Nintendo 3DS succeeding Nintendo DS

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

Over the past 5 years it has been seen that the stock of Nintendo (NTDOY) is on a steady growth and this is not because of the success of Wii. In fact this success of Nintendo was due to the DS handheld video game system released in late 2004.

The fortune of Nintendo also grew after the release of Nintendo DS’ first hardware revision named Nintendo DS Lite.

More than 130 million units across the world has been sold of the various incarnations of the console and it became the best selling video game platform in the history of gaming industry.

But all these only seems to be just a begining. Nintendo unveiled the Nintendo 3DS, the next handheld gaming device.

It was revealed at the E3 event that the Nintendo 3DS will be succeeding the Nintendo DS and it will be a clamshell-shaped handheld device with 2 LCD screens.

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DSi XL Handheld Device

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

DSi handheld system was released a year ago. Next DS to strike North America is DSi XL. Its screen is nearly double compared to DS Lite. It is expected to available for sale on 28th March, 2010 in two colors (reddish-purple and bronze).

DSi XL is little bit heavy in weight than previous models but it’s very much durable. Its size is very surprising; it’s still “pocketable”. It has two huge screens its video quality is very much remarkable.

Brand name of DSi XL is “social device” by Nintendo due to bigger screen and it also allows multiple people to view the screen at the same time.

It also has a much bigger stylus which looks like a pen or permanent marker. Complete review of DSi XL will be available in coming week. Keep in touch with CNET for knowing latest reviews about DSi XL.

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Nintendo again tops the chart

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

The Media-Create’s weekly Japanese hardware sales list was captured by the PSP-3000 captured, but Nintendo DS along with its 3 different models were able to edge out the Sony’s handheld line overall.

For January 31 week end 47,875 units of UMD-based PSP-3000 was sold. Earlier it was 52,909. The newer UMD-less sibling PSP Go has fallen down in its unit sales again this week. It sold 1,645 units. Prior week it was 1,773.

The larger-screened version, the DSi LL, of Nintendo landed to the third-place spot after the Wii. It sold 34,863 units, up about 10,000 units. All the DS line combined, even the DSi LL, the DSi, and the DS Lite, total sold 66,457 unit, which is up from the combined sales of 49,398 prior week. All the credit goes to Dragon Quest VI.

PS3 sales rose notably. It was 34,431 units, which is up from 26,966.

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