Sky News take on the DS

[Ginger Tosser]

Did anyone watch the ' Gadget Show Channel 5' the other day. They dismissed the DS as cheap and tacky, favouring the PSP saying it is fantastic in every way and will go down as a design classic.

Both guys were mid 40's and one said he would be buying his young daughter a PSP because the DS is just flimsy crap.

I cant work out the flimsy ****e, o.k. its got a hinged top just like loads of mobile and they seem to stay in one piece.

People aren't stupid they'll work it out, mind you hype does go a long way.

[charlesr]

I think the DS needs to be the size it is, to effectively accomodate the touch screen as a control method.

Are you talking about ease of use or fitting the technology in the box? If the latter, that's probably not a factor, because my IBM Workpad (Palm thingy) is wafer thin with a superb touchscreen.

[Insom]

I think he means ease of use, it would be difficult to use as a viable control method if it were any smaller.
I concur with your point on wafer thing touch screens though, I have an ASUS ppc and I hardly notice carrying it around it is so thin

[mattSix]

it seems pretty contrary but, i don't have a problem with the *look* of the ds's design. feel wise, i find the edge of the console digs into the hand a little; but it's nothing major...

i can't see how the form factor could be any smaller; unless you removed the gba port you can't get any thinner on the bottom half & you can't get any less wide without removing the traditional controls.

i guess a touchscreen input only / non-gba compatible version *could* have an sp-like format, but it'd be a radical move to make - i've a feeling there's a limit on what you can do without additional controls...

here's something interesting i've noticed: chicks did the ds's design *way* more than guys... most lads drool over the psp's screen / shiny black techno loveliness, but more lasses love the ds's silvery clamshell.

and: (on topic) - i never thought i'd agree with any statement that included the words "sky news" & "fair and balanced"!

[gizmo1990]

Ninty have already hinted they are revising the design.

Where have you heard that Kotatsu Neko?

[Kotatsu Neko]

Where have you heard that Kotatsu Neko?

I was trying to remember where but it's gone I'm afraid. It was in an interview with some Nintendo guy, probably at GDC. He said the R&D guys were always working on stuff and were looking at DS.

If I remember where I saw it I'll post a link.

[Zanza]

For mainstream critics thats a pretty decent review. I remember reading a sunday times review of MGS3 afew weeks back only too see they gave it a 2/5 claiming it was far too slowpaced below average action game, with too many irrelavent cutscenes. Some people just dont get it...

[iloveannie]

Comments on the cheap design of the DS are wholly justified though. It's not attractive and does not compare to previous GameBoy designs. And I know it isn't a GameBoy but let's face it, it's a hand-held console and it's made by Nintendo. Purely a Nintendo business decision not to call it GBDS. Love the two games my nipper has for it though