So we’ve got a new DS coming our way, with a slightly bigger screen and a really crappy camera built in, but for some folks out there the big news is the built-in SD slot, a feature that was some worried that the DSi might make rampant DS game pirating even easier. Speaking with GamesIndustry.biz, Team 17 studio director Martyn Brown echoes my concerns over the sub-par camera and suggests the SD slot might become yet another entry point for pirates.

“Adding an SD slot makes a bunch of sense for downloadable content given the way things are going,” offered Brown. “I just hope they’ve done something to counter the mass piracy that exists via the R4 on the Lite. It scares me that with an SD card input, that might leave it even wider open that it was on the original device,” added.

I’ve known suburban housewives with flash cards for their DSes, so if you ask me, it really doesn’t get much easier than it already is.

Team 17 boss cautious of new DSi features [GamesIndustry.biz]