No Nintendo DSi in US until well into 2009

Posted on Friday, October 03 2008 @ 22:55 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Joystiq heard the Nintendo DSi handheld console will not be released in North America until "well into calendar year 2009":

Speaking at Nintendo's media summit in San Francisco today, Nintendo of America chief Reggie Fils-Aimé announced that DSi would not be released in North America until "well into calendar year 2009." Reggie cited strong US sales of the current hardware model, DS Lite, as the reason for the delay.

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