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Nintendo cripples DS' R4 piracy threat

Finally, eBay and Amazon ban sale of illegal cards; 411,000 dodgy devices confiscated

Nintendo has revealed a major breakthrough in its fight against the pirate cards that are wrecking DS software revenues – as online giants Amazon and eBay finally agree to prohibit the sale of the devices.

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hitthegspot5481d ago

too little too late for the DS. Hopefuly this will help the DSi's future...

D4RkNIKON5481d ago

I definitely agree with you, This is a major step for Nintendo tho to keep these from spreading to new customers, or just make it that much harder to get a hold of one. I mean 411,000 of them were confiscated, they must feel like they made a difference.

gaffyh5481d ago

They've limited it, but by no means have they crippled it. You can buy the cards from high street stores

LeGenDx5481d ago

i barely play my ds, i gave it to my brother

Yi-Long5481d ago

... is because of the R4 card. Many people who otherwise wouldn't even have thought about buying a DS, bought one cause they know they can just download games for it. Same with the PSP btw.

I can understand Nintendo's wish to keep all those R4 cards from the public, cause it's hurting software sales, but you can't neglect the fact that if the DS wouldn't have had that R4 card, many people wouldnt have bought the system in the first place, meaning no software sales from that people what-so-ever.

Those people who would only buy a DS (or PSP) that's 'modded', will still only do so when it comes with the R4 card. I'm pretty sure that still won't be too hard, even after these actions.

danny_chan895481d ago

R4 Defiantly is popular, my little sister even uses one o.O

Yi-Long5481d ago

... an R4 card is just a whole lot more customer-friendly: you have all your games and saves on 1 card. That's perfect. Same goes for the PSP btw.

josh143995481d ago

lol i ordered an r4 on tuesday but its alredy been dispatched

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Anyone else not blown away with graphics these days? Me neither

Talal writes: "I'm talking about having that rush of excitement - that feeling you get when you know you've just made a memory for a lifetime."

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OptimusDK22h ago

There are different games. Some have gamplay at it highest priority, some have the story, some have the replay value and choices... There are a lot of different game experiences.

It is laughable that just now graphics does not have anything to do with that experiene. We have had many games of that type over time. This is just the one that have come closest to feel like playing an actual movie. Just look the the Digital foundry walkthrough it is a masterpiece in that perspective and hence wrth trying. But yes do not do it for the gameplay - but that was never the goal of this experience.

GamerRN15h ago

It's because it's on Xbox. When Xbox has amazing graphics, they don't matter. When PlayStation does, it's a game changer!

Lightning7714h ago

Pretty much my thoughts. They were technical marvel's on PS and still are. The moment Xbox puts out a graphically intense game is doesn't matter suddenly.

4 years ago this month would the UE5 tech demo debut with the girl flying (tech demo said it was only possible on PS5 because of the SSD. Glad to finally see it in its glory.

fr0sty13h ago

FFS, gaming journalism has really gone downhill. At least hire people with a basic grasp of grammar... "Me neither" means the exact opposite of what the "author" is trying to say. That's like saying "I could care less"... lol.

S2Killinit13h ago

Maybe because the gameplay being dull allowed it to have the amazing graphics and people are not as impressed by graphics alone anymore? I mean there is a lot of sites saying the story and the gameplay are lackluster. So what are we supposed to enjoy then? Cgi graphics are beautiful but since they arent interactive, they dont impress me as much as they used to. Thats an extreme example, but you get my drift.

Terry_B8h ago

When Playstation (Sony) does it..its usually a great game and not a cinematic experience..or at least something new at the time..like Until Dawn back in 2015.

1Victor6h ago

@gamer:” It's because it's on Xbox. When Xbox has amazing graphics, they don't matter. When PlayStation does, it's a game changer!”

The game looks as good as any other PlayStation game in my eyes why can’t you and the other hardcore Xbox be happy about it and drag PlayStation into every conversation and force PlayStation hardcore to look into the game and find flaw that most games have in one way or another.
@light: “ 4 years ago this month would the UE5 tech demo debut with the girl flying (tech demo said it was only possible on PS5 because of the SSD. ”
Yes at that time it was only possible on PlayStation SSD how ignorant of you to think that after 4 years the technology wouldn’t evolved and move to a industry standard 🤦🏿I wish your mentality wasn’t so naive and narrow to post stuff like that 😩 in a year or 2 a new game will come out that might look better, it’s the nature of the industry.

Now that the distraction is gone I feel that is a good thing that the graphics in games are starting to hit the rooftop and hopefully the developers will put more thoughts into story and gameplay mechanics than just the next shiny oily skin of old.

Reaper22_6h ago

So true. Not surprised by all the negativity. It's a really good game and looks better than any game I've ever seen. GOTY nominee for sure. Like I said before, sony screwed up big time by not purchasing Ninja Theory.

Asplundh54m ago

Pretty much. It's like how the Switch and Steam controller using haptic feedback in their controllers wasn't a big deal but then Sony did it and it was then a "game changer".

fr0sty35m ago

The game runs at as low as 21fps... That isn't much to brag about no matter how good it looks.

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MajorLazer5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

We've had graphical gamechangers before, such as Crysis but those games still had gameplay to compliment it. Hellblade pretty much has none, and only achieved such graphics through being incredibly linear and having very small, closed off environments where very little is happening.

Vx_1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

GFX does not mean anything if the game is boring. It is simple like that and these major companies need to understand this simple concept.

Games are like your lady, she may be beautiful to look at for a while but then it gets boring if her character isn't interesting and fun to be with.

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Kneetos21h ago

Mario kart 8 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Sonic188121h ago

Horizon forbidden West has great graphics and great gameplay

GamerRN15h ago

Yeah but graphics don't matter, remember?

VincentVanBro16h ago

I agree and I actually think Forbidden West looks better than Hellblade 2. I easily prefer looking at it at least.

Sonic18811h ago

It does look better in my opinion as well. I don't know why it looks better but there's something about the Decima engine or that guerrilla games is using tricks that we don't know of

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Ridge Racer DS - A Brave but Flawed Racing Revolution

Ridge Racer DS was part of a campaign to have the Nintendo DS' touchscreen redefine input, with mixed results.

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LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Available for Free on Prime Gaming

Discover how to get LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars for free through Prime Gaming. Enjoy this classic adventure in the Star Wars universe today!

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