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Wii, DS, Not Cannibals

Posted by Zonk on from the good-little-children dept.

Nintendo President Iwata, GameSpot reports, has stated that the Wii and the DS are not 'eating' each other. That is to say, the Wii's brisk sales reports have not harmed the high demand for Nintendo's portable system. From the article: "'Some analysts say the largest rival of the Wii is the DS,' he told the Reuters news service. 'But if you take a look at DS sales in the United States in the Thanksgiving week or DS sales in Japan in the week of the Wii launch, there has been little impact.' By the end of its fiscal year on March 31, 2007, Nintendo now believes it will have sold 6 million Wiis and 20 million combined units of the DS and DS Lite. It currently predicts its annual profit will total 145 billion yen (around $1.26 billion), an increase of more than 60 percent, with annual sales rising 45 percent to 740 billion yen (approximately $6.44 billion). "

6 of 98 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Duh? by richdun · · Score: 2, Funny

    Some? That's generous.

  2. English Got Cannibalized... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wii, DS, Not Cannibals

    Wii And DS Are Not Cannibals

    (But they should be eating Microsoft and Sony's lunch!)

    1. Re:English Got Cannibalized... by Lectrik · · Score: 4, Funny
      And it's not using "cannibal" correctly. A cannibal is something that eats is own type. (Btw, ever fed pork to pigs or chicken to pigeons?) The question is not whether the Wii "eats Wiis", but whether the Wii "eats DS's" and vice versa. A better metaphor would be to ask if the Wii and DS are "type A and B Deftera".


      I think the metaphor works rather well. You just have to consider them seperate genders. The Wii being male because it's larger... and called Wii. And the DS being female because it's smaller, you can take it places, and it's fun to poke, not to mention it has a pair of things to stare at.
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  3. Maybe it's just early... by 7Prime · · Score: 1, Funny

    But I read that as "Wii, DS, Not Cannabis"

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  4. Re:Nintendo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Exactly. If Sony came out with a PSPFun - a handheld that actually played fun games, how much would that blow away the DS Lite sales?

  5. Sure the DS is selling well! by zeromusmog · · Score: 2, Funny

    You need SOMETHING to do while waiting 12+ hours in line to buy a Wii!