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01-20-2006, 12:45 PM
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Slaughterhouse 8/11 !!!!!
Join Date: Mar 2005
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1 Million Nintendo DS's Sold In UK!
Courtesy of JonathanEx of WP Forums & Nintendo.uk
So much for the tight 800,000 DS and 798,000 PSP situation in the UK. Turns out, ChartTrack do not get Toys R Us numbers. A massive retailer for Nintendo. Yes, that’s right - the major tracker for sales is off by around 20%. This probably is true for the software numbers too, so maybe Nintendo’s been doing much better than thought?
The following is the sort of press release by Ninty, with a little dig at Sony noting they are sell-thru numbers.
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Nintendo UK has today announced that 1 million units of its Nintendo DS handheld console are in the hands of gamers across the country.
The announcement is just another highlight in a long line of successes throughout 2005 where the Nintendo DS has led the handheld market not only in the UK but across the globe. Many stores across the UK are continuing to report they are sold out of Nintendo DS until new stock arrives in the coming week.
Following Nintendo DS’s launch in Europe in March 2005, almost three and a half million Nintendo DS units have been sold. Worldwide sales have shown a similar pattern with millions of people turning to Nintendo for their portable gaming. Approximately 13 million* Nintendo DS were in the hands of people all around the world by the end of December 2005, leaving any competition standing.
UK sales of the Nintendo DS have been significantly bolstered by the launch of ground breaking games such as Nintendogs, which has sold over 1.6 million copies in Europe since launch in October and Mario Kart DS which stormed the Christmas charts selling 800,000 copies in Europe since its late November launch.
UK gamers have a lot to look forward to in 2006, including Animal Crossing: Wild World which has been a huge success in Japan having already sold over one million copies and is launching soon in the UK.
The Nintendo DS is available for around £89. Mario Kart DS and Nintendogs are now available for around £30 and both games are also available in bundle packs (including a copy of the game and a Nintendo DS), available for around £99.
* Combined sell-thru numbers in Japan, North America, Latin America, Australia and other territories.
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01-20-2006, 01:23 PM
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Livid
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: London
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Sweet. I still am not concerned enough to get one though. Too busy with school to spend money on any more distractions.
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If that makes me a douche, than call me the king and master of all douchery. Actually, just call me "Your Highness".
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01-20-2006, 03:36 PM
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Super
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: A Galaxy far far away....
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Great to see Nintendo doing great in a non friendly market.
Bleeper you are missing out....
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01-20-2006, 08:18 PM
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beN-Philes
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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OMG Bleeper could have said 'uni' but he said 'school' 
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01-20-2006, 09:48 PM
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Selfish
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Houston
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Good to hear.  |
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01-25-2006, 03:38 PM
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Livid
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: London
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Bleeper you are missing out....
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Oh well
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OMG Bleeper could have said 'uni' but he said 'school'
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I'll say school instead of uni more often.
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Originally Posted by caster13
If that makes me a douche, than call me the king and master of all douchery. Actually, just call me "Your Highness".
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02-01-2006, 01:59 AM
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beN-Philes
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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i found these numbers for europe:
PSP-
United Kingdom: 795,000
France: 500,000
Germany: 350,000
Spain: 295,000
Other Regions: 500,000
Total: 2,450,000 units since September 2005
Nintendo DS -
United Kingdom: 1,000,000
France: 750,000
Germany: 520,000
Spain: 425,000
Other Regions: 1,005,000
TOTAL OF 3,700,000 units since its launch in March 2005
[ source]
THe PSP seems impressive considering it's been on th market half as long as the DS.
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02-01-2006, 03:40 AM
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Whomp
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Finland
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Originally Posted by Aipotu
THe PSP seems impressive considering it's been on th market half as long as the DS.
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Yeah, PSP had an amazing start and it sold something like 100x better than DS for a month or so. But then, puppies came and saved the DS from destruction.
Nintendogs even made a comeback to UK charts last week.. |
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02-01-2006, 10:33 AM
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Super
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: A Galaxy far far away....
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Not surprising. Still great for Nintendo.
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