According to Japanese economic newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the Nintendo DS will surpass 100 million in lifetime worldwide sales during the middle of March. As of December 31, 2008, the official global DS sales tally was 96.22 million.
Nintendo is to release the latest in it series of handheld consoles, the DSi, in Europe on April 3.
The company has said that is does not officially set recommended retail prices for its products, but stores in the UK are already listing the DSi with a price of GBP 149.
Comment: April 3 is before the US release?
@oznerol, NPD tracks every variation as a separate thing, but they always report the combined value. If one subscribed to their service and got full data, one could see individual stats for Xbox 360 Core, Arcade, 20 GB Pro, 60 GB Pro, Elite, and probably more.
Nintendo will launch DSi in the US on April 5, the company’s confirmed.The handheld will retail for $170.“Ever since the arrival of the first Game Boy, consumers worldwide have turned to Nintendo for their portable gaming,” said NoA sales boss Cammie Dunaway.“Nintendo DSi builds on Nintendo’s commitment to bringing fun and creative entertainment to everyone, and will allow consumers to personalize and share their very own experiences.”
GfK-ChartTrack has revealed to MCV that the Nintendo DS is teetering on the edge of a nine-million installed base in the UK.
And director Dorian Bloch said that he believed the imminent launch of successor the DSi will give those numbers yet more of a boost.
He told MCV: “We’re approaching nine million total DS units sold in the UK.
It was at 8.8 million at the end of ‘08, so should pass that number by the end of ’09.
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