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Kotaku: Lagging behind standards maintained by competitors Sony, Microsoft and Apple, Nintendo is launching its second portable gaming system capable of downloading video games, without letting those who downloaded games on their first DS to transfer them to the new one.

Nintendo is currently operating a pay-for-it-twice system for its DSiWare line-up, something that will be evident to those who pick up the DSi XL when it launches this weekend and try to download games they may have already purchased for the DSi. Nintendo told Kotaku that the DSi XL will not recognize prior purchases of DSiWare games – downloadable games such as Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again and ArtStyle Pictobits that typically cost $2 to $5, even though the same games are made to run on both systems.

Digital games store Impulse revealed their Thanksgiving weekend bonuses today. Sins of a Solar Empire and Resident Evil 5 are two of the games receiving heavy discounts.

In an interview with Blend Games, GamersGate CEO Theodore Bergquist explains why Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford was right when he called Valve’s digital games store Steam "dangerous".

"While trying to defend the UMD and insisting on it’s continued use Michael Ephraim (Sony Australia’s Chief) states that the digital PSP Go’s games will be based on the same price structure as the PSP 3000.

Now he could mean that they have a pricing structure similar to the one below and they will be following it with the PSP Go or they are simply going to market the games at the exact same price."

Good Old Games announced today that Ubisoft has signed an agreement to bring some of its classics to the digital games service. They’re kicking off the partnership with three games: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946, and Beyond Good & Evil.