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400,000 Additional DSs Available by Year's End

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-800,000-screens! dept.

SetupWeasel writes "The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that 400,000 additional DSs will be shipped to the US by year's end. This will bring the US total to 1.4 million by the end of 2004." There's also a story running on Gamesindustry.biz regarding DS sales being in line with the sales of the Gameboy Advance.

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  1. Marketing plus Sales by fembots · · Score: 1, Funny

    Harrison said the company did not try to keep the initial Nintendo DS supply artificially low to attract extra attention. Whereas reports of shortages can increase the buzz around a product, inadequate supply can also result in lost sales.

    What he didn't think of is to give the perception of inadequate supply, but continue to fill up shelves. This way Nintendo gets the extra attention as well as sales.

    Just give some lame excuses like the Chinese government did what to the Taiwanese Tibetan thing, AC where are you?!?

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  2. hmmm by RobertTaylor · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Harrison said the company did not try to keep the initial Nintendo DS supply artificially low to attract extra attention."

    However with demand high and supply low... it makes the news! Strange that... ;)

  3. NNNOOOO!!! by Kjuib · · Score: 4, Funny

    My EBay DS Sales will go down the tubes... Now where am I supose to make all my Christmas Money?

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  4. Re:Hmm. by sidepocket · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Hey! Look over here!!"

  5. Re:Easy.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or better yet, selling PSP batteries on eBay ;)