Nintendo Announces DSi XL

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 29, 2009 @09:23AM from the time-for-some-side-talkin' dept.

lbalbalba writes "This morning, Nintendo announced the third upgrade to the DS family, the DSi LL (or DSi XL). It will be released in Japan on November 21, one year after the DSi debuted, for ¥20,000 (approx. $220). The LL's main improvement is the size of its screens, which have been increased from 3.25" to 4.2" with a moderate increase to the size of the chassis. The device also includes a much bigger stylus, which looks to be the size of a ballpoint pen, and battery life has reportedly been increased to five hours at maximum screen brightness."

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Re:After reading the tech specs I can see by Anonymous Coward · 2009-10-29 09:41 · Score: 0, Troll

It does indeed. DS jumped from 107M to 113M shipped in 2009Q3, and let's keep in mind the third quarter is always the slowest (summer breaks etc.) + this recession thing that's all the rage now.

Wii also rose from 52M to 56M, and that's without even counting the effect of the price drop since that happened at the very end of September. After the holiday sales, Wii will most certainly surpass the NES (62M) to become Nintendo's best selling home console ever.