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SaviorX on 19 June 2008

With a total of 50 million sellers, the Nintendo DS has passed the 49 million selling games of the Game Boy Advance. Mostly 1st-party efforts with 3rd-party games peppered throughout, the DS has still managed to exceed the GBA, even while receiving handheld competition from the PSP.

As of now, the DS itself is at 74 million units sold worldwide and will most likely pass the 81 million precedent set by the GBA by the end of  2008 or the beginning of 2009.



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sc94597 on 19 June 2008

Wow, that makes me happy. THe ds is my favorite console/handheld of all time.



MontanaHatchet on 19 June 2008

No surprise. The demographics of the GBA are clearly shown in which games are million sellers, and the demographic in question probably doesn't buy as many games. The DS has a wider variety for older gamers.



 

 

Resident_Hazard on 19 June 2008
SaviorX said:

With a total of 50 million sellers, the Nintendo DS has passed the 49 million selling games of the Game Boy Advance. Mostly 1st-party efforts with 3rd-party games peppered throughout, the DS has still managed to exceed the GBA, even while receiving handheld competition from the PSP.

As of now, the DS itself is at 74 million units sold worldwide and will most likely pass the 81 million precedent set by the GBA by the end of  2008 or the beginning of 2009.


I think, with the DS's momentum, it'll actually be at 90 million by the end of the year and closing in on 100 million. It sold about 1-2 million in the US alone last December, and remains the only system with nearly undefeatable sales (except for moments when the Wii surpasses it).