Can Nintendo Really Be Planning Another DS Variant?

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 27, 2009 @06:37PM from the this-one-comes-with-a-shamwow dept.

itwbennett writes "'There was a lot of talk yesterday about an article in the Japanese publication Nikkei which claimed that Nintendo was readying a new iteration of its DS line of handheld gaming systems,' writes blogger Peter Smith. 'The report claims the new unit will have 4" screens (the current unit has 3.25" screens) and is designed for older gamers who have trouble seeing the small screens of the current DSi. This new model is otherwise identical to the existing DSi and will ship by end of year in Japan.' As an 'older gamer' himself, Smith calls on Nintendo to stop this annual upgrade madness and do something truly innovative for a change, and he calls on gamers to put some pressure on Nintendo and not buy the new DS."

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Re:Does Apple know this? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-10-27 19:52 · Score: -1, Troll

Tell it to the iPhone community. It seems like there's a better cheaper iPhone every six months.
You do realise that in its lifetime since 2007 the iPhone has had three iterations only? Each adding significant hardware/software changes?
iPhone 2G -> 3G .. obviously 3G added + 3.0 software
iPhone 3G -> 3GS .. capture video/voice commands/hardware updated (faster)
ALL of these changes were at least 1 year apart before hitting the consumer. So no, your comment fails in all possible ways.