Nintendo to launch big-screen DSi console: report
TOKYO (AFP) –
Nintendo Co. will soon launch a large-screen version of its DSi hand-held game console in Japan aimed at elderly people, a report said Tuesday.
Nintendo may introduce the new model, with a screen size twice as big as the existing version, by the end of the year, the Nikkei business daily said, adding the company was also considering overseas sales.
The company expects larger screens will attract elderly people who complained that the existing version is hard to look at, while leading to new applications such as reading electronic books and watching video, it said.
The price would be roughly the same as the 18,900 yen (200 dollars) price tag for the existing version, the daily said without naming its sources.
The DSi, the latest in the DS double-screen game console series, was released about a year ago with two built-in cameras.
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