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Nintendogs Sells Quarter of a Millions Units

Posted by Zonk on from the in-one-week dept.

Zangief writes "Nintendogs, the quirky DS title about dogs, has sold more than a quarter of a million units in its first week on the U.S. market. This puts to rest the argument that Nintendogs wouldn't appeal to the Western consumers, obsessed with 'mature' games." Expect our look at the title next week.

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  1. Sponsoring television too... by Ford+Prefect · · Score: 3, Informative

    There's a prime-time television programme in the UK called 'It's Me or the Dog' - one of the never-ending succession of formats involving things like unruly children and the taming thereof, unhygienic students and the fumigation thereof, infectious kitchens and the incineration thereof, ad nauseam...

    It's sponsored by 'Nintendogs'. I've no idea if the game's even available in the UK yet - but I still couldn't help but think of Penny Arcade's approach... ;-)

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  2. More Impressive by MBCook · · Score: 4, Informative
    What I find more impressive is that in the first week, more than 1 in 7 DS owners bought a copy. 15% of everyone who owned a DS bought one in the first week in the US. My understanding is that no game has ever sold that well after a system has launched.

    The game caused the DS to outsell all other hardware COMBINED in Japan for quite a while. I wonder if it will do that here too.

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  3. Re:Dear Lord...where to begin. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    My sentiments exactly.

    So in that case, I guess you don't really believe in sports games, racing games, or any kind of simulation that could remotely be done in real life? It's called a GAME, played for fun. Sure, it's a poor substitute for owning a real pet, but saying game players are too lazy to do 'real life stuff' is just arrogant.

    I play NBA Live, Madden, etc. That doesn't make me too lazy to actually play 'real' basketball or football. It's usually the opposite, in fact.

    What kind of games ARE acceptable to you then (at least, that don't make you consider the player "too lazy")?

  4. It's also moving more systems by pnice · · Score: 2, Informative

    From IGN:

    "Nearly 15 percent of all DS owners bought Nintendogs in just a week, a virtually unprecedented adoption rate for any title on an established system," said Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime. "And it's also helping sell new DS hardware. Coupled with a price drop to $129.99, retailers are reporting DS sales up between one and a half and three times previous levels, and last week DS comfortably outsold our portable competitors."

    http://ds.ign.com/articles/647/647328p1.html

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