Will DS be Time Magazine’s Gadget of the Year?
Oops! Looks like Nintendo’s little gaming console is about to do it again! The DS is already hailed as the powerhouse behind the sales surge in the U.S. video game industry this year. DS sales elsewhere isn’t bad either. In fact, the company’s global shipment forecast for the DS is about 20 million units by the end of the financial year.
And now the DS has been chosen by reviewer Wilson Rothman as one of the eight finalists for Time Magazine‘s annual list of outstanding gizmos for 2006. Rothman describes the DS as:
This handheld game platform has two screens (including a PDA-like touchscreen) plus built-in microphone and wireless connectivity with a stylus. Nintendo wants to lure non-gamers, so a new series of games is geared towards older folks, dubbed Touch Generations including math-and-reading games, plus addicting sudoku and crossword puzzles.
The DS, the only gaming console that made the cut, is up against some toughies in the gizmo world including:
- Logitech VX Revolution PC mouse
- Sanyo HD1 Digital Media Camera
- Apple MacBook Pro
- Logitech Wireless DJ Music System
- Nike + iPod Sport Kit
- Garmin StreetPilot c550
- Palm Treo 700w
The Gadget of the Year will be chosen by the magazine’s the readers via on-line voting. Question is, will DS fans around the world put down their consoles long enough to vote?
Oops! Looks like Nintendo’s little gaming console is about to do it again! The DS is already hailed as the powerhouse behind the sales surge in the U.S. video game industry this year. DS sales elsewhere isn’t bad either. In fact, the company’s global shipment forecast for the DS is about 20 million units by the end of the financial year.
And now the DS has been chosen by reviewer Wilson Rothman as one of the eight finalists for Time Magazine‘s annual list of outstanding gizmos for 2006. Rothman describes the DS as:
This handheld game platform has two screens (including a PDA-like touchscreen) plus built-in microphone and wireless connectivity with a stylus. Nintendo wants to lure non-gamers, so a new series of games is geared towards older folks, dubbed Touch Generations including math-and-reading games, plus addicting sudoku and crossword puzzles.
The DS, the only gaming console that made the cut, is up against some toughies in the gizmo world including:
- Logitech VX Revolution PC mouse
- Sanyo HD1 Digital Media Camera
- Apple MacBook Pro
- Logitech Wireless DJ Music System
- Nike + iPod Sport Kit
- Garmin StreetPilot c550
- Palm Treo 700w
The Gadget of the Year will be chosen by the magazine’s the readers via on-line voting. Question is, will DS fans around the world put down their consoles long enough to vote?