Is that good?

1.4 mil in anywhere else is horrible.

Hasn't the DS had weeks where it's sold 1.4 mil?

^ It's a good number for Korea, PC land. I'm unsure how the Wii will do.

Japan population: 127,433,494

Korea, South Population: 49,044,790

Japan PS3 1 year & 6 months = 2.05M

Japan Xbox 360 2 years & 5 months = 0.60M

South Korea is a pure PC dominated country.

Nintendo of Korea is a 'young' company, less than 2 years old!!!M'kay http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/03/nintendo-of-korea-opens-july-7th/

This momentum has largely been maintained since then, and Sony has done little to answer it. Ask any retailer at Yongsan, and they'll tell you that for the past six months, sales of DS games have been their biggest source of income. (As Yongsan merchants generally sell hardware for less than its MSRP, all profit is made from other transactions.) On that note, it'll be interesting to see what kind of reception Sony's PSP Slim gets upon its Korean release later this year.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1597/the_state_of_korea_console_games.php?page=2

Here’s the list for the week that ended on 7/29, courtesy of AK Communications:

1. Super Mario 64 DS – NDS

2. Super Robot Wars OG – SCEK, PS2

3. Transformers – Activision, 360

4. Tetris DS – Nintendo, NDS

5. Dynasty Warriors: Gundam – Namco Bandai, PS3

6. Shrek 3 – Activision, Xbox 360

7. Virtua Tennis 3 – SCEK, PS3

8. DS Fairy Tale Touch RO Puzzle – Skonec (Korean), NDS

9. Sudoku 10,000 – Skonec, NDS

10. Ratatouille – SCEK, PS2

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1597/the_state_of_korea_console_games.php?page=4

Is is big on console/handheld? Yes

Compare with PC? Hell...No!! 

Why not compare Japanese Sales of DS to Korean Sales of DS?  Why use PS3 which is dying in japan, or XBOX 360 which was Dead on arrival?

The DS did 4 mil in Japan in 1 year, and this was Pre-DS lite...

Post DS lite... you already know the story.

Don't get me wrong, I think it's awesome that DS and Wii are launching/have launched in Korea, I'm just kind of miffed that 1.4 mil in 1 year and three months. When good weeks worldwide are 1.4 mil.

Check my new info.......

anything compare to Japan DS is shit, it has the highest number sales and even surpass PS2, almost 1 out of 5 people has a DS!

It is the biggest in Korea, currently it has the highest both HW & SW sales in current gen console/handheld...... so you can know that how shitty others are.....

Some more comparison

Italy only 1.5 million sales with 58,147,733 peoples, already with 3 years & 1 mths, so can you imagine how good DS sales is in a  PC Dominated country???

Wow, nice sales for a place like Korea.

korea sales seem pretty high, it aint a very big country

Korea is PC gaming territory. 1.4 million for a handheld is a very good number there. I mean we're talking about the country that made hellgate london a success. The country thats sold around 5 million copies of starcraft. Yes nearly 10% of the country own starcraft. Its not fair to compare it to Japan as Japan is totally console/handheld dominated.

Yes S. Korea is a PC gaming Mecca, but so is Germany. The Wii and the DS have proven in other places they can coincide with PC gamers (Just ask, Nazintips, Bod, and SSJ)

The Wii will do very well there. I am curious as to how many console they will launch with? 50k? Oh well, I hope this helps Z&W sell alot. Again it is a Point and click adventure and may strike a cord with PC gamers there.

Oh, BTW- when are they launching in N. Korea?... ok, was not funny...