You can add various effects and that kind of thing. Nintendo says that there will be games that take advantage of this functionality at some point in the future, but the gaming handheld is already loaded with rudimentary software for taking and editing pictures. One faces the gamer and one faces away from the gamer. There is no official video watching support on the DSi. If it weren’t for homebrew, the DS couldn’t do that either. Unlike the DSi, though, the PSP can play video files to boot. Guess what? The PSP plays music too, right from the Memory Stick.
The Nintendo DSi also has a built-in music player. Looking at the PSP, it’s been rocking Memory Stick Duo cards since its introduction so many moons ago. First, the GBA slot has been abandoned for a more conventional SD card slot. Been there, done that.įor example, the NDSi has extra RAM, because it needs to keep up with some of its newer features. The initial reaction from Sony, in this way, is near utter disregard. The Nintendo DSi brings several features to the table that Sony has been touting with the PSP for years.
How will Sony react? What will be its countermove?Īs rivals, Nintendo and Sony have a tendency to borrow “inspiration” from one another when it comes to innovation for their respective products. It’s available in Japan and should be coming to North America some time next year.Įven though Sony has a newer PSP with a brighter screen and slimmer profile already, I have a burning suspicion that another update could be in the works that responds directly to the new NDSi. Nintendo recently released an updated model, dubbed the Nintendo DSi, offing a similar form factor as the DS Lite, but with several notable upgrades. If you cast aside the iPhone for a moment, I think that you’d agree that the Nintendo DS and the Sony PSP are the dominant offerings in portable gaming these days. Heading over to the portable market, the competition is just as fierce. Yes, they are very distinct systems with distinct strengths, but they’re both home gaming consoles. The competition continues to this day, as we see the Sony PS3 battle it out in the same playground as the Nintendo Wii. They had their differences of opinion, parted ways, and the rest is history. The relationship between these two giants is quite the storied one, because the PlayStation was originally developed for Nintendo. Nintendo and Sony have been at each other’s throats ever since the original PlayStation hit the market to compete against the Nintendo 64.
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