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Interesting Revolution Tidbits

According to Joystiq, NGamer magazine was privy to some interesting tidbits regarding Nintendo’s upcoming console.

NGamer also reports that the Wii sensor bar is now “50% smaller … a little bigger than a couple of pencils glued together” and tosses in a few tidbits about the Wiimote, including its 30–60 hour battery life (with AAs) and ability to store a small amount of data, roughly 6KB, internally. One sour detail reveals that Virtual Console’s DRM will prevent gamers from playing their downloaded titles on a friend’s Wii.

I am still disappointed somewhat that the ‘Wiimotes’ won’t, or are unlikely to, ship with built-in rechargable batteries. It would be great to pop your controller into a charge dock when you aren’t playing. C’est la vie. The mention of Nintendo’s DRM has me curious. So far, Nintendo is limiting your ability to try out downloaded games on a friends console.

On the one hand, Nintendo doesn’t want players to just share the games left and right so that gamers don’t have to buy games from them. That’s fair. What sucks is that taking games over to play on a friend’s system at a friend’s house is one of the cornerstones of the very industry. Since when was showing off games a bad thing? I always thought it meant new players would get to try out new games, and if they happen to like it, they would buy the games.

I’m disturbed by it, frankly, but not surprised in the least.

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