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Nintendo DS leads in UK market

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

DS became the best selling games console in the history of UK says new research.

The research figures released by market research company GfK Chart-Track revealed that a little more than 10 million , and its successors the and , had been sold till now in the English market. It beats the previous bestseller 2 of . has been on sale for about a decade.

The success of DS is due to the broad appeal of its family-friendly titles.
titles are among the biggest selling games on DS. In this game the players are required to solve maths and also reasoning puzzles, and , in which people create and take care of virtual pets.

According to experts the simplicity of DS is the key of success. It has only few buttons and it is in fact mainly controlled by poking and writing on a touchscreen with the help of a stylus. It is also appealing to those who are playing video games for the first time.

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Celebrate the 100 millionth DS

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Statistics as on 6 March 2009 reveals that 100 millionth of DS was shipped to a distributor or a retailer. This sale figure of 100 million of has been achieved in just 5 years. The combined total consists of the three version of i.e. DS, and sales.

was originally launched in late 2004. The system has dual screens, touch screen and voice-recognition capabilities that revolutionized the gaming industry. Many of them were skeptical of ’s plans, convinced that it would also go the way of ’s failed . But, fortunately for The Big N, gamers globally loved the unique gaming experiences of the system and the rest, as all say, is history.

Statistics revealed on December 31, 2008 that there were 83 DS titles whose global shipment exceeded one million. 7 of these titles topped on 10 million. New games such as and Brain Age quickly traveled northward in the sales charts where as the traditional games such as New Super Mario Bros. and showed why they are still relevant even after all these years.

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In five years 100 milliion DS system shipped

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Many of the critics scoffed with the unveiling of DS at . The prototype was not at all impressive. There were 2 tiny screens that seemed like a bad marketing gimmick and the touch controls had never been applied to the gaming. It was only limited to the Palm devices. Where are we now? Just have a look. Five years later, with hundred million shipped claims .

That is nineteen million shy of the handheld record set by the Game Boy, and which includes shipments of the original DS, the , and of course the editions.

-, president of told to the media that consumers have shown their love for DS and that too 100 million times over. He also added that they are grateful that people of all ages continue to respond to their products, and they will continue to look for ways to please current gamers and create new ones.

The company also said that their 83 DS games have surpassed one million in sales. also confirmed later that seven of the games have sold more than ten million in the global market. Those are , New Super Mario Bros, Brain Age, Pokemon Diamond/Pearl, , , and : .

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Nintendogs is presently the most successful software title

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

The sales figure of is out for the media and game lovers. 26 first party games have sold more than a million copies. The figure shows the sales figure of DS and Wii. This sales chart out for the media and game lovers includes those games that were sold as part of the hardware bundles.

Talking only of DS, is presently the most successful software title. Its sales rose to 21.67 million. Since 2005 the pet simulation game has been released in 5 different versions. Other successful games of DS are New , the second at 17.63 million units sold, and Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day, the third at 16.82 million.

Wii Sports was the topper in the list. Wii games sold 40.5 million copies. This game has surpassed the . Its estimate sale is 40.24 million copies.

was second at 20.91 million copies and third at 14.01 million copies. was launched on December 1 2007. With its sales exceeding 14 million, has been an unbridled success. At the time of launch it was not clear how much success this game would get.

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