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DS Preorders Outsell PS2

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. Just to clarify by AKAImBatman · · Score: 5, Informative

    I know it's often difficult to RTFA, so I'll clarify a point here: The DS did not outsell the Playstation 2. It outsold a new Playstation 2 redesign. Original Playstation 2 sales still remain above that of the Nintendo DS.

    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. :-)

    1. Re:Just to clarify by adisakp · · Score: 5, Informative

      The sales numbers that have been published for that week are as follows:

      1. GBASP 35,280
      2. PS2 22,470
      3. Nintendo DS
      4. PS2 Redesign
      5. GC 4,368
      6. GBA 633
      7. Xbox 173

      Note: The actual unit numbers for PStwo and NDS aren't listed so NDS is between 4K and 22K which is a fairly large rainge.