Nintendo DS breaks April sales record

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By Hector Cortez May 15, 2009, 14:38 GMT

Powered by the launch of the new Nintendo DSi, the Nintendo DS handheld set a new all-time U.S. record for April hardware sales for any video game platform, according to the independent NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States.

Nintendo DS handheld set a new all-time U.S. record for April hardware sales for any video game platform.Nintendo sold more than 827,000 Nintendo DSi systems in April and an additional 215,000 Nintendo DS Lite systems, for a combined total of more than 1.04 million. This brings life-to-date sales of the Nintendo DS handheld in the United States alone to more than 30 million.At the same time, Nintendo's Wii console remained the No. 1 home system in the United States, selling more than 340,000 in April, more than the other current-generation home console systems combined. Wii has sold through nearly 20 million in the United States since its launch in November 2006.Six games published by Nintendo finished in the top 10 best-sellers of April, including the top four games of the month. These include Wii Fit at No. 1 with more than 470,000 sold, Pokémon Platinum Version at No. 2 with more than 432,000 sold, Mario Kart Wii at No. 3 with more than 209,000 sold, Wii Play at No. 4 with nearly 170,000 sold, New Super Mario Bros. at No. 7 with nearly 119,000 sold and Mario Kart DS at No. 8 with more than 112,000 sold.

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terminatrixMay 25th, 2009 - 17:28:05

ha. the DSi is what nintendo wanted to originaly release. they never wanted to have a GBA slot in it. the only reason they put it in there is to shut some fans up. but in my opinion, the DSi is the same thing as the DS lite, its jus tanother way for nintendo to make money off the stupidity of society!! ^_^ over and out yo >>> terminatrix

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