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DS Fastest Selling Japanese Console

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the flying-out-the-doors-on-dual-wings dept.

Gamasutra reports that the DS is officially the fastest selling console in Japan. The console has taken just twenty months to sell 10 Million units. From the article: "As noted in the report translated by consumer website GameSpot, the Nintendo DS has been credited with reversing the shrinking Japanese games market, with Nintendo DS software and hardware dominating sales charts for at least the last twelve months. With a population of around 128 million, these latest results show that nearly 8 percent of Japanese consumers now own the console." Update: 08/02 21:20 GMT by Z : Fixed reversed month/unit numbers. Sorry, apparently lisdexic today.

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  1. Summary is wrong by edwdig · · Score: 5, Informative

    The summary says "The console has taken just ten months to sell 20 Million units", but it should be "20 months to sell 10 million units." The DS was released in Nov. 2004.

  2. This bodes well for the Wii by dividedsky319 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The DS isn't nearly as powerful as the PSP. Yet the DS vastly outsells the PSP.

    This is a great example of innovation and gameplay beating out a focus on horsepower and flashy features.

    This, combined with the eventual connectivity between the DS and the Wii is a great thing for the Wii. Thanks to the fact that the DS already has wireless connectivity, there are essentially 20 million possible Wii controllers in the hands of people around the world.