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The DS Juggernaut continues to dominate, when will the madness end?

June 14th, 2007 by sergioalb64

mario_rules.JPGSince its November 21st, 2004 launch, the Nintendo DS – and its sexier, lighter, brighter redesign – has outperformed just about everyone’s expectations and predictions. Nintendo’s latest portable gaming system has sold million of units worldwide and continues to perform extraordinarily well, with killer apps such as Brain Age and Pokémon Diamond / Pearl selling millions of copies as well (much to the delight of publishers). Many of us were skeptical of the system’s innovative features; two screens, a touch screen, and a built-in microphone seemed weird to some, but Nintendo and many other developers have shown what the system is capable of, and millions of players around the world couldn’t be happier with the results. Let’s take a look at some interesting sales numbers and facts that the Nintendo DS and its game have produced:

  • Nintendo DS and DS Lite sales combined show a total of over 44 million units sold worldwide, doubling the PSP’s 22 million units sold so far. This chart shows the steady rise of DS sales on a quarterly basis, from launch up to today:

  • Nintendogs is the best-selling DS game series, with more than 14 million copies sold worldwide. The dog-sim game is the most popular casual game available for the system; many new gamers entered the market because of the simplicity of play and, well, everyone loves puppies.

  • New Super Mario Bros. is the best-selling single DS game to date, with at least 9.5 million copies sold worldwide. The game was first shown at E3 2004 and released almost two years after.

  • On January of 2006, Nintendo issued an official apology to Japan; the Nintendo DS was completely sold out in the Land of the Rising Sun, and potential customers were losing patience, so Nintendo apologized and did their best to keep people happy. As it turns out, Nintendo was hard at work producing DS Lites!

  • Pokémon Diamond / Pearl sold a million copies in the United States during their first five days of availability. Both games sold a combined total of five million copies after three months of their Japanese release, making them the fastest-selling Pokémon games ever.

  • Brain Age, Nintendogs, and New Super Mario Bros. continue to sell well and remain atop sales charts worldwide. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl are also doing extremely well, and upcoming titles such as Phantom Hourglass and Dragon Quest IX are sure to feature similar results. So you see, the Nintendo DS really does print money!

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    Posted in DS News, Game Culture, Industry News |



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