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Report: New Nintendo DS to offer on-board camera, music playback
backtoreality says,
I'm definitely going to get one of the DS's. They are adding wireless, a camera and music abilities. This should be great.
Article excerpt from cnet.com —
"Japanese business news outlet Nikkei Net is reporting that Nintendo will release a successor to the DS Lite by the end of this calendar year.Highlights of the updated feature-set include improved wireless functionality (probably for extra-curricular use--not necessary for gaming), an on-board camera, and music playback.
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Posted 3 years ago
The DS already has perfectly functional WiFi. I already have a perfectly functional music player. I also already have a perfectly functional camera.
I think this is going to hurt Nintendo more than help, if it's true. They've always been really focused on one thing: the games. Unless they're using the camera as a new input device (in which case, they're fragmenting their userbase), or trying really heavily to integrate music into their games (or if they're drastically upping the internal storage of the DS so that you can download your games straight to the hardware), this all seems like a giant waste of time.
I think this is going to hurt Nintendo more than help, if it's true. They've always been really focused on one thing: the games. Unless they're using the camera as a new input device (in which case, they're fragmenting their userbase), or trying really heavily to integrate music into their games (or if they're drastically upping the internal storage of the DS so that you can download your games straight to the hardware), this all seems like a giant waste of time.
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