Future of the DS

Psypher5 · 16 Feb 2006 at 19:44

Well well, looks like the ds is becoming a very fine handheld console to have.

Talks are of opera browser support, proper VOIP support, a 4gig harddrive and a TV tuner, as well as a load of software stuffs to be put on the game cartridges (dictionarys and such)

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=8173 web browser and TV tuner,

http://www.nintendorevolution.ca/02132006/21/nintendo_ds_gets_a_hard_drive for the hdd.

Hoorah for nintendo!

Kreeeee · 16 Feb 2006 at 19:46

GAMES!

So many great ones out now and soon.

Weebull · 16 Feb 2006 at 19:55

The things is, I can't really see the DS working that well as a media device. For music maybe, but the screen just strikes me as a bit too small for web browsing or video viewer. I'd much rather just play fun and inventive games on it.

Mark JB · 16 Feb 2006 at 19:56

An indication of the approach the revolution will take ??

FeFiDoh · 16 Feb 2006 at 20:34

already been said the revolution will have web support

sharingan_sasuk · 17 Feb 2006 at 02:42

Great if Nintendo can pull this off. If they can't, they still have the excellent games to fall back on as you can trust Nintendo with their handhelds. Win-win situations I guess

Psypher5 · 17 Feb 2006 at 02:53

Tv tuner is japan only as far as i can tell, but browser support is going to europe.

JaFFa · 17 Feb 2006 at 14:30

that hd looks great, but I have to say is still rather use the psp for movies. Still its great to have the option.

oweneades · 17 Feb 2006 at 15:18

Isn't it going to be slightly limited by the fact the screen can only display 256,000 colours? (Films would look washed out or lacking clarity).

sharingan_sasuk · 17 Feb 2006 at 15:28

Well, I have used some cheapo £10 GBA movie player from Lik-Sang and it displays videos fine.

BoomAM · 17 Feb 2006 at 19:06

Excellent.

Tetris DS - Cant wait. Return of the true king of puzzle/endurance games.

HDD Player - Looks to not add extra bulk to the player, i think it'll work well
TV 'Card' - If it comes out over here, could be another good addon.
Web support - Excellent browser. Its gonna be easyier to navigate around websites than it is on a PSP. It'd be nice to see E-Mail support as well, or Messenger support.

The DS looks like a very good piece of HW now.
It has the games.
It will now be getting the media/web capibilites that PSP owners love to prattle on about. And at least one of those features will be significantly better.

Result!

BoomAM · 17 Feb 2006 at 19:07

oweneades said:
Isn't it going to be slightly limited by the fact the screen can only display 256,000 colours? (Films would look washed out or lacking clarity).

It'll be fine.
For a screen that big it wont make as much a different as some people will no doubt claim.

What are the capibilites of the PSPs screen anyway?

Kreeeee · 17 Feb 2006 at 19:16

BoomAM said:
Its gonna be easyier to navigate around websites than it is on a PSP. It'd be nice to see E-Mail support as well, or Messenger support.

Web MSN and gmail

Weebull · 17 Feb 2006 at 19:20

I'd love to see the DS turn into a kind of "remote control" for your PC. With some clever coding, I'm sure you could probably get things like MSN, Winamp/Media Player controls, an email client, and a file manager running on it, and just generally use it to access/control your PC from the other side of the room. It was something I was thinking of looking into if I ever did any GBA/DS programming, but I've never gotten round to it.

oweneades · 17 Feb 2006 at 20:10

BoomAM said:
It'll be fine.
For a screen that big it wont make as much a different as some people will no doubt claim.

What are the capibilites of the PSPs screen anyway?

Ah thats cool, I havn't seen a DS in action so I can't comment on its screen quality, I just thought they would have some problems getting it to display correctly.

PSP has a screen capable of 16.77Millions colours(true colour)

KennyBhoy · 17 Feb 2006 at 20:51

Never seen a DS in action (apart from clips online) but my brother bought one with Nintendogs (its for the wife, honest......he said) and he loves it......Gonna have to see this lil piece of kit as i quite fancy the DS Lite

Energize · 17 Feb 2006 at 21:48

BoomAM said:
It'll be fine.
For a screen that big it wont make as much a different as some people will no doubt claim.

What are the capibilites of the PSPs screen anyway?

Psps screen is 16:9 4.3inch 480x272 pixels and 16.7m colours.

JaFFa · 17 Feb 2006 at 23:47

oweneades said:
Isn't it going to be slightly limited by the fact the screen can only display 256,000 colours? (Films would look washed out or lacking clarity).

i know its a bit picky but it displays 260,000

rayer · 18 Feb 2006 at 12:50

OK, i was gonna get a PSP, but with all this coming out for the DS, and the fantastic games and support, I want a DS lite. When's it out !!!

Psypher5 · 18 Feb 2006 at 12:57

rayer said:
OK, i was gonna get a PSP, but with all this coming out for the DS, and the fantastic games and support, I want a DS lite. When's it out !!!

*hugs*

You know its right!