New DSi Offering New Avenue for Piracy?
April 4, 2009 1:13 am
The third iteration of Nintendo’s popular hand-held video game console is set to release this week, and considering the momentum of the previous version, the DSi should be no exception in terms of sales. While the DS lite remains to be one of the best selling consoles on the market, Nintendo has upped the ante with their new hardware that makes gaming only one of several highlight features. Equipped with two cameras, a WiFi marketplace, and an SD card slot, the DSi certainly set the bar that much higher for future handheld systems to come.
But one of the more interesting yet arguably unnecessary features of the new DSi is the music playback feature. While the hardware only supports AAC-formatted files (much to the chagrin of most people who own mp3’s), the real question is how the DSi will open an avenue for pirates. It would seem quite apparent that between integrated WiFi and SD card support would presumably beg for pirates to start manipulating the system. Seeing as the DSi was released in Japan late last year, pirates have already developed ways to basically rip games onto the hardware, which is pretty much expected for any medium released these days. But has Nintendo opened up yet another door for the music industry to panic about? The DSi is set to release in the US tomorrow (April 4th) at midnight, so only time will tell.
