UK DS sales hit 4 million

Ah, the DS: the gaming system so fun and easy to use and understand that even your non-gaming relatives and that retired couple you met at the diner have one. I love my DS! Games are much cheaper than the $60 ones for the next-gen consoles like the 360, and for me at least, they're at least as much fun if not moreso, and if that weren't enough, the DS is backwards compatible with the GBA to boot! I enjoy being able to walk around with not one, but TWO handheld games ready to play at any time. Currently, I've got Touch Detective 2 1/2 and Legend of Zelda: the Minish Cap in mine.

Yeah I can understand that. Me and my wife have a DS Lite each, I also bought the original. My brother and sister have one each and every kid at the school I work at seems to have one! Go DS. Playing Phantom Hourglass now. Awesome game!

Wow..............I reckon PSP's not selling as well because it's being dwarfed by 360 and PS3 at the moment.

nintendo showing there dominance once again. its good to see the gaming industry being ruled by the real gaming system. nintendo has always cared about games over dvd players, mp3s and so on. the wii has not even been out a year and already over the 13mil mark. it goes to show that its not about power. its about how you go about the market, nintendo paced it perfectly, and there sales will only be going up, good stuff for nintendo :):) SSBB is gonna pwn! simple as

Wow... What's that, like 1 in 15 people in the UK own a DS now? Amazing!

Yes GO NINTENDO!

Wooo! Go Nintendo!!!!

i hang out with 4 of my closest friends making us 5 in total 2 girls and 3 boys and 3 out of 5 of us own DS lite's (Myself (guy), one of the girls, and another of the guys) and now the other 2 are getting 1 for themselves seeing how much fun we have playing espcially on the wireless play and single card play, so yea thats nintendo gaming at its finest reaching out to everyone and we play not just mini games but serious games too

only one word can describe how nintendo is dominating the gaming industry... DAMN!

I'm still just amazed that Nintendo, a company only selling poducts in the area of computer games, is worth more than sony, who sells games, camera, tvs, mp3 players etc etc. Brilliant.

Well thats a hefty amount! Good for Nintendo.

the DS is a great distraction while riding the bus to and from work

If they hadn't released the Lite, I wouldn't have bought one. They did a good thing releasing a non-carpal tunnel inducing version of the hardware.

Argh! The plague is taking all over the UK!

crazy !!

worlds most poopular gaming system is dominating everywhere.

The DS and the DS Lite have been like a RunAway Train.....Outta control.... Noting can stop it....... NDS paved the way for Wii........ Nice one

1 in 4 people. Man thats crazy.

When he means best selling game in the history of the company, hes referring not to the amount of copies sold, but the ratio of people who have a DS and a copy of the game. No other game not included with the console has 1 in 4 people playing it in their company. Hope that helps anyone who doesn't get it :)

doesnt matter what anyone thinks, opinions dont make money. the ds has sold 4 mil in the uk. nintendo is raking in more money right now than they ever have. way more money than sony or msofts games division

Cool, I'm very happy that Nintendo is seeing so much success with the DS, because it really is a platform worthy of all the attention and praise. I love my DS, this year was a little slow on the software side, but next year has a TON of games that I want for the DS.

@zaxex: You really need to do some research befroe spewing crap. There are some insanely innovative games on the DS... Hotel dusk room 215 trace memory Ace attorney Elite beat agents Super mario bros Brothers in arms DS Phantom hourglass If you want top secure your masculinty go buy a PSP b/c half the idiots who I see with it are always trying to act manly and "cool".

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good job ds!

waytoomuch , "Brain Training is now Nintendo's top selling game in the whole history of the company. thought that was super mario bros 3( with 18 mil sold), or is he talking about ds games ? or maybe in UK

I own a standard DS and have considered time and time again whether to get the Lite. So far i haven't found enough reason to, simply because of the way Nintendo platforms developers have their focus. The majority of DS/Wii games are either made for children or are watered down versions of the same game that's on other platforms. I'm not being fanboyish or whatever but nintendo's systems really aren't for me right now.

I think he meant in relationship to the UK alone wayttomuch.

I like that game

waytoomuch, I think he's just talking about it being the top selling Nintendo game in the UK. And the original Super Mario Bros sold over 40 million copies worldwide.

, "Brain Training is now Nintendo's top selling game in the whole history of the company. thought that was super mario bros 3( with 18 mil sold), or is he talking about ds games ?