Nintendo To Shrink DS to Spur Sales Taken by PSP
Recent news that the PSP has begun to outsell the
DS consistently for the first time may well have prompted Nintendo to
announce a lighter, slimmer version of their handheld.
The
Nintendo DS Lite may well be released as early as March in Japan and
will carry a $145 price tag, with the original DS enjoying a
significant price cut as well.
The DS Lite is 133mm wide by 73.9mm high by 21.5mm deep and weighs just 218 gram, 21% lighter than the standard DS.
Of
course, the trade off for an improvement to the DS's pretty ugly
design, is a reduced screen size which doesn't really help its
multimedia credentials any.
The PSP has made a lot out of its
portable media center strengths and the DS, which according to many
actually has a better range of game titles, is starting to look a
little limited.
Source: Media Center PC World