DS Sales reach 5 million, and Nintendogs does really well!

Worldwide sales of the Nintendo DS handheld shot through the five million mark in mid-March, putting the company well within its five to six million unit target for the full year to March 31st according to the latest figures from Nintendo of America.

The clarification of the global sales figures came after Nintendo UK caused some confusion yesterday with a press release which celebrated 200,000 sales of the console in the UK, but incorrectly stated the global sales figure as "over 3 million units".
Nintendo of America was quick to correct the error, pointing out that global sales actually passed the five million mark in mid-March - just after the European launch - and telling US website GameSpot that the firm is "on track" to meet its previous predictions of five to six million units sold through March.
That assertion is backed up by independent market research figures from bodies such as NPD (in the USA) and Media Create (in Japan), which agree that the DS passed the three million mark several months ago, and was closer to five million units than three even before the European launch in mid-March.
By contrast, the PlayStation Portable - which won\'t launch in Europe until September 1st, a full five months after its North American debut - had sold somewhere over 2.5 million units worldwide by the end of March, missing Sony\'s target of three million units by its financial year-end and placing global sales of the device at around half of what Nintendo\'s handheld has sold.

http://www.eurogamer.net

Japan charts: Media Create 18 - 24 Apr #1
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Software
1. PS2 Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song - Square Enix - 217,000 (new)
2. NGC Fire Emblem: Souen no Kiseki - Nintendo - 102,000 (new)
3. NDS Naruto 3 for DS - Tomy - 84,000 (new)
4. NDS nintendogs: Shiba and friends - Nintendo - 83,000 (new)
5. NDS nintendogs: Dachs and friends - Nintendo - 53,000 (new)
6. NDS nintendogs: Chihuahua and friends - Nintendo - 46,000 (new)
7. PS2 Baseball L!ve 2005 - Namco - 44,000 (new)
8. GBA Rockman Zero 4 - Capcom - 38,000 (new)
9. PS2 Gundam: One Year War - Bandai - 30,000 (234,000)
10. PSP Shutokou Battle - Genki - 29,000 (new)

Hardware:
DS 96,191
PS2 33,080
PSP 33,004
GBASP 10,820
GC 8,329
GBA 422
Xbox 112   

I must confess that I didn\'t think Nintendo would have much success with the DS, but not only have they managed to create a strong userbase in a relatively short amount of time but they also have me itching to buy one.  Warioware, Yoshi\'s Touch n\' Go are great, and Kirby Cursed Canvas sounds like alot of fun.

As for the PSP comment, give it time...

[Jumpman]

DS just pwned PSP!

Neither have any decent games out for their system too. =/ Wtf are these dickheads playing.

Xbox 112

hahahahaha

[Paul2]

that\'s pretty unusual.  XBOX only sold 112?  That\'s quite a low # there.

Originally posted by Paul2
that\'s pretty unusual.  XBOX only sold 112?  That\'s quite a low # there.

Yeah, about half of what it usually sells.

[Paul2]

nevermind, its in japan.  That may explains it.

I\'ll tell you what they\'re playing:

[Paul2]

lol.

[Living-In-Clip]

I am still waiting for a true reason to buy the Nintendo DS. The only thing that makes me want it is the new Castlevania being developed.

With that said, the G/F is suppose to get me one for my birthday, so I won\'t complain if that actually happens.

never buying a DS

it\'s pointless when the next gameboy is coming anyways

Originally posted by mm
never buying a DS

it\'s pointless when the next gameboy is coming anyways

How do you figure?

isn\'t DS the nextgen gameboy?

nope, it\'s a band-aid cause the PSP was coming out

[Evi]

If the new Gameboy isn\'t at least up to snuff with the PSP...

Yeah.

Originally posted by Avatarr
isn\'t DS the nextgen gameboy?

No, it\'s Nintendo\'s "third pillar."

That\'s why it doens\'t carry the Gameboy name, it\'s a new product meant to offer a different gameplay experience and appeal to a different audience than the Gameboy line.  

From the looks of the sales it\'s found a solid niche.