July 24, 2006

Nintendo DS Reviving the Videogames Market in Japan

Read it and weep Sony. According to Famitsu magazine, 4 million out of 6.2 million hardware units sold in Japan this year are DS consoles representing 63% market share. The Sony PSP has only 16% of the market and the PS2 has 15%. In terms of software sales, 7 out of 10 were DS games. Total software sales are up over 50%, entirely driven by DS mania. Nintendo also announced that it has sold 21 million DS system since its November 21, 2004 launch. You've come a long way baby. [via]