Does the Nintendo DSi Provide Competiton for Sony?
Nintendo today announced a successor to the current generation of DS hardware, called the DSi. Rather than a complete step forward, the DSi is more of a half-step. It adds two .3 megapixel cameras (facing toward and away from the player), a slightly larger screen and support for SD card storage. It will also be able to download WiiWare purchases, play multimedia files, and surf the net using an on-board Opera browser. The guts of the machine remain exactly the same as the old DS, although the workhorse processor and graphics chips are now able to fit in a slightly slimmer case. Nintendo fans are understandably excited that their beloved handheld is getting a significant upgrade, but does this new hardware revision fire a warning shot over Sony’s bow? The Nintendo DSi adds two cameras, multimedia functionality, and a more robust menu navigation system that closely resembles Sony’s XMB. On one hand, Sony’s PSP already contains many of the new features added to the DSi. Expandable Pro Duo
