Nintendo DS, A Brief History. As we reach a Milestone.

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marktheshark275 on 06 March 2009

I won't be surprised if it had already outsold the original Gameboy or if it will soon.

Having said that, 3 cheers to the Mini Super Famicom! For those who are wondering, I like to refer to the DS as a "Mini Super Famicom" .

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mai on 06 March 2009

Tremble said:
I wonder if it will beat the PS2 (more than 140M)... But well, thx to the DS for bringin good RPG's, that's what I need now!

No doubt it will. Total software sales though will be lower due to lower attach rate (but still highest among portables).

Salute DS, it brought me into handheld gaming. I was pro-PSP'er back in 2005, now I completely changed my mind. Considered myself a Ninty fan from now on.

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megaman79 on 06 March 2009

How about 500 million? A billion? 7 billion DS's

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marktheshark275 said:

I won't be surprised if it had already outsold the original Gameboy or if it will soon.

Having said that, 3 cheers to the Mini Super Famicom! For those who are wondering, I like to refer to the DS as a "Mini Super Famicom" .

I refer to it as a "Mini Nintendo 64"

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supermario128 on 06 March 2009

And it's still going strong.

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puffy on 07 March 2009

The DS is deserving of every sales it gets. Now a new chapter will open as it crosses the 100 Million mark with the advent of the DSi release to the rest of the world.

Will we see a successor next year? Perhaps 2011 instead? Either way the DS will keep trucking along to become one the best selling video game consoles in history, if not THE best selling system in history.