BBC slate DS Lite (edit: or not - my mistake)

[Kotatsu Neko]

You can read this article both ways. There's as much positive as there is negative, and I've seen BBC articles which are cautiously optomistic about the Wii too.

[Lyris]

Yes, my face is red. Although I'm by no means a die-hard Nintendo fan, after the likes of "Outrageous Fortunes", BBC's "Fisher Price" comment didn't exactly impress me.

So no, I'd have to agree that it's definitely not worth the fuss I made over it in the first post where I was misreading it.

Even still though, I'd have to say it's some pretty shoddy journalism and there's still their Sony-leaning in there.

[SUMIRE]

Lol, I love it when these people write about games and hardware and they clearly do not have a clue.

I must admit the re-design of the DS did come a little fast for the EU market regardless of "you dont have to buy it" arguments. Us importers had it miles before anyone else so I guess it doesnt seem that much of a big deal, plus its cheap enough.

The funny thing is I still prefer my SP design to all the handhelds currently available. I'd love the screen technology of the DS on a SP sized machine.

I think it goes without saying when people write articles on something you are pationate about its very easy to see if they know their stuff.

[Kotatsu Neko]

The funny thing is I still prefer my SP design to all the handhelds currently available. I'd love the screen technology of the DS on a SP sized machine.

I guess you missed Nintendo re-releasing the SP with a super bright new screen then?

Available now in the US...

[Soi]

You can read this article both ways. There's as much positive as there is negative, and I've seen BBC articles which are cautiously optomistic about the Wii too.

I didn't read anything negative about the Lite in that article at all. In fact, it is full of praise and makes it sound really good.

I'm not quite sure where the "BBC in anti-nintendo bias" headline comes from...

[SUMIRE]

I guess you missed Nintendo re-releasing the SP with a super bright new screen then?

Available now in the US...

Yes I did, why is it as good as the DS Lite super bright screen?

[Dogg Thang]

Well it won't burn your eyes out - which the Lite will do while playing GBA games. GBA games really weren't designed to be played on a screen with such hot colours. I haven't seen the backlit SP screen first hand but, if it's anything like the Micro screen, it will be far more suitable for GBA games than the Lite.

[charlesr]

If people took the same attitude with PC hardware, there'd be an article like this every 5 minutes. "Outrage - they've released another gfx card - I've only just bought the last one"

Does ranting pointlessly about a pointless rant make it ok? (sorry Lyris )

[Soi]

Lol, I love it when these people write about games and hardware and they clearly do not have a clue.

Seriously, why does the guy writing that article "clearly not have a clue"?

I'm not trying to be funny, but what was so wrong about that article?

[muse hunter]

i don't see the problem, it said the DS was ugly - fact, it said the GC did **** at retail - fact. and it praised the DS lite, i think many here are expecting a lot from the mainstream media

[Lyris]

I'm not quite sure where the "BBC in anti-nintendo bias" headline comes from...

From me not reading carefully enough (doh!)

The picture of the DS Lite to the right of a stock "Fisher Price" comment made me think they were actually talking about the Lite, rather than the old DS (which I've always thought was ugly).

I have to say it does come across as a bit of a "lads mag" review even when you are reading it properly. But no, now that I've read it through it's certainly not headline news!

[SUMIRE]

Seriously, why does the guy writing that article "clearly not have a clue"?

I'm not trying to be funny, but what was so wrong about that article?

After reading the post then reading the article I thought the first quotes where relating to the DS Lite. Its kind of hard to keep flicking back and forth at work you know.

[randombs]

i don't see what the big deal is.

so some guy cusses a nintendo console - what else is new?

[Wools]

"the company is eschewing the relative dead duck GameCube"
"the console could hardly be dubbed truly portable."
"Its chunky Fisher Price stylings pale in comparison to the techno-gloss of Sony's rival PlayStation Portable (PSP)."
"In time honoured tradition, Nintendo has snubbed the loyal band first to take the DS home by releasing a new, improved model, a mere 15 months after it first hit the market."
"The N64 was the only console in the Japanese giant's history to escape the makeover treatment."

...probably unwillingly taken from you, being used to fund utter **** like this?

Although the article is harsh all the above quotes are completly true or true to a viewpoint. Just my two cents.

[MattyD]

I've read BBC style sheets and I'm pretty sure using qualifying adjectives like 'only', 'just' and 'mere' which humble or degrade are a no-no. A sentence like 'ten people turned up at the meeting' is fact but when you write 'only ten people' you're expressing an opinion, which isn't what the BBC is supposed to be about. I hope their editor hits them with a big stick!