DS sells 10 million in Europe faster than any other

by Blake Snow { Jan 22nd 2007 at 3:55PM }

According to Nintendo, the DS has sold over 10 million units in Europe in just under two years making it the fastest selling system to do so on the continent. As always, Nintendo reminds us that the gazelle-like selling DS numbers represent actual units sold to customers not shipped to stores. The company also said Nintendogs has now sold more than 5 million copies in Europe since its launch in October of 2005; this is more than the game has sold in either North America or Japan. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go see if my neglected Nintendog has finally died...

See also: Europe: Nintendo accounts for 50% of total hardware sales

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Das @ Jan 24th 2007 2:55PM

Goddamn you nintendo...always trying to part me and my money.

Seriously though, these things sells like hotcakes, made of gold, everywhere!

Michiel @ Jan 22nd 2007 4:14PM

That is a really bad headline.

Jonathan @ Jan 22nd 2007 4:21PM

Well, I got a White DS Lite when it first came out, and then I wanted to be able to play 2-player so I got a black one when it came out.

My girlfriend is so enamoured with my DS that I bought a pink one for her, I'll give it to her on Valentine's Day with some flowers and chocolates.

jonathan @ Jan 22nd 2007 4:23PM

SEE
we're not insignificant here in europe....why do we get all the good stuff last?

Joshua @ Jan 22nd 2007 4:22PM

Bahh, gaming with a touch screen is just a fad and a gimmick. Everyone knows the PSP is the most extreme with awesome graphics!!

JRM @ Jan 22nd 2007 4:27PM

PSP who??

PerfectBowler @ Jan 22nd 2007 4:27PM

@ Joshua

Did mommy buy you a PSP? Seriously you can't argue with the numbers that we're talking here. The DS won the hanheld market a long time ago sport,

mietha CAG @ Jan 22nd 2007 4:29PM

Yeah, it's a fad that has sold 36 million units. For comparison, that's almost 3 times the combined world-wide sales of the 360, Wii, and PS3. The touch-screen is a gimmick, but so is the Wii, and that doesn't seem to be doing too badly. Personally, I hate where Nintendo is going, but apparently, consumers don't want "awesome graphics" or the Wii wouldn't be outselling the PS3 by better than a factor of 2.

White Rose Duelist @ Jan 22nd 2007 4:38PM

#7/8 - Please return your sarcasm detectors to the dealership for routine maintenance.

Jay @ Jan 22nd 2007 4:52PM

Even family members who never played a game before are buying DS's. Halo effect makes them want a Wii (ironic title huh).

Nah. Nintendo has it. But I'm not sure if this is good or not. Apple have a low market share so try measures to be the best especially with their software that only runs in OSX etc (FCP, Logic, iLife). I like the underdog for their fighting techniques. But now they're on top? I hope they still keep pushing. We don't want another N64 or PS3 after all.

glitched @ Jan 22nd 2007 5:09PM

Ok, 2 questions.

Where does nintendo specifically state that its "sell through to customer and not retail"?

and second,

How does Nintendow know when a unit is sold off hte shelf?

steve @ Jan 22nd 2007 5:23PM

@11
1. FTA, paragraph 2: "According to Nintendo the ten million figure represents sell through to customers, not shipped units to retailers, with 1.7 million consoles being sold in December alone in Europe."
2. magic

ackmondual @ Jan 22nd 2007 5:57PM

@ #5
""SEE
we're not insignificant here in europe....why do we get all the good stuff last?""

1) You're further away, supply, shipping, and logistics issues
2) Games need to be translated in 5-6 diff languages.... UK English, french, spanish, german, italian, forgot the 6th (Polish?)

Besides, Europe has some nice things not in US. Case in point, all the good beer is over there. Even the crap that you export to NA is still better than the finest of our beers, which AFAIK, is just horse piss with a brand name like 'Budweiser'.

lord hobo @ Jan 23rd 2007 11:02AM

@10 "Even family members who never played a game before are buying DS's."
your right i got a black ds lite for xmas, my brother got one this month and im planing to buy my mum one since she keeps stealing mine and my brothers

Butters @ Jan 22nd 2007 5:35PM

@11
When a system is bought the serial number is usually scanned and then sent back to nintendo by the retailer.

Pixelbox @ Jan 22nd 2007 6:22PM

I remember thinking a while back that the DS would win the next-gen war. Looks like I'm right for the time being. It'll be a long time before a next-gen home console puts up these kinds of numbers.

Mr. Khan @ Jan 22nd 2007 6:46PM

Ackmoundal

You're thinking of Dutch

(possibly some of the Scandanavian Languages as well Danish/Norwegian/Swedish)

Andy @ Jan 22nd 2007 9:16PM

DS ftw!

Emil @ Jan 23rd 2007 11:18AM

MrKhan, games are almost NEVER translated into the Scandinavian languages, save for children's games, all-encompassing games like Viva Piñata or other rare circumstances (like The Longest Journey, which has famous Swedish film actors doing the voices).

If only our beloved Continental brethren would care to pay attention in English class and stop dubbing EVERYTHING we may not have to go through silly things like that. It's the age of globalism, stop trying to isolate yourselves like that, you only bring pain and suffering to your gamer friends in Northern Europe!