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TT December 12, 2008 at 12:41 pm

Nintendo DSi flies off shelves in Japan

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According to Japanese market research company Enterbrain, the Nintendo DSi sold a whopping 530,000-plus units in Japan in its first month.


Nintendo_dsi_girlAccording to Japanese market research company Enterbrain, the Nintendo DSi sold a whopping 530,000-plus units in Japan in its first month.

Wow, talk about a country with some swollen thumbs. Nintendo’s new DSi portable game player has sold more than a half-million units in Japan within the first month of its release.

The redesigned gaming machine, which retails for the equivalent of about $179, outshines its predecessor, the Nintendo DS, Canada’s best-selling gaming machine, in several ways: It offers a much thinner body; two larger and brighter LCD screens; two cameras (one on the front, one on the back); better-quality speakers; enhanced online connectivity; and the ability to listen to digital music stored on removable SDHC cards.

To date, the Nintendo DS, Nintendo DS Lite and the month-old Nintendo DSi have sold nearly 25 million units in Japan alone, just under a third of the 84.3 million units sold worldwide.

Industry pundits believe the Nintendo DSi will be available in Canada and the U.S. by mid-2009.


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