20 Million DS in Japan
For the 5 of you adding up all the weekly sales figures, you were probably already aware of this, but for those who have normal lives: sales tracker Media Create announced today that the DS has crossed the twenty million mark in Japanese sales. The feat comes less than three years after the system’s 12/2/2004 release. Sales have been particular brisk since the release of the DS Lite, as prior to the redesign’s release in February 2006, the platform had just reached the six million mark.
While the system still hasn’t reached the PlayStation 2 in overall sells, it most certainly will if Nintendo meets its forecast of twenty-three million by March of 2008.
According to Media Create, the DS and DS Lite have captured 50.26% of the Japanese hardware market since their release. Software for the platform has accounted for 40% of the entire software market at 83.95 million units. Of that figure, 9.94% was achieved by the two Brain Age games, which have combined for 8.35 million units.
Source: IGN
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