so it won't be hard to transfer it. The problem is whether or not it will play Advance/SP games because the Guitar Hero hardware goes in that slot.

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