DS Family Nears 150m Worldwide Hardware Sales
Posted by James Newton
Still going strong
After celebrating 50 million DS consoles sold in the United States, Nintendo's venerable dual-screened handheld is closing in on another milestone: 150m units sold around the globe.
The company's latest financial results show the system sitting on 149m consoles sold since its release in 2004 to the end of September 2011.
Software sales have been similarly impressive, of course: while DS software was down nearly 50% year on year, it still mustered 28.9m games sold between April and September. Life to date, a grey-matter-frying 868.48 million games have made their way into the hands of DS owners.
Let there be cake.
#1
RudyBelmont said:
Sweet. Now where can I find that cake?
#2
LuigiSucks said:
Dragon Quest IX is the best DS game ever.
#3
TheKingOfTown said:
This better pass the PS2!
#4
CreaterCurator said:
I want that cake for my birthday!
#5
Gavin_Rozee said:
@rudydog13 It's from Tesco in the UK, I've had that cake on my birthday for three years in a row lol.
#6
ChaosTheChao said:
Hey, I had that cake for my birthday once!
#7
misswliu81 said:
they sell that cake in asda as well!
the DS has been a massive success and due to some of the best titles to grace the system, it deserves to be successful.
#8
EvisceratorX said:
Take that, iPhone!
#9
MasterGraveheart said:
@AtomicOtaku: It will. =P
#10
shoopdawoop70 said:
all right, DS, pass the PS2 sales please... show it who's king
#11
Sakura_Moonlight2421 said:
#12
Jako0329 said:
The DS has already passed ps2 sales.
#13
NX01Trekkie1992 said:
@Jako0329 Actually the PS2 still has over 150 million total sold, so the DS is just barely behind, it'll probably overtake it soon though
#14
Urbanhispanic said:
Way to go, Nintendo! I gotta say that cake sure looks delicious
#15
trevelyn412 said:
14 Servings? lmao!
#16
Infernapeking said:
DS is all about games and ps2 is more of a game, cd, dvd player.
#17
Marakuto said:
Whoever says that cake is new its not! Its been on sale since 2006 and they make it in UK market shops.
#18
motang said:
Lot of units, congrats Nintendo.