Unwelcome Changes
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: Nintendo, DSi, launch | Themes: Digital Entertainment
2. Unwelcome Changes
The first thing you notice about the DSi is that it’s thinner and lighter than the DS Lite version. If you turn it over and examine it from several angles, you realize where this impression of smaller dimensions comes from.
The end of the GBA on the DS
As announced, the GBA (GameBoy Advance) slot has disappeared from this version. After eight years of loyal service, GameBoy Advance titles will no longer work with this version. The loss of the slot also means that Guitar Hero: On Tour won’t work with this model, either. That’s because the DS version of the Activision game requires an accessory that plugs into the GBA slot. Nintendo has confirmed this information. For the time being, it says there are no plans to deal with the problem.
Shorter battery life
While slightly wider and longer than the DS Lite, the DSi is three millimeters thinner and weighs only three grams less. But despite the slight differences, Nintendo has made sacrifices regarding at least one aspect of the console.
While the DS Lite has a 1000-mAh battery, the DSi only has an 840-mAh one. As a direct consequence of the weight savings, the battery life has suffered. Whereas the DS Lite could run for 19 hours without stopping, the DSi loses its charge faster and battery life is listed at 14 hours maximum.
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Good right up
Does anyone have a link to an article about this? My curiosity has been spiked
What's with the Last page being nothing but a link to stupid Ads that have nothing (as opposed to "more on this subject") to do with the story? Geez...aren't there enough already embedded in each of these pages?
Thank you so much, but I stay with my beloved PSP!
And I tell you: I really don't care how much more units had Nintendo sold in comparison to PSP...
That's just due the price difference (or at least it was...)
PSP always had a better graphical quality thanks to its ONLY ONE screen and was (is) a PMP right out of the box since its first version... (as everybody alrealdy knows - Yeah, I know that but it had to be said...)
PSP 4 Ever!
Does anyone have a link to an article about this? My curiosity has been spiked
It is known as the Twilight Hack, it's been around for a long time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_Hack
Wow, even he PSP seem like a good deal now. Anyway I pre-order mine and should arrive any minute now... any minute
the elimination of the gba port means that nintendo has killed the gameboy series, which is good because now there exists a new product line, the ds series. the gba served as a bridge for gba owners to shift to the ds system and it worked as there are now 100 million ds systems that have been sold.
it is not competing with the psp. the psp's competition is the ipod's series of products. the psp is a multimedia device and the ipod is a multimedia device. but the dsi isn't a multimedia device.
I still don't understand what this is.
It's a revamp of the previous console, with more issues, lost functionality, and even more gimmicks added on?
Nintendo is doing it's best to piss me off. I'm going with a PSP.
I'm with Tindytim on this.
If Nintendo kills the DS Lite and makes the DSi the defacto DS, then I will go with the PSP. The DSi is nothing but a bid to grab more money. You'd think selling 100 million+ units would be enough for them to do something to give back to that loyalty and enthusiasm(like listen to their fans/users and release more A+ titles!!), but nooooo, we get this craptastic update (a 0.3 megapixel camera?!? on a $170 handheld?! WTH?!)
I'm seriously hoping that the rumor of a 4th version of the PSP with a slide-out touchscreen isn't a rumor and Sony brutally takes back most of the handheld market share. The loads of shovelware and poor quality big name titles (Zelda Phantom Hourglass ugh...,etc.) is bad enough, but this?....
Oh yeah, LONG LIVE GAME BOY ADVANCE GAMES!!!
I don't care whether a GBA slot is their or not. I never play GBA games. FULL STOP.
I'm not moving to another handheld either ... MARIO KART IS TOO GOOD.