Nintendo DS To Support Music And Movies

In an effort to compete with Sony's PSP portable game system, Nintendo has officially announced they will be selling an adapter to allow users to watch movies and listen to music.

“”Someone could record a TV program on a memory card and then watch it the next day on their way to work on the train,” said Nintendo spokesman Yasuhiro Minagawa, adding that it would allow for playback of CD-quality sound, depending on the transfer rate.

The company will start selling the adaptor in February in Japan for about 5,000 yen ($47.47), Minagawa said. That is roughly the difference between the price of the DS by itself, at 15,000 yen, and the PSP, which sells for 19,800 yen before tax. “

The adapter will also work with the GameBoy SP handheld

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