DS Fastest Selling Japanese Console 72
Gamasutra reports that the DS is officially the fastest selling console in Japan. The console has taken just twenty months to sell 10 Million units. From the article: "As noted in the report translated by consumer website GameSpot, the Nintendo DS has been credited with reversing the shrinking Japanese games market, with Nintendo DS software and hardware dominating sales charts for at least the last twelve months. With a population of around 128 million, these latest results show that nearly 8 percent of Japanese consumers now own the console." Update: 08/02 21:20 GMT by Z : Fixed reversed month/unit numbers. Sorry, apparently lisdexic today.
Console? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:A good solid product, fun games. (Score:2, Insightful)
This bodes well for the Wii (Score:5, Insightful)
This is a great example of innovation and gameplay beating out a focus on horsepower and flashy features.
This, combined with the eventual connectivity between the DS and the Wii is a great thing for the Wii. Thanks to the fact that the DS already has wireless connectivity, there are essentially 20 million possible Wii controllers in the hands of people around the world.
DS vs Wii (Score:3, Insightful)
The hype for the Wii, silly/stupid name or not, seems bigger than any I've ever seen for a single console. DS didn't really have a huge number of early adopters, it had to prove itself to many before it really started to take off...
Re:The precedents back that up -- but 3rd parties? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:The precedents back that up -- but 3rd parties? (Score:3, Insightful)