Best year ever for Nintendo DS, Good year for Nintendo Wii as well

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

Nintendo has released its sales figures. According to Nintendo, it has been the best year ever for Nintendo DS and a great year for Wii as well.

They have revealed that the two Nintendo DS models- Nintendo DS Lite and Dsi have sold a total combined of 11.2 million units in US in 2009. According to them, it is a new calendar year record for any video game console.

Nintendo Wii has saw sales volumes of 9.6 million units, which is lower by 5.7% as compared to 2008, but still it is an exceptional sales figure. They also told that 18.6% of the units were sold in November and December 2009 which implies that the company can expect good sales in 2010.

The lifetime sales volume of Wii stands at 27.2 million units whereas it is 38.8 million units for Nintendo DS, i.e. it is ahead of Gameboy Advance.

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