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Nintendo DSi and DSi XL prices slashed from September

Monday, August 30th, 2010

is dropping and XL prices from September 12 onwards.

The company announced the recently. According to the new price list, the will be sold for $149.99 and the XL will be priced at $169.99.

of ’s executive vice president of Sales and Marketing said, “We know shoppers want to get the maximum value out of every dollar they spend. Our new prices make it easier than ever for consumers to access the tremendous variety of games, applications and social tools on the and XL system.”

However, the earlier model of Lite will remain to be sold at $129.

This year the sales of was high. Over 3.4 million handhelds were sold in the U.S. through July said .

also announced earlier that they will come up with a 3D version of the device and it will be named as 3DS. This new will feature the technology without the use of glasses.

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Nintendo DS leads the industry while other suffers

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

has led the video game system sales of in the month of May. It has sold 633,500 units. This is in fact a hike of 40% compared to the same month in 2008. The sales were split 369,000 and 244,000 of and Lite respectively.

The sales of console of were down by 57% over May 2008 to 289,500 units. But, the sales of course pushed the console past the 20 million mark in the after only 31 months on the market.

On the other hand the suffered the least of the home consoles. It had only a 6% drop in sales over last year. It is a fact that this console is suffering and it shows just how much the video game industry is suffering.

The total industry sales has dropped below $1 billion for the first time since August 2007.

The Group’s analyst says, “The video games industry continues to struggle with difficult comparisons to last year, and this is the first month that industry sales have dipped below $1 billion since August 2007. May is typically one of the lowest revenue-generating months in any given year for the industry in general.”

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