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Is the DSi worth? A quick answer

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

The latest version of Nintendo’s blockbuster handheld is now available for six months. Did the handheld carved out new direction for the handheld gaming or it is only an old piece of hardware having few gimmicks thrown in?.

A quick answer for is the worth it?

Nintendo is of course the reigning kings in gaming market of handheld. It has broken ground with legacy ’’ devices of 80s. It’s ’’ became a household name in 90s.

Nintendo has also managed to persevere and dominate the . In 2005 the was launched and it is still loved by gamers. It was replaced by DS Lite. This was much successful and this year we saw the local release, the . Latest of it brings a camera and a new interface.

Next improvement was the replacement of with in the DS and DS Lite and further was unveiled by addeding processing power. Finally, the release of . It is a service that is much like and has rewarded the owners with many quality .

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DS platform again tops Japanese sales

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

It is again good news for Nintendo. Nintendo’s once again tops the hardware sales of . This is revealed from the data provided by Media Create. The data is for the week ended February 1.

The latest iteration on the touch screen handheld shifted more than 55 thousand units. It was 55,613 units. When it was combined with the DS Lite sales of 15,147 then the total rose to 70,760 units.

The unique Portable of Sony was only 44,135 units sold. The took the lead in home console market. It sold 23,278 units.

did a balancing act. It maintained a lead over the of Microsoft in the region. It’s sales was 17,405. Its rival was at 8107.

2 sold 5334 units.

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