DS outsells all home consoles combined

DS outsells all home consoles combined

Nintendo has been giving it the big I-am in their latest press release for the month of June:

In the United States in June, the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi systems combined to sell more than 766,000 units, more than all current-generation consoles combined, according to the NPD Group which tracks video game sales in North America. US consumers purchased more than 424,000 Nintendo DSi systems and more than 342,000 Nintendo DS systems in June.

Wii marked its 21st consecutive month as the top-selling home console, with nearly 362,000 units sold. Consumers also snapped up nearly 374,000 Wii Motion Plus accessories, including nearly 205,000 packaged with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 from Electronic Arts and 169,000 additional accessories sold on their own. The Wii Sports Resort game launches on July 26th and comes packaged with the Wii MotionPlus addon.

Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales and marketing: "More consumers continued to gravitate toward products that offer quality experiences and great value for the whole family. Consumers again selected Nintendo systems for those experiences, particularly our handhelds".

Four games published for Nintendo platforms finished in the top 10 bestsellers of June. These include EA Sports Active at No. 3 with more than 289,000 sold, Wii Fit at No. 4 with more than 271,000 sold, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 with Wii MotionPlus at No. 7 with nearly 205,000 sold and Mario Kart Wii at No. 8 with more than 202,000 sold.

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Grey said:

Good gawd, now let's see the iPhone beat that.

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YoshLee said:

I think this shows just how far the Wii has come. That and the fact that Sony is trying to rip off their motion controls and put it on the PS3 (that should be interesting).

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bolow said:

Daeum. Nintendo is king. In the real.

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Wii Cloud said:

Big N shall rule supreme of the Gaming World, forever.

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cheat-master30 said:

Wait, the DS/DSi sold more than literally every other console combined? I knew it's been selling well recently, but this is something I definitely did not know until reading the article. Congratulations Nintendo.

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Darunia said:

Yoshlee: sony will never be able to properly copy the Wii motion control (they're too stupid). Oh and xbox is trying to too (too stupid as well). I'd like to see how they try.

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Lay-Z Boy said:

YoshLee, your statement is true. Sony is trying to steal Nintendo's mojo. I doubt they will succeed. They're just angry because they dominated the last two generations, now they failed.

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Darunia said:

Lay-Z Boy: Define dominated for me. Compare the n64 and the ps1. Ps1 is crap! N64 had some of the best games in history. I admit that I actually had a ps1, but it was the worst gaming experience of my life. I sold it and the money went to my ds. The ps2 did do better than the gamecube, but the games were 3rd party crap.

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wiiboy101 said:

Sony it's called karma. This was coming. I said it would, sony would have kept it a black box with a dualshock forever, brand over actual video game sense.

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