cae said:I would love to ask those people on queues if they already have a DS, or a DSL. I bet more than half of them already have at least one.
soundwave05 said:I'm not so sure this is true though. While of course you're going to have overlap, if it was really just the same people rebuying the system over and over again ... it would show itself in the software sales.
The software sales the DS is putting up simply aren't possible unless the userbase is pretty close to 10 million individual users or so. There's no way you can keep selling the types of numbers NSMB, Brain Training, Animal Crossing, etc. put up week after week unless there's a large influx of new users each week.
soundwave05 said:I'm not so sure this is true though. While of course you're going to have overlap, if it was really just the same people rebuying the system over and over again ... it would show itself in the software sales.
The software sales the DS is putting up simply aren't possible unless the userbase is pretty close to 10 million individual users or so. There's no way you can keep selling the types of numbers NSMB, Brain Training, Animal Crossing, etc. put up week after week unless there's a large influx of new users each week.
The queue before the opening time is around 200 people. The store open earlier, 8:15 AM instead of the standard 9:30 AM. At the peak, the # of people that queue is around 500 people. One hour after opening, DSL Jet Black was sold out.
There was some mention about FFIII from square enix, but I am not sure what it mean
fly high ~ayunite~ said:People line up playing DS, to buy a new DS... :lol
F#A#Oo said:Question....did the PSP beat the DS to 10m unit sales?
I remember just before christmas last year Phil Harrison...being asked how he feels about the DS out-selling the PSP and he responded by saying the PSP beat it to 10m units sold.
Or was it another of his mis-guided views?
EDIT:linky-poo
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=62158
Frankfurter said:He was talking about shipped units.
Yeah, that one was just a lie.. it was really shipped.F#A#Oo said:Eurogamer: Moving on to the PSP, how do you think it's gone now we're three months on from launch? What do you make of the reports Nintendo DS is outselling it?
Phil Harrison: Well that's factually incorrect. PlayStation Portable has been the fastest-selling machine to ten million units. We are bringing in plane-loads of PSPs into Europe and the US as we speak in order to satisfy the demand in the run-up to Christmas, and if you talk to retail they'll tell you it's the hottest-selling piece of hardware right now - by far and away the number one demanded product in stores this Christmas.
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F#A#Oo said:Eurogamer: Moving on to the PSP, how do you think it's gone now we're three months on from launch? What do you make of the reports Nintendo DS is outselling it?
Phil Harrison: Well that's factually incorrect. PlayStation Portable has been the fastest-selling machine to ten million units. We are bringing in plane-loads of PSPs into Europe and the US as we speak in order to satisfy the demand in the run-up to Christmas, and if you talk to retail they'll tell you it's the hottest-selling piece of hardware right now - by far and away the number one demanded product in stores this Christmas.
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Still probably talking about to retailers, not consumers. DS I'm sure hit 10 million before PSP because DS was never behind PSP in worldwide sales.F#A#Oo said:Eurogamer: Moving on to the PSP, how do you think it's gone now we're three months on from launch? What do you make of the reports Nintendo DS is outselling it?
Phil Harrison: Well that's factually incorrect. PlayStation Portable has been the fastest-selling machine to ten million units. We are bringing in plane-loads of PSPs into Europe and the US as we speak in order to satisfy the demand in the run-up to Christmas, and if you talk to retail they'll tell you it's the hottest-selling piece of hardware right now - by far and away the number one demanded product in stores this Christmas.
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muttyeah416 said:hello! photoshop guys!? need some xbox360 clown sign guy
Link648099 said:Does Nintendo's DS also print Japanese humans to buy it?
FINALLYpubba said:
That crappy clown makes me laugh every time! :lol
god... THAT eurogamer interview. worst interview they ever did i think. it reads like they were giving him a hand job while doing it.F#A#Oo said:Eurogamer: Moving on to the PSP, how do you think it's gone now we're three months on from launch? What do you make of the reports Nintendo DS is outselling it?
Phil Harrison: Well that's factually incorrect. PlayStation Portable has been the fastest-selling machine to ten million units. We are bringing in plane-loads of PSPs into Europe and the US as we speak in order to satisfy the demand in the run-up to Christmas, and if you talk to retail they'll tell you it's the hottest-selling piece of hardware right now - by far and away the number one demanded product in stores this Christmas.
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plagiarize said:oh and... do people still think the handheld war in japan isn't over?
Roders5 said:
There's only 1 person in this picture without a DSclue: his arms are crossed
With that many people playing DS you'd think Nintendo would be handing out complimentary battery packs to those in line.Sgt. Killjoy said:omg i really do think they are all playing DSL. All their heads are looking towards the ground.
that's stupid :/shaft said:well ds is just good. but waiting lines for a color is zOMG.
Diffense said:Essentially, nothing was different from when previous Nintendo hanhdhelds fought off competition
Pureauthor said:Hey, guys, remember all those times when the GB sold 600K in one week? And remember when the GBC had the entire top ten chart to itself? And remember when the GBA had the potential to have three 3 million sellers in the top ten at the same time?
What, you don't? Why? Oh, right. That's because they never happened.
10 years from now, when the next batch of books that talk about video game history are released, the DS is going to go down as one of the single biggest videogaming successes of all time.
Diffense said:You totally misunderstood.
F#A#Oo said:Eurogamer: Moving on to the PSP, how do you think it's gone now we're three months on from launch? What do you make of the reports Nintendo DS is outselling it?
Phil Harrison: Well that's factually incorrect. PlayStation Portable has been the fastest-selling machine to ten million units. We are bringing in plane-loads of PSPs into Europe and the US as we speak in order to satisfy the demand in the run-up to Christmas, and if you talk to retail they'll tell you it's the hottest-selling piece of hardware right now - by far and away the number one demanded product in stores this Christmas.
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Sgt. Killjoy said:omg i really do think they are all playing DSL. All their heads are looking towards the ground.
Yep, I wouldn't be surprised if girlfriends/wives/children end up stealing someone's DS or DSL because they play em so much, so new colors can be an excuse to buy another one.plagiarize said:the question isn't 'do all these people already own a DS' but more 'what do these people do with their existing DS now they have a new one.
i'm sure a good deal of them end up in the second hand shops or in family member's hands and the software sales support that belief.
plagiarize said:the question isn't 'do all these people already own a DS' but more 'what do these people do with their existing DS now they have a new one.
i'm sure a good deal of them end up in the second hand shops or in family member's hands and the software sales support that belief.
plagiarize said:the question isn't 'do all these people already own a DS' but more 'what do these people do with their existing DS now they have a new one.
i'm sure a good deal of them end up in the second hand shops or in family member's hands and the software sales support that belief.
I see people with PSPs and GBAs, but certainly not DS Lites.kpop100 said:look at those people in line, they don't exactly scream new DS owner to me. I bet 50%+ of that line has either a DS fat or another color lite already