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Nintendo DS to Play Movies?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the positioning-tactics dept.

swisener writes "An article at CNN speculates that the Nintendo DS could have multimedia playback, making it more of a competitor to Sony's PSP. If true, it will be interesting to see whether or not the big N can be successful with something other than a pure gaming machine."

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  1. Movies, who needs them.... by ihtagik · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think what Nintendo should focus on is improving the gamer's *gaming* experience otherwise they stand to lose the very users that made the Gameboy as successful as it is today.

    Just ask Nokia, they forgot that their core market was cellphones and instead of leveraging their effort at polishing up their cellphones they ventured off into gaming with less than satisfatory results.

    In addition, movies on the go demand a lot more from the DS including copyright protection etc which, Nintendo shouldn't IMHO delve into...

    In short, Nintendo should put their boffins to good use figuring out how to take advantage of the dual screens for gaming and not for movies.