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Nintendo DS Across Europe - 10 Million And Counting News

By Chris Leyton on 22/01/2007

Nintendo celebrates the success of its popular handheld format, putting it into a similar bracket as the PS2...

We're getting ever so slightly less enthusiastic about running stories of Nintendo's unmitigated success these days, it seems barely a day passes without Wii achieving something, or as today proves, the DS accomplishes yet another significant milestone.

Laying claim to the fastest console ever to shift 10 million units across Europe, Nintendo today celebrated 22 months of conquering success since the DS first appeared on the scene back in March 2005.

Although the news serves as a continued reminder of the good times Nintendo is curently enjoying, it's worth putting this into comparison to understand that the DS performance is comparable to that of the PlayStation 2. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe recorded "shipments" of just over 12 million in September 2002, a 22-month period since its launch in November 2000.

Of course, this only serves to highlight the timeless issue involved when drawing any parallels between Nintendo and Sony; one consciously uses actual sales data, whilst the other refrains from releasing anything other then shipment figures. You decide which one offers a "fairer" portrayal of a system's success, although a source close to Nintendo did estimate a shipping figure of a "fair bit higher" then 12 million to TVG - not that we saw too many DS Lite's sitting on the shelves at Christmas.

Harking onto the widespread appeal of the Touch! Generations label and traditional games such as NEW Super Mario Bros, Nintendo's European Marketing Director commented:

"Nintendo DS topped the six million mark in September and has continued to go from strength to strength with thousands of new people being introduced to gaming through the Nintendo DS. Its appeal to both gamers and non-gamers means it has expanded the gaming population significantly. This landmark figure of 10 million Nintendo DS gamers cements the console's position as undisputed leader of the handheld market, bringing gaming to a whole new audience - something that was unimaginable a few years ago! The innovative Nintendo DS is now helping to shape the whole market with sales of the Nintendo DS console and games being the main drivers behind recent market growth all across Europe."

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User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Tue 23rd Dec 2008 15:50, Post No: 42

as the ds so yea :((())))

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Tue 23rd Dec 2008 15:49, Post No: 41

there is really no point of getting the dsi it looks exactly the same :(

 

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Sat 20th Dec 2008 14:51, Post No: 40

no

 

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Mon 24th Nov 2008 12:06, Post No: 39

Eh?  Game & Watch?  So I can only play one game ont he DS?  Beyond a similar style and look with the original DS, I'm not really sure where the comparison comes from.

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Mon 24th Nov 2008 11:16, Post No: 38

i think people missunderstand the whole point to the ds if you ever owned a nintendo game & watch game you will understand.

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Sun 23rd Nov 2008 20:53, Post No: 37

POOP

 

By: SegaBoy

Added:Thu 06th Nov 2008 09:49, Post No: 36

Have you created a user account?

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Wed 05th Nov 2008 21:25, Post No: 35

I AM NOT ANONYMOUS COWARD

 

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Wed 05th Nov 2008 21:24, Post No: 34

I tried to rename myself to joe but it wouldn't work

 

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Wed 05th Nov 2008 21:24, Post No: 33

I have a R4 and I would like to know where to get Endwar DS for R4

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