Games shoehorned onto a digital camera
by Kyle Orland 
{ Apr 17th 2007 at 4:50PM }
What features do you look at when buying a digital camera? Megapixels? Battery life? White balance override? How about games?
We can't really imagine the consumer who will be swayed to buy the DXG-589V because of what the press release describes as "20 built-in full-color 2D or 3D video games." If a consumer is interested in playing games on the go, they can already buy a portable gaming system or download some games for their cell phone or PDA without denting their bank account too much. If they're not interested in games, then the promise of being able to play what will likely end up being derivative ports directly on their digital camera isn't likely to turn them into instant gamers.
We also can't imagine that Sony will be too happy with the colored shapes being used as control buttons on the camera, which bear a striking resemblance to the arrangement the PlayStation line has been using since 1995. Patent infringement lawsuit, anyone?
Previously: Fuji camera adds gaming features
We can't really imagine the consumer who will be swayed to buy the DXG-589V because of what the press release describes as "20 built-in full-color 2D or 3D video games." If a consumer is interested in playing games on the go, they can already buy a portable gaming system or download some games for their cell phone or PDA without denting their bank account too much. If they're not interested in games, then the promise of being able to play what will likely end up being derivative ports directly on their digital camera isn't likely to turn them into instant gamers.
We also can't imagine that Sony will be too happy with the colored shapes being used as control buttons on the camera, which bear a striking resemblance to the arrangement the PlayStation line has been using since 1995. Patent infringement lawsuit, anyone?
Previously: Fuji camera adds gaming features
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Arglor @ Apr 17th 2007 4:55PM
that white balance overiding column was awesome. i think i'm going to be a photographer.
Arglor @ Apr 17th 2007 4:55PM
that white balance overiding column was awesome. i think i'm going to be a photographer.
Alexander @ Apr 17th 2007 4:56PM
Cool I guess but hoep sony dont sue lol that will be funny
Jake @ Apr 17th 2007 4:58PM
You know, everybody adds half baked gaming to other portable devices.
Nintendo should add cellphone, camera, internet, and PDA functionality to the DS and sell it for $500. People would buy it.
Brad @ Apr 17th 2007 5:01PM
Wait a sec.
Anyone remember the "magic" things the magikoopas fired in Super Mario World? Square, Triangle, Etc? Weird.
Saturn2888 @ Apr 17th 2007 5:27PM
So was I the only one that thought the picture was either a Ben Heck creation or a really good Photoshop?
Rob Accomando @ Apr 17th 2007 6:10PM
I bought a digital camera for work (cheapo) and it had games on it. Some breakout clone, a snake game, a maze game and a couple others.
My boss thought I planned it because he thinks I like video games. Games on a camera? Who'd a known?
Markham @ Apr 17th 2007 6:11PM
If I ever go in for surgery, I want to be able to play games on the heart monitor.
Blue_Falcon @ Apr 17th 2007 7:04PM
@6
Ben Heck could probably make a portable 360/TV/camera/toaster oven combo
TrevorNYC @ Apr 17th 2007 7:46PM
Perhaps they got the idea from that old project where you could run Mame on your camera. I remember getting it running on an old Kodak DC290
http://digita.mame.net/reviews.htm
I also remember playing doom on it.
Dustin @ Apr 18th 2007 12:47AM
LOL @ #8
trent @ Apr 18th 2007 10:27AM
i dunno, this seems silly.
and yes, sony blatantly copied their buttons labels from super mario world.