I just don't like the concept myself, even though I have had the opportunity to see one personally (the firing a UMD trick amused me for about 5 minutes, until it happened once accidentally while playing. I also dislike the `slider` immensely). I don't plan on repurchasing the few movies I'd want to watch on an (allegedly quite prone to breakage) UMD, the screen is not quite the wonderous thing the press would have you believe. Nor do I have any desire to spend hours converting movies (if possible) for it, or to use a device that size for music when I can throw tracks on my USB2 mp3 player or vast amounts of albums/data onto my HI-MD Minidisc recorder (1GB per disc... yummy.) Oddly enough the one thing I never checked on was battery life.
Also when it comes to games, I'd much rather have something just pure laugh-out-loud fun that works better than say Ridge Racer on the move... like Warioware Touched! or even the catapult minigame in Mario64DS, or throw up a pictochat or Hunter's game and see how long it takes for someone to join. I'm waiting semi-patiently for Animal Crossing with WIFI, and for Nintendogs and Electroplankton, two of the most original and clever `experiences` out there.
I love the control system and the fact the whole thing is just built for one purpose; Quick, instantly enjoyable and fun games. No loading garbage, no comical flaws or shoehorned in funcionality, just games. Nintendo make the best of them - we all know that.
Sony don't want it as a games machine, therefore I have no real need for one.
"This ode to the DS provided free of charge."
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