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Why has the Nintendo DS done so well in the UK history

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

It was too much assumed way back in the year 2005 that the Sony PSP may win the battle of the handheld games consoles. The reason behind this is that the PSP was sleek and have gorgeous widescreen display. Where as the Nintendo DS looked like a toy. Though the two screens were included but it was not enough to get anyone excited. However, the PSP has done well enough and it sold over 50m units. But the Nintendo was not so bad even. The ugly duckling has grown into a phenomenon.

Nintendo has now shifted over 100m units. In this recent trend, the Nintendo DS has overtook the PlayStation 2 and has become the biggest selling games console in the history of UK.

The big question arises that why has the Nintendo DS done so well?

There are three main factors to be credited. It has the ability to jab at a screen with a stylus and this was usually enough for gamers to attract. More to this the sleek and the minimal styling of the later models helped it to become more famous. And not to forget, the most important of all, the console has been popular due to the variety of content.

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DS again remains best-selling in Japan

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

According to the data released from Media Create, it is revealed that the Nintendo DS again remains the best-selling console in Japan. The data is for the week ending 18th of October.

Nintendo DS sold 51 735 units in combined total. In it the DSi contributed 49 145 and the DS Lite just 2 590. It is also learned from the data that the sales of the DSi has dropped marginally from last week’s tally but there was a drop of 2800 units on DS Lite.

In the second place is the PSP with 33 508 units. It has dropped quite substantially from last week’s 40 100. The third place is reserved for the PS3 with 30 231 units. It is just 266 units ahead of the Wii in fourth place with 29 965. The sales of both remains steady from last week.

There was a slight increase in the sales of Xbox 360. It is the only console to record a sales boost with 2 109 units sold. The PS2 is steady with 2 109 units.

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Nintendo DS tops in August

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

The sales of video game for the month of August this year was down from the previous year. But not for all. The PlayStation 3 sales were considerably up from the month prior. It sold roughly the twice amount. Let us give a thank note to the mid-month price drop.

The data of NPD Group reveals that Sony sold 210,000 PlayStation 3s in the United States last month. There was a $100 drop that took an effect at some of the retailers as early as August 18th. It likely translated to a price conscious boost in sales.

Oh yes, the Xbox 360 sales also experienced a late August drop. It got a minor boost.

Nintendo DS sold over half a million units in the month of August. It was a DS Lite and DSi combined.

Below is the details:

o Nintendo DS - 552,900
o Wii - 277,400
o Xbox 360 - 215,400
o PlayStation 3 - 210,000
o PSP - 140,300
o PlayStation 2 - 105,900

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DSi ranked top in Japan retail sale

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

The Nintendo DSi and the PSP of Sony Corp. has kept their reign at the retail of Japan in the latest hardware figures.

According to the recent reports of Media Create Co. the DSi has sold 40,464 units between 8th of June and 16th of June 16 to rank No. 1 in overall sales.

When compared, the PSP sold 27,884 units and has been ranked second in the same period.

In the month of April the Nintendo began the sale of the Nintendo DSi at U.S. retail.

Sony has this month announced that the PSP Go, a new 16GB handheld to hold all digital content. It will be sold for $249 on Oct. 1.

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Japan hardware sales down

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Sales of every platform decline in the week ended on 17th in Japan. The data has been given by tracking firm Media Create.

Nintendo DSi sold 34,152 in this week. Though it lead all other platforms for the second consecutive week, but weekly sales for the platform were down by 20,000 units from the previous week.
Sony’s PSP was the second with 28,683 units sold. It is down from 43,000 the week before.
The sales of PlayStation 3 received a strong boost over past weeks from few good releases like Yakuza 3 and Resident Evil 5 in Japan. Not to forget the Blu-ray release of the movie Final Fantasy VII.
Nintendo’s DS Lite, Sony’s PS2 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 rounded out the depressed hardware charts.