| Vitani 2004-12-15, 5:46 pm |
| http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/1...s_media_add-on/
Nintendo's DS looks certain to outsell Sony's PlayStation Portable, but
Nintendo is clearly so worried about its rival that it is already
announcing an upgrade that will bring PSP-style music and movie features
to its own handheld console.
Next February, Nintendo will ship an add-on module that provides music
and video playback, the company said today. The ¥5000 ($48) adaptor will
work with any MPEG 4 video and MP3 audio files stored on a DS memory card.
Sony always touted the PSP as a mobile media unit as well as a games
console, whereas Nintendo, as you'd expect from its previous efforts in
the handheld gaming arena, has always focused on portable play.
Interestingly, the addition of the new adaptor will not only bring to
the DS the kind of media support the PSP enjoys, but will up its
effective price to that of the PSP. In Japan the DS retails for around
¥15,000, the PSP for ¥19,800.
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