Posted April 14th, 2008 at 11:05pm
Shacknews is careful to underline the word "RUMOR" in red grease pencil, but they make some interesting observations about the possibility of Nintendo refreshing the product line of its superzowiekabloom popular handheld gaming device, the DS. Sales are still very strong world-wide for the unit, but no major product revisions since the DS lite was introduced have arrived (and most gamers consider that to be more of a "fix" than a new version of the device). Shacknews notes that Hirokazu Hamamura, president of a Japanese magazine publisher called Enterbrain, has made some comments which raise the question about what Nintendo has up its sleeve for E3 this year:According to Bloomberg Japan, Hamamura noted his belief that Nintendo could unveil a new DS at E3 this year, which runs from July 15-17. It was unclear if he was referring to a simple redesign or an actual new dual-screened platform. Given that the system regularly tops sales charts in North America and Japan, a revised version of the existing hardware would be the most logical assumption. Enterbrain is generally regarded as the magazine in the know, and so when Hamamura speculates, people listen. Nintendo (naturally) had no comment on the matter.
ds, e3, Enterbrain, Nintendo