Rumor: Nintendo DSi arriving April 4 for $180
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 at 7:15am by Jack
Sources today are reporting that Nintendo could drop the DSi in North American as early as April 4. The portable, featuring a handful of updates to the DS Lite platform, is rumored to be $180.
For you latecomers, the Nintendo DSi looks similar to its DS Lite cousin, but also includes two cameras, an SD card slot, and a new Wii-inspired menu interface. The DSiWare Store, which will feature a catalogue of downloadable software, much like the Wii Shop Channel, will also be available to North American DSi owners when it purportedly launches in April.
The DS Lite still enjoys growing sales in the U.S. market (3 million+ sold in December alone), so we can expect Nintendo to sell the two portable side-by-side for most of 2009. The company had employed a similar strategy in Japan, where the DSi has been out since late 2008.
January 14th, 2009 at 7:54 am
$180?! how much is that in GBP? meh..
Is this going to replace the DS lite like the DS lite replaced the original DS? or how the original DS replaced the GBA SP?
This has always confused me somewhat… Is this the next generation portable? or just another incarnation of this generation..? I’ll buy it whichever it is, I’d just like to know how important the DSi is to the portable range…
January 14th, 2009 at 9:03 am
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January 14th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Hmm, that’s $50 more than I hoped. If this is true I’ll be using my Lite for the rest of the year (although it’s slowly dying).
January 14th, 2009 at 11:09 am
So far, I haven’t seen a major reason to get the DSi. That is, until they release new Mario and Zelda games for it… at which point, I will immediately cave.
January 14th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
I guess the DSi looks pretty cool, but I’ve had my old silver brick for almost four years so as long as the brick still powers on and plays games I think I’ll stick with it.
January 14th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
`$180?! how much is that in GBP?` About 50?! Ok, that´s a stupid joke and I know it. As long as we get her with the dsi, it will be a fair price.
January 16th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
its quite a boring time waiting for the release date…i hate waiting…
January 18th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
That is exactly two days after my birthday!!! I hope it isn’t true. I wouldn’t get it anyway.