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New Nintendo DSi Coming to Japan?

Posted on Wednesday 28th October 2009 at 15:36 by Rangers51
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The rumor from Japan today is that Nintendo is applying new planned obsolescence to their handhelds. With the DSi barely a year old, it appears that the big N is planning to drop a new version in Japan by year's end, with a screen more than 20% larger in diagonal.

It appears that this new 4" screen model will completely replace the current 3.25" model, with the intention of simply making the images larger for folks. The original news report from Japan rumors that the resolution of the screens might also increase, which could possibly make higher-res games possible on the system (but, of course, less workable for the older DSi and DS); however, this is not yet clear from the known information, so don't count on being forced into an upgrade in the near future.

Source: Engadget
Posted in: Gaming Industry News, News from Japan

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InsegrediousComment 1: 2009-10-30 09:20
Insegredious Planned obsolescence?
The DSi itself is existing obsolescence without the GBA port, IMO.

But this just sounds like typical Nintendo, as represented in the second panel of this Penny Arcade strip.
(Microsoft on the left, Sony on the right, in case anyone was wondering.)
Rangers51Comment 2: 2009-10-30 11:16
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Quote (Insegredious @ 30th October 2009 05:20)
Planned obsolescence?
The DSi itself is existing obsolescence without the GBA port, IMO.

Hence "new" planned obsolescence, instead of "original" planned obsolescence. smile.gif
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