PSP Leads DS In Weekly Japanese Sales

Sony’s PlayStation Portable platforms outsold Nintendo’s DS line of handhelds on a combined basis in Japan for the week ended June 6, Media Create reported Friday. Combined sales of PSP-3000 and the newer PSP Go were 24,614 units, the tracking firm said. That includes 23,588 units of PSP-3000 and 1,026 of PSP Go. The DS line — which includes DSi LL, DSi and DS Lite — had combined sales of 20 …

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Nintendo DS to Become Best-selling Console System of All Time

Demand for the Wii is declining, but as sales for the DS remain steady, the handheld gadget is poised to land on top.

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Dragon Quest and DS Top Last Week’s Japanese Sales Charts

After a big week for the PSP in Japan two weeks ago, the DS saw another solid performance last week (in Japan! ). Media Create sales numbers (via CVG ) for May 3 – May 9 show that, while total sales of the PSP (including both Go and non-Go versions) dropped from 61,205 units to 36,697, the DS (Lite, DSi, and XL) increased slightly from 45,265 to 46,393, good enough for first place. The PSP took …

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Nintendo’s DS Line Retains Top Spot In Japan Hardware Charts

Sony’s PSP-3000 sold the most units on a per-platform basis in Japan for the week ended April 11, but combined sales of Nintendo’s DS line topped charts for the second week running. The combined sales of the Nintendo DS Lite, DSi and DSi LL were 36,459, tracking firm Media Create reported Friday. Individually, the DSi LL sold 19,372, DSi sold 13,738 and DS Lite sold 3,349. The PSP-3000 sold 29 …

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Nintendo DS Line Reclaims Lead On Japanese Hardware Charts

Combined Japanese weekly sales of the Nintendo DS Lite , DSi and DSi LL outweighed total sales of Sony’s PlayStation 3, which led sales charts for the previous two weeks, Media Create said Friday. Total DS sales were 41,219 for the week ended April 4. That amount includes 21,583 units sold of the DSi LL, 15,526 of the DSi and 4,110 of the DS Lite . PS3 sales were 38,877 for the week, enough to put …

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Nintendo 3DS: What We Know So Far [Nintendo] (Gizmodo)

# nintendo Rumblings of a next-gen handheld started soon after Nintendo shrunk the DS and whacked a “Lite” behind it, but two portables later (the DSi and DSi XL) and Nintendo Japan is foretelling a June announcement for the 3DS. UPDATE More »

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Nintendo DS Review: KORG DS-10 Plus (Blogcritics.org)

Budding composers and master synthophiles will have fun making music with this new application for the Nintendo DS.

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Nintendo DS Review: KORG DS-10 Plus (Blogcritics.org)

Nintendo DSi XL Will Offer Two Larger Screens, Much More than Games (Brighthand)

Nintendo has revealed the U.S. release date for the DSi XL, which will keep the same clamshell shape as the current versions, but with dual screens nearly doubled in size. In addition to playing games, this device will have a web browser and an e-book reader.

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New Nintendo DSi XL launches March 28th (I4U)

Nintendo announced today the Nintendo DSi XL for the United States. Nintendo unveiled the larger DSi dubbed DSi LL in Japan last fall.

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Nibble// Japan: PS3 vs Wii in Tight 2009 Race for Third Place (Spong)

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