35 Million DSes Sold, 6 Million Wiis By End of March

Posted by Zonk on Thursday January 25, 2007 @04:18AM from the they-don't-do-things-halfway dept.

Wowzer writes "Nintendo just announced its quarterly sales for the end of 2006. Sales for the 9 months were up 72%, while net income was up 43%. From the article: '[There will be] worldwide shipments of 6 million Wii systems by the end of March 2007. Nintendo has sold 35 million DS and DS Lite to date ... As for the next fiscal year, Nintendo expect to sell around 23 million DS Lites, bringing the estimated total of DS units to 58 million by March 31, 2008.' New Super Mario Bros. seems to have legs of its own with 8.64 million copies sold worldwide and continued strong sales. But they seem slow to ship out those Wii with 4 million manufactured last year and 810,000 of those not arriving to stores until now."

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DS sells out in April by RyoShin · 2007-01-25 04:45 · Score: 5, Interesting

As for the next fiscal year, Nintendo expect to sell around 23 million DS Lites
I predict that most of those will be sold before June.

If you think the DS is hard to find now (apparently, it's hard to keep in stock, just like the Wii), just wait until April. April sees the release of Pokemon Diamond/Pearl. The Pokemon series has always been a huge seller for both the games and the Game Boy, but these DS games also include the functionality to use WiFi to battle and trade online. Battling and trading with friends has always been a staple of the game, but you'd have to physically find someone to battle/trade with first. Now you have the entire world to choose from.

I know that's when I'll be buying my DS. (Well, a bit earlier, to beat the rush.)