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About hacking stuff,
it`s just, most DS games are casual, and casual gamers don`t bother hacking DS.
Just look at hardcore 3rd party games sales in NA. Are they above 1 mln.? Not every game pass 300-500k mark.

This year DS SW sales:
Final Fantasy IV DS Square Enix 371,339
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin Nintendo 355,797
Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village Nintendo 333,696
Chrono Trigger Square Enix 285,965
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates Square Enix 256,439
Final Fantasy Tactics A2 Square Enix 249,934
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed LucasArts 231,704

This year PSP SW sales:
God of War: Chains of Olympus Sony Computer Entertainment 979,082
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Square Enix 660,250
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories Take 2 512,449
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Take 2 461,045
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War Square Enix 129,146 350,822
Tekken: Dark Resurrection Namco Bandai 254,594
Patapon Sony Computer Entertainment 181,825
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed LucasArts 192,753

THIS is DS SW POWER:

1 New Super Mario Bros Nintendo 2,465,498
2 Pokemon Diamond / Pearl Nintendo 1,874,299
3 Nintendogs Nintendo 1,826,165
4 Mario Kart DS Nintendo 1,736,667
5 Brain Training Nintendo 1,665,166
6 More Brain Training Nintendo 1,609,219
7 Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon 2: Time / Darkness Exploration Team Nintendo 1,404,806

Strong 1st party casual friendly line-up. Seven games, that give around 10 mln. SW alone.



Every 5 seconds on earth one child dies from hunger...

2009.04.30 - PS3 will OUTSELL x360 atleast by the middle of 2010. Japan+Europe > NA.


Gran Turismo 3 - 1,06 mln. in 3 weeks with around 4 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Gran Turismo 4 - 1,16 mln. with 18 mln. PS2 on the launch.

Final Fantasy X - around 2 mln. with 5 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Final Fantasy X-2 - 2.4 mln. with 12 mln. PS2 on the launch.

 

1.8 mln. PS3 today(2008.01.17) in Japan. Now(2009.04.30) 3.16 mln. PS3 were sold in Japan.
PS3 will reach 4 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 25k.

PS3 may reach 5 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 50k.
PS2 2001 vs PS3 2008 sales numbers =) + New games released in Japan by 2009 that passed 100k so far