DS more popular than Paul Hogan in Australia
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Okay, so DS hasn't really bested Paul Hogan's popularity -- as the man is an Australian legend -- but it is the fastest-selling piece of gaming hardware ever down under. Edge reports the DS, DS Lite and DSi have pulled together to sell two million units in a span of 221 weeks, the fastest any platform has managed to reach that coveted two-million milestone. Nintendo of Australia boasts that the DS has been the number one console in Australia for three years. That's just ... wow.
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Posted: May 28th 2009 3:38PM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said
Paul Hogan makes my pants tight[er].
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Posted: May 28th 2009 3:40PM FernandoRocker said
Well deserved...
I can see why some people are Wii haters... but the DS is a different beast. The DS library of games is amazing. It has a lot of diversity, unique games and apps (thanks to the touchscreen), tons of RPG's, platformers, japenese games.
And DS gamers don't have to deal with loading times or battery problems (14 hours with the DSi or 18 hours with the Lite).
The DS is in my opinion the handheld with the best library so far, surpassing the PSP, GB, GBA, and any other handheld.
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I can see why some people are Wii haters... but the DS is a different beast. The DS library of games is amazing. It has a lot of diversity, unique games and apps (thanks to the touchscreen), tons of RPG's, platformers, japenese games.
And DS gamers don't have to deal with loading times or battery problems (14 hours with the DSi or 18 hours with the Lite).
The DS is in my opinion the handheld with the best library so far, surpassing the PSP, GB, GBA, and any other handheld.
Posted: May 28th 2009 3:52PM Gun Barrier said
well, thats means that they sold to 1/20th of the population, which is pretty good.
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Posted: May 28th 2009 6:28PM (Unverified) said
@ Gun Barrier
1/10 of the population. Australia has some 21 million people (source: Wikipedia).
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1/10 of the population. Australia has some 21 million people (source: Wikipedia).
Posted: May 28th 2009 7:18PM Gun Barrier said
I knew that!
Oops! I must have left my math skills back on Australia.
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Oops! I must have left my math skills back on Australia.
Posted: May 29th 2009 2:49AM (Unverified) said
Sadly the majority or those DS's would have R4's.
They're pretty easy to find here; as in 2 doors down from Nintendo Australia's head office pretty easy to find.
:(
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They're pretty easy to find here; as in 2 doors down from Nintendo Australia's head office pretty easy to find.
:(
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