Nintendo ships 2 million

Nintendo announced last night that it had shipped more than 2,000,000 DS units in Japan and America.

The portable console DS saw it's release in the United States on 21st November, and the Japanese launch followed two weeks later on 2nd December. Half a million consoles were sold within the first week in the US, while it took Japanese gamers a mere four days to snap up the same amount.

Nintendo plans to ship 2.8 million consoles before the end of the year, due to holiday demand. This represents an increase of just over 40% of the amount of consoles Nintendo originally intended to ship.

The DS hits European shores early in the first quarter of 2005. Will it have the same runaway success as in America and Japan? Only time will tell.

Article posted 22nd December 2004 by LiquidFox.