Apparently, all it takes is a little "graphite black" and "pure white" paint these days—take note, Sony. Last
week, Nintendo more than doubled its Japanese sales of the DS from the previous week with the release of the new
colored models (are black and white really colors?). The Big N moved 54,000 units from March 21st to the
27th.
On April 21st, two additional models will be released: Turquoise Blue and Candy Pink. All units still retail for
15,000 yen ($139). No plans yet to release the colored models outside of Japan.
[Thanks, Andrew]
New black & white models double DS sales
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Reader Comments (8)
Posted: Dec 18th 2005 9:59PM (Unverified) said
i got the graphite black one yesterday from a friend who spent the week in japan. in the words of ms. hilton, "it's hot!"
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Posted: Dec 18th 2005 9:59PM (Unverified) said
Either of those is quite sweet.
I just realized that the DS has a headset (not headphone, but micophone headset) jack on it. When are headset microphones coming from Nintendo? Will you be able to use them online like Skype?
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I just realized that the DS has a headset (not headphone, but micophone headset) jack on it. When are headset microphones coming from Nintendo? Will you be able to use them online like Skype?
Posted: Dec 18th 2005 9:59PM (Unverified) said
> No plans yet to release the colored models outside of Japan.
Give a chance. It will come.
If all it takes is a colour change to improve DS sales then what would it take to do the same for the PSP?
Lets see Ninendo must be well over the 4 million unit mark by now...
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Give a chance. It will come.
If all it takes is a colour change to improve DS sales then what would it take to do the same for the PSP?
Lets see Ninendo must be well over the 4 million unit mark by now...
Posted: Dec 18th 2005 9:59PM (Unverified) said
Wow, did they release some games that would only work on the black and white versions or are they like the silver one I have right now, you know, worthless due to lack of games?
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Posted: Dec 18th 2005 9:59PM (Unverified) said
It just seems a little counterintuitive to me that Nintendo released these colors in Japan the same week that the PSP launches in the US.
Shouldn't they have launched these in the US?
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Shouldn't they have launched these in the US?
Posted: Dec 18th 2005 9:59PM (Unverified) said
Wow wow wow! I want the white one!
At least the sruface won't show every fingerprint. What a dumb move Sony.
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At least the sruface won't show every fingerprint. What a dumb move Sony.
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