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Nintendo Sells Just Over 170,000 DSi Units at Launch
Sales of Nintendo's DSi, the latest revision of its popular handhand gaming device, totaled 170,779 units during its first two days on sale, according to an estimate from Japan's Enterbrain . The device, the first refresh to the DS line for two years, went on sale on Saturday at the start of a ...
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Inside the Nintendo DSi
bunniestudios.com — While I was on the Yamanote line last week, I saw an advertisement for the Japanese launch... of the Nintendo DSi (Nintendo site / Wikipedia site). The DSi just went for sale on November 1st in Japan only, and it looks like the North American launch for ... (more) Inside the Nintendo DSi
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reuters.com — TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd will likely launch a new model of... its top-selling handheld player, the DS, in overseas markets by the summer of 2009, President Satoru Iwata said. Nintendo will start selling the DSi, which ... (more) Nintendo sees overseas DSi launch by next summer | ...
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DSi sells 170,000 units in two days at Japan launch
Tech Digest — ... one in five members of the population - 23.6 million people. Stores across the country were sold out, but iPhone-like queues weren't seen because Nintendo didn't really go for a media-friendly early-morning launch event. Many avoided queuing by reserving a unit beforehand and showing up later to pick it up. There's no specific date for a western release of the DSi yet but, as previously reported, I'd be very surprised if it was later than next Spring. Nintendo DSi (via PC World) Related posts: New Nintendo DSi to hit the shelves in Spring ...

Nintendo DSi sells more than 170,000 units in Japan since launch
T3.com All — ... of the DSi, however much it disappoints us , will help shift a few more million. Other sales figures from Nintendo are just as impressive, with more than 454 million games being sold for the DS, whereas the Wii console has sold 35 million units worldwide in just two years. The game sales are just as high for the Wii, with 230 million reportedly being shifted from the shelves. Seems we just can't get enough of Shigeru Miyamoto's games . Link: Nintendo DS (via PC World and The Telegraph ) Related links: [image] ...

Nintendo DSi sells more than 170,000 units in Japan
T3.com All — ... of the DSi, however much it disappoints us , will help shift a few more million. Other sales figures from Nintendo are just as impressive, with more than 454 million games being sold for the DS, whereas the Wii console has sold 35 million units worldwide in just two years. The game sales are just as high for the Wii, with 230 million reportedly being shifted from the shelves. Seems we just can't get enough of Shigeru Miyamoto's games . Link: Nintendo DS (via PC World and The Telegraph ) Related links: [image] ...

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