offical sp/ds movie and mp3 player

[50cent]

it would close inside your pocket

[chuddy_2001uk]

This is kinda cool, but don't you think this is a bit against Nintendo's motto?
Nintendo has allways said it's all about the gaming, then the PSP came, and all the Nintendo fans said a mp3 player and video on a handheld is useless..

Agreed Karl, It seems a bit of a copy and Nintendo IS all about gaming but i think its attracting a different group of Ninty's fans... Im not planning on buying this device anyway. Anyone one else?

[MlKE]

i never said it was useless, it's like killing two birds with one stone.. thats why i plan on getting a digital video camera that also acts as a digital still camera and a mp3 player. that's actually three birds... that is if any of those three things were birds....

[Lkr]

Sounds great.

[touchds]

Im not sure... I agree with Karl and Chuddy.

Its good for people wanting to listen to MP3's on the DS but personally if I want to listen to music i'll get an MP3 player. My DS will be for portable gaming, nothing else. Unless Ninty release a Tea maker plugin for it.....

[alex]

i do see your point but as i said it will stop a lots of the arguments why the ds is not as good as the psp because you can now play movies and mp3 on the psp and ds.
(well in a few months anyway)

and i will Probably end up importing it.

[x999x]

Originally Posted by Musical_Master

It says it works on the DS in the article. I already submitted this as news and you beat me to posting it on the forums. Grr..

Anyway, It's cool, but it's a big copy off of Sony.

--MM--

If the DS was sold as a multimedia device, maybe I'd agree with you, but since this is marketed as an SP addon, it's clear that it's nothing more than a means for capitalizing on a market that Nintendo have not explored but has long been established on it's SP unit: Multimedia.

Liksang has made thousands of dollars on it's unlicensed MovieAdvance player for SP. It's got a thriving community, and has been reviewed by most of the major gaming sites.

To further justify such a venture on Nintendo's part, Sony's PSP can play multimedia by default, thus proving that there's a demand for such capabilities.

Copying? No...

Killing two birds with one stone? Yes...

Lastly, if this device were a means to compete directly with the PSP, a couple of key points would have been made on Nintendos movie player:

1- It would have been made specifically for the DS
2- It would be launched globally, and not just on NCL's website (japan)