Well, considering that Nintendo themselves were not certain if the DS would sell, because they clearly stated it was not supposed to replace the beloved "Gameboy" brand that they denied this new handheld console to carry.
Did pretty well for that.
Now i wonder when the next Gameboy is coming out. 
“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”
- George Orwell, ‘1984’







