Remember, before the PSP launched and some people thought it was going to be the Gameboy/DS killer? Yeah, that sounds funny now doesn’t? In Japan it’s a real challenge to even find a DS lite to purchase. As a gamer, (and a DS owner) this is great news. With such a huge installed user base, developers are even more likely to be willing to sink huge amounts of money into new games for the DS.

“Nintendo just announced its quarterly sales for the end of 2006. Sales for the 9 months were up 72%, while net income was up 43%. From the article: ‘[There will be] worldwide shipments of 6 million Wii systems by the end of March 2007. Nintendo has sold 35 million DS and DS Lite to date … As for the next fiscal year, Nintendo expect to sell around 23 million DS Lites, bringing the estimated total of DS units to 58 million by March 31, 2008.’ New Super Mario Bros. seems to have legs of its own with 8.64 million copies sold worldwide and continued strong sales. But they seem slow to ship out those Wii with 4 million manufactured last year and 810,000 of those not arriving to stores until now.”

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