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DS Preorders Outsell PS2

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-they're-just-so-much-cuter dept.

Kamalot writes "JoyStiq is reporting that the new Nintendo DS pre-orders are outselling the new slimmed-down version of the PS2 in Japan as well as the Xbox. Outselling the Xbox is easy though. They sold less than 200 in Japan last month."

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  1. Really?? by ticklemeozmo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Really? A pre-order is selling out more than a item that's been out for 4 years already? I'm just curious, how is the sale of Super Mario Brothers/Duck Hunt doing against Halo 2 preorders?

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  2. Re:Just to clarify by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Japanese hate slashdot?

  3. Other items the DS outsold by The-Bus · · Score: 4, Funny
    Some other things which the DS outsold... in Japan. From WhatDsOutsold.net:

    • Sega 32x
    • Flight tickets from Rio de Janeiro to Chicago O'Hare (on Pan-Am Airlines)
    • Wonder Swan
    • "Adventures in Babysitting" Tiger hand-held game
    • Duke Nukem Forever III: Forever and a Day (Collector's Edition with 4-ton hourglass)
    • Microsoft Bob XP Plus!
    • Ishtar (on LaserDisc)
    • Virtua Boy


    Honestly...

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  4. Re:Just to clarify by theendlessnow · · Score: 3, Funny
    As to the X-Box, it only sold 173 units during that period. Seems to me that the Japanese hate Microsoft even more than Slashdot. :-)

    What's really sad is that 168 of those units are now running Linux.

  5. Not too surprising. by tigress · · Score: 3, Funny

    The insightful posts are being outmodded by the rehashing-something-already-stated-before-and-gett ing-insightful-modded posts?

    Not too surprising when you consider that the insightful posts are a new design and... errr... yeah, something like that. :)