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DSi sales break April record

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 15 May 2009 2:00 User comments (4)

DSi sales break April record

According to NPD's recent April US sales figures, the Nintendo DS family set a new hardware record for the country with 1.04 million units sold for the month.
827,000 of the new updated DSi handhelds were sold while 215,000 DS Lite handhelds were sold as well. For its lifetime, there have been over 30 million units sold in the country.

"Nintendo systems and software represented 56 per cent of the industry total shares in April, indicating continued strong consumer preference for quality and value," noted Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive VP of sales & marketing.

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4 user comments

116.5.2009 05:25

It mentions that there have been over 30 million units of DS over the lifetime span now does that include the original DS or am i missing something? - BLUEBOY

216.5.2009 10:11

In the US 30 million DS units (DS, DS lite & DSi) have been sold.

318.5.2009 11:34

Woo, little cameras = big sales

426.5.2009 12:16

Haha...seriously. $5 camera functionality = $50 price hike. No thank you.

How is the multimedia functionality with the microSD card?

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