After only three years on the market, the Nintendo DS has sold twenty million units in Japan. This total, which was compiled by sales tracker Media Create, seems to be further proof that the DS prints money. Nintendo projects twenty-three million sales in Japan by the end of its fiscal year in March.Congratulations, Nintendo, you've done well for yourself.
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11-17-2007 @ 6:03PM
Joshua said...
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had no idea the DS was doing this well. It's up to 54.96 on VG Chartz. Christmas/New Year's hasn't even come yet.
Anyone who still thinks the PSP can compete with the DS is insane.
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11-17-2007 @ 6:08PM
velocitystrike said...
How many has the PS2 done in Japan?
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11-17-2007 @ 6:36PM
James said...
That's 1 DS for every 6 or 7 people. Holy shit-balls.
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11-17-2007 @ 6:42PM
elend said...
Incredible. In some years we can read on videogame history preserving sites, how the DS saved Nintendo from bankruptcy.
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11-17-2007 @ 7:46PM
JC Fletcher said...
Wikipedia says 120 million for the PS2.
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11-17-2007 @ 9:13PM
Jacob said...
Worldwide for the PS2, but not exclusively in Japan. I *think* the PS2 has sold around 21 million in Japan, so the DS will pass it soon.
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11-17-2007 @ 11:53PM
Matters said...
JC those are world wide numbers not Japan only numbers and besides I owned 3 broke ass PS2's for ever DS I've owned. I bet those PS2 numbers are overblown.
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11-17-2007 @ 11:57PM
Matters said...
BTW PS2 sales in Japan are close to 21 million (about 200k off last time I checked). The DS will pass it pretty soon.
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11-18-2007 @ 2:59AM
JC Fletcher said...
Whoops, you're right. Worldwide numbers. Anyway, DS fandom is no reason to hate on the PS2. It's totally unreliable hardware, but it's got one of the best libraries of any system ever made. I'm glad the DS is doing so well, of course, but I won't consider it a victory over evil or anything like that when it passes PS2 (which it will-- the Dragon Quest games aren't even out yet).
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