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653,000+ DS sold last week in US
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angelcage87
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Nintendo will rule the world,be prepared.
Frankfurter
Member
Vic said:
That's a given imo. Europes and NA's YTD will be much higher in 2007, which will more than compensate the lower YTD in Japan.
I hope they use all their profits to research and design a virtual reality console that doesn't suck balls. I suspect the next ninty handheld will be virtual boy 2, except this time it will actually be great.
And their next home console will simply be a wii 2, with greater motion precision and flexibility, better graphics and backwards compatibility with the original wii and everything else that came before.
Perhaps they will call it the revolution this time, and it will come with it's own holographic screen and it will utilize inter-dimensional flux energy as a power source.
It will also come with a positronic front-end intelligence that will run your life for you.
And their next home console will simply be a wii 2, with greater motion precision and flexibility, better graphics and backwards compatibility with the original wii and everything else that came before.
Perhaps they will call it the revolution this time, and it will come with it's own holographic screen and it will utilize inter-dimensional flux energy as a power source.
It will also come with a positronic front-end intelligence that will run your life for you.
test_account
XP-39C²
Pretty damn amazing by Nintendo i must say 
Good that they upped the supply a bit so more can buy it.
Good that they upped the supply a bit so more can buy it.
ShockingAlberto
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I WOULD LIKE TO CALL A FRIENDE-phonk said:And the 1 million US Dollar question is:
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Can't answer A without knowing what the base number was...if you're selling 600k a week, of course you'd choose a 300% increase of that!E-phonk said:And the 1 million US Dollar question is:
RumblingRosco
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sphinx said:
Globally the iPod sold 31,536,000 (counting all models) units in 2005, which comes out to .9855 iPods sold per second, over the course of an entire year... but, in the U.S. alone, I have no idea if anything has kept up this rate for a single week, although it's likely the iPod managed it at some point during the various holiday seasons it has seen.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/03/t...00&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
Regardless, the DS is a beast of a product, videogame market or otherwise.
ShockingAlberto
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"Could of" and "suppose to" get on my nerves. Like, crazy "if I had an axe you'd be out one head right now" get on my nerves.Anth said:
Iam Canadian
and have the worst user name EVER
ethelred said:
Unfortunately, many DS games are indeed 3D, but I think that the DS still has more 2D, sprite-based games than the PSP. The more powerful the handhelds get, the fewer 2D games we'll see. And that makes me very sad.
Anth said:
That's easily one of the most aggravating grammatical maladies that I see. I see it all too often.
dreadfulwater
aka morbidesque
Parl said:
this number includes me. just got a DS for the first time, glad I waited this long. It will take me 99 years to finish all the games I am interested in. what great little system.
dreadfulwater
aka morbidesque
oo Kosma oo said:
Aye, mate. nobody even gives me a second look when I play it during lunch at my desk. I have inspired people to buy it actually. now if I could just fucking find a copy of Etrian somewhere my christmas dreams will come true
Christoff Yurievich
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as a marketing major, this is even more interesting to me. I've spoken with a few teachers about it and they're all amazed at what nintendo's done so far.RJT said:
Turnip Truck
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I expect that part of the reason for the huge numbers has to do with multiple DS systems per household. Most gaming households have only a single console system, or perhaps multiple systems with only one per type (I.E. a PS3 and a Wii). But as a portable, personal device, many people want their own DS so each family member may have one.
As of Black Friday there are four in my house, with a spread of 3 causal gamers to 1 hardcore. Yes, there are a lot of causal games coming out to appeal to that demographic, but the huge installed base keeps me optimistic that a broad spectrum of game developers will increasingly target the platform. Atlus, Square and others are certainly doing their part.
As of Black Friday there are four in my house, with a spread of 3 causal gamers to 1 hardcore. Yes, there are a lot of causal games coming out to appeal to that demographic, but the huge installed base keeps me optimistic that a broad spectrum of game developers will increasingly target the platform. Atlus, Square and others are certainly doing their part.
Mithos Yggdrasill
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Crazy. Crazy under every possible point of view.
ComputerNerd
Banned
A gold colored DS with the Triforce logo?
I may actually buy a DS.
I may actually buy a DS.
GamePnoy74
Member
Now why haven't I invested in NTDOF.PK for the past year or two? =/
Bishman said:
After a failed console, Nintendo chose to release a console:
-with similar hardware (not allowing a graphics leap, unlike every other console ever)
-focusing on a completely different controller, and making it a standard
-with advertising showing people playing instead of the actual games
-targeting people that never played video games in their lives, or haven't played for a long time
From a marketing viewpoint, everything went flawlessly.
And they have the balls to sell the console at a profit instead of subsidizing it from the beginning. This is a great case study, and I think we're only seeing the tip of the iceberg. I don't know yet if the Wii will be a success to hardcore gamers (I think it will), but the casual crowd could make Wii a DS-like success. I expect Wiis to be sold 15 years from now as "virtual bowling and tennis machine" for 50 bucks.
Exactly.bune duggy said:
This is iPod like success, but without the competition Apple has in the digital music players market. Every company can make an iPod clone, and eventually someone will do it better than Apple, but it's not easy to make a Wii clone (you only get about 3 consoles every generation for a reason).
Yes, I am aware of that. But that's all we have. And it already past that number in actual sales regardless.TJ Spyke said:
Yeah, it still gets me. How the fuck is it possible that after nearly 3 years of this level of succes worldwide that western developer still don't give a crap. More than 50 million users with low develop cost and little western competition seems like a great oppertunity to me? Thankfully Japanese developers put a lot of great titles on DS so it's not that bad but still. I really hope western developers get their act together asap. Same goes for Wii (with the quality of their games).Deku said:
Neomoto said:
There are notable exceptions. Majesco, EA, Firaxis, id (now id Mobile). Gamecock, BioWare, Traveler's Tales are put out or publish some great stuff. I'm still amazed Majesco's Age of Empire is my favorite strategy game on my DS.
There were some false starts in 2006 with a lot of PC devs who have seen their franchises displaced by FPS games looking at the DS as a possible platform for their games. A lot of noise were made but very little came of it. This is probably the start of a new phase for the DS, the amount of storied PC franchises headed to the DS is going to be very nice.
The europeans already got Anno and The Settlers franchises. We got Sim City, Orcs & Elves. Next year will see Populus, more id mobile titles, Spore, Civilization IV Revolutions, Myst (maybe?) and I'm sure im missing quite a few more.
The titles on my wishlist that hasn't made it to the DS are Masters of Orion, StarCraft / WarCraft and an all new Sim City game.
Yeah I know there are some (great) exceptions, but still nowhere near what it should be or could be. Anno is great on DS. I heard The Settlers isn't good at all though, which is a real shame. Runaway II DS has my interest. BioWare is making that Sonic RPG iirc, should be very interesting. Maybe they'll release other DS titles now as well thanks to EA. Speaking of which; EA is doing a pretty good job lately on DS, I agree. And Myst DS was confirmed some time ago btw.Deku said:
Relaxed Muscle
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WOW.
US = Nintenland Confirmed.
US = Nintenland Confirmed.
Really?Deku said:
I found some footage that was taken on Midway's booth just recently at Games Convention 2007 in Leipzig.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UTVc_fNYII
So maybe it won't come out till 2008 I guess.
