DSi sells 600k over US and EU release weekend

Question...does the increased CPU processing and RAM mean that everyone will start developing DSi exclusive games while DS Lite and Phat are left behind?

If that's the case, I'll be pretty pissed, having recently bought a Lite.

I bought one on launch day... my first GameBoy since Advance (not SP).... its good, i have been spoiled by my PSP graphics tho (God Of War: Chains of Olympus anyone?)

what i really need is some RPG suggestions, i have Crono Trigger and Fire Emblem, are there any action oriented RPG's out? thanx

I'm Just wondering where they are getting the market share from. Hasn't both NA and Europe been saturated with DS's? Are previous owners of Phat and Lite buying this and if so what percentage? AHHHH my marketing mojo is all out of whack because of this thing.

just got one today. what a brilliant machine, now I don't care about exclusive games too, sorry!

is anyone really surprised by this news? i mean, look how well it did in japan.

Im really surprised that they missed an opportunity to break out the ol "it prints money" graphic.

ugh...most people already have iphones/ psp with CFW,so why do we need these kind of apps?

well the more we buy foreign items, the American economy goes down, so go buy a Xbox and support the US

For those of you keeping track this is around the same numbers that the 360 and PS3 each sold thier first week for the markets (most which were sold the first couple days), not bad for a 3rd gen upgrade system which can be ignored by many current owners, but not as good as the inital DS launch which broke 800k total for the first week release in Europe and America.

The gadgetophiles will obviously gobble up the first batch of shipments, even the Gizmondo broke the 10000 barrier, but sales will subside as resentment grows over the unsubstantial price hike. People will cling to the DS' like yokels to their guns, and NCL will have to reconsider their priorities in regards to their golden goose of a handheld. One mistake can destroy years of work, I just hope for Nintendo's sake that it's not terminal because next generation, with all the ill feeling that's been built up among the traditional fanbase, is going to be an almighty struggle. At this rate, Nintendo will be doing a Sega by the end of 2015.

I am waiting for the DSi v2. Not getting screwed again.

Bought GBA, some time later, bought GBA SP
Bought DS phat, some time later, bought ds lite

Skip DSi, some time later, buy DSi 2

I was surprised at how plentiful these are around where I live. I figured they'd be impossible to find...in fact, this is the only game system I've ever seen so readily available after it's launch.

I'm not trying to say its sales are bad or anything, just saying I'm surprised that they're not impossible to find.

Hey folks,

Looong time reader, first time poster. I just picked up a US DSi after having got a White Japanese DSi off of eBay and I got to say I'm quite impressed. It's honestly a much larger jump than the DS - DSlite jump was (which was basically an aesthetic redesign w/ a higher brightness option).

To me, as someone who had a phat and waited on a lite, the fact that this thing not only bears an aesthetic & brightness upgrade that trumps that of the lite (I'm sorry but the matte finish, slimmer design, and clicky buttons win me over) BUT that it ALSO allows for hot-swapping ds cards, a drastically improved interface w/ "channels", two vga cameras w/ various filters that have a more than suitable resolution for the intended screens and which open up new gameplay opportunities, sd(hc) card support, notably larger screen real estate -- which helps visuals AND stylus controls, personalization options, improved audio, AAC music file support, $10 of free software, an integrated and improved web browser, and an online store w/ promising apps (trust me as a Japanese DSi owner, there's more cool stuff coming), AND improved hardware specs, it brings more than enough to the table to warrant a purchase and a price premium of one game.

It's definitely enough to entice all phat owners and most lite owners I know (admittedly late 20-something "gamers" with expendable cash) to upgrade. Gamers welcomed the GBA-SP and the DS-Lite, and -- as sales will show -- the DSi as well, but I think that forum posters are putting too much hate initial hate & skepticism on this thing b/c of the cameras and lack of added gba support, and current awesomeness of the Lite, and thus overlooking the most significant and brilliant update in handheld history (and this is from someone w/ every iteration of GB, GBA, Wonderswan, NGP, etc.)

Between strong "regular" DS support from first and third parties, DSiware, DSi enhanced (but still DS-playable) carts, and DSi exclusive carts, there's going to be a lot to play on this thing, and a long tail of co-existing support for the "regular" DS. See the early but significant support that ps2 re'cd once PS3 hit and the coexistence of GB/GBColor and GBA/DS in the early years. Now imagine that coexistence between DS and DSi being much longer...

One of the most significant aspects of these sales -- and I see someone pointed out that theyre comparable to PS3 and xbox 360's initial launch weeks and only a bit behind other the DSLites 800k launch -- is that this was for the first "weekend" of DSi sales... That translates to one Sunday. This info that Miyamoto mentioned this morning comes from either just Sunday, or at most Sun-Weds... definitely not a whole week. Once sales through this coming saturday are in, I wouldn't be surprised if this is sits right up there w/ the DS Lite for first weeks sales... which is pretty impressive and a surprise considering its the DS's second refresh and they're not even marketing the games or half of the features for it yet...