The DS Lite U.S. Launch

Yesterday Nintendo began selling the upgraded version of their popular DS handheld system, and by all accounts sales are going very well. 1up has a look at the story of the DS so far, from somewhat rocky launch up through this last amazing Christmas season. From the article: "Nintendo had lost its collective mind. At least, that's how it looked back in January 2004 when the company announced its latest system, the DS. 'We have developed Nintendo DS based upon a completely different concept from existing game devices in order to provide players with a unique entertainment experience for the 21st century,' company president Satoru Iwata stated--a bold proclamation. But few were buying it." PC Magazine has details on what was upgraded, and Engadget has pictures from the NYC launch party.

DS Launch in Canada

[scrabbleguy]

I live in Toronto and the stores here open on Sunday at 12:00 noon. Not having pre-ordered a DS Lite I left at 12:10 to go buy one. I needed to go to 4 different stores before I found a store that was completely sold out. And every store I went to had about 5 other people asking if they could buy a DS Lite.

If that's how the early morning went, I can't imagine how the rest of the day went. Sounds like a pretty successful launch for a product revision.

Bought mine launch day

[Forkenhoppen]

It's a nice product, with some really nice bright screens. It's my first DS, so I can't really compare it to the original model, but it puts my Palm's screen to shame. Would love it to death if it weren't for the blue stuck pixel in the upper screen. I'll probably send it back to them under warranty in a few weeks, after I've had a chance to mess around with it a little.

I'm really curious what Nintendo has in store for it in combination with the Wii.

Re:Double Two Horse Race

[Anonymous Coward]

Uhh...

The 360 has without question flunked out of the console race in Japan.

The 360 appears to be flunking out of the console race in Europe with a pathetic 600-700k or so sold after seven months.

And most humiliating of all:

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/12/ 1438225 [slashdot.org]

Not only is the 360 selling worse than the first Xbox, it isn't even on track to match Dreamcast numbers. You have to go all the way back to the 3DO or CDi for a system that sold worse than the 360.

Re:Best Way to Protect your DS Screen

[SetupWeasel]

I was actually starting to get screen scratches, so I bought a protector before it got too bad. You can trust me when I say that I take care of my stuff.

I keep my systems for a long time, and I'm not rich. $5 at the Nintendo World Store is worth the piece of mind as I go to town in Metroid.