Black DS Lite coming to Australia
August 10th 2006 12:08
That's right, for all those of the counterculture, you'll soon have the option of a DS Lite in a colour rather than iPod-esque Polar White.
dStore.com.au have the release date slated as September 21st, and other sources note that this is a pretty sure thing. All major retailers are going to carry the new colour, including EB Games, for a retail price of $199.95. Expect that price to waver by around 10% though, dependant on specials and price gouging at various resellers
While the innards of the DS are a matt black, the outside is the same high-shine plastic seen on the Polar White. Now, on the white console fingerprints aren't much of a problem, as they aren't reflected well by the light-coloured plastic. On the black, however, fingerprints may be quite easy to see, even if they are easy to clean off. I can imagine store demonstration models becoming rather unsanitary from the aggregate fingerprints of every passerby that takes a fancy to the shiny (well, to start off with) new black plaything.
Not that I wouldn't buy one. It's good to see that Nintendo are continuing to cater to the smaller markets, instead of solely Europe and Japan.
dStore.com.au have the release date slated as September 21st, and other sources note that this is a pretty sure thing. All major retailers are going to carry the new colour, including EB Games, for a retail price of $199.95. Expect that price to waver by around 10% though, dependant on specials and price gouging at various resellers
Image thanks to Joystiq
While the innards of the DS are a matt black, the outside is the same high-shine plastic seen on the Polar White. Now, on the white console fingerprints aren't much of a problem, as they aren't reflected well by the light-coloured plastic. On the black, however, fingerprints may be quite easy to see, even if they are easy to clean off. I can imagine store demonstration models becoming rather unsanitary from the aggregate fingerprints of every passerby that takes a fancy to the shiny (well, to start off with) new black plaything.
Not that I wouldn't buy one.
It's good to see that Nintendo are continuing to cater to the smaller markets, instead of solely Europe and Japan.| 46 |
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