Nintendo DS sells 500,000 in US launch week

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The first sales figures from Nintendo's latest hardware launch are expected to be announced today, with half a million units of the Nintendo DS handheld sold in North America in the launch week. That represents around 90 per cent of the stock which Nintendo shipped to retail stores across North America for the launch, and indeed many retailers have reported that the console has sold out at their stores.

Online auction site eBay has seen an upside from the early popularity of the console, with some bidders paying over twice the standard retail price of the DS in order to get their hands on one last week. The 500,000 unit launch week puts Nintendo well on track to meet its target of selling a million units of the console in North America by the end of the calendar year, along with two million units in Japan - where the DS launches this week.

News source: Eurogamer.net

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#1 ABC½ on 01 Dec 2004 - 16:55

And I'm one of them!

R u?

ABC and a half!

(1 reply) #2 cashman on 01 Dec 2004 - 17:19

How do consoles usually sell when they are released? Im sure I can remember the Ps2 and Gamecube being out of stock permanently when they were released, so isn't only 90% of stock pretty bad?

#2.1 MoRiA on 01 Dec 2004 - 17:57

You have to remember the really obscure shops that noone visits that would still have a few in stock. 90% is pretty good in my book.

When I got my Gamecube, a week or two after release, it was out of stock in many places but I still managed to find one in an Argos shop (but only one of the 5 within 20 miles of me..)

Edit: Just realised that maybe Nintendo simply shipped more units. The aim is to sell the most you can, not the most of what you send out. If the aim was to just sell out as soon as possible they'd send one to every shop and be sold out instantly...

(1 reply) #3 Flae_qui on 01 Dec 2004 - 19:19

That number seems kinda low...and a weeks worth of sales. very low. is it just me or does that not look like a good sign?

#3.1 boobless on 01 Dec 2004 - 19:23

QUOTE

That represents around 90 per cent of the stock which Nintendo shipped to retail stores across North America for the launch

It sold 90% of the shipped units in a week, thats a great sign.

(2 replies) #4 Mav Phoenix on 01 Dec 2004 - 19:25

Not surprising, it's Nintendo after all--they're the king of handhelds.

#4.1 Hills420 on 01 Dec 2004 - 20:01

True... *sigh* I remember my good old Game Boy.

#4.2 Chicane-UK on 01 Dec 2004 - 20:10

Ditto. The Christmas day that I got my original Gameboy was awesome

(1 reply) #5 macrosslover on 01 Dec 2004 - 19:51

they said they wouldn't be able to ship more than 1 million to the states during the holiday, so this number isn't suprising. they'll make the next 500,000 in December. i'm sure Sony will probably put up similar numbers to the ds in Japan when they launch there.

#5.1 YeCKeL on 01 Dec 2004 - 20:55

You did mean the psp right? And i doubt it with the battery life looking SLIM i wont get one :3

#6 Cambria on 01 Dec 2004 - 21:14

How does this compare to the launch of the Gameboy advance? Or the Gamecube?

#7 altezza on 02 Dec 2004 - 00:53

Not really surprising but wait until PSP arrives and see how good it will sell.

(1 reply) #8 ABC½ on 02 Dec 2004 - 01:21

Yeah right, the PSP sells better? MOUHAHAHA, don't make me laugh, they are only launching 200 000 units MOUHAHAHA!

ABC and a half!

#8.1 macrosslover on 02 Dec 2004 - 04:10

if they sell all 200,00 units then they had an equally successful launch. one could assume that if they made 500,00 they would sell all of those to. psp might start out slower because of less units in retail, but as they start ramping up production i can see them taking off.

#9 FrAxElAnK on 02 Dec 2004 - 02:11

Got me a DS, heard they are going to port Goldeneye

hopefuly Perfecr Dark as well

#10 TGD on 02 Dec 2004 - 04:08

It's really unlikley Goldeneye 007 will end up on the DS. There's far too many complications. EA owns the 007 license, Microsoft own Rare, and Nintendo won't waste money getting them to work together.

The most surprising thing for me is not that the DS has sold so well, but that the GBA still managed to sell 800,000 units in the same time the DS sold 500,000. Maybe Nintendo aren't crazy with this third piller stuff.

The PSP obviously won't out sell the DS for a long time, just because there's not as many being made. Sony are being cautious, the PSP costs them a ****load of money. We're looking at 200,000-500,000 sold all this year in Japan, where as the DS already has 2 million pre-orders in Japan alone.

#11 kainashi on 02 Dec 2004 - 04:16

congrats to nintendo.

i might be getting one soon.

(1 reply) #12 IcEr5K on 02 Dec 2004 - 05:38

I'm waiting a few weeks, hoping for the price to drop. If not, I'll still be making my purchase at the end of December.

#12.1 TGD on 02 Dec 2004 - 05:49

Why would they drop the price? They have no competition and a lot of buzz on their side. When you're selling big numbers, you don't need to lower the price.

#13 mohennessey on 02 Dec 2004 - 08:51

gj (y)

(1 reply) #14 Sage_Override on 05 Dec 2004 - 06:27

This handheld is such a joke.

I'll lay Nintendo's pattern out on the table:

1. Nintendo
2. Super Nintendo
3. Gameboy
4. Nintendo 64 and Virtual Boy
5. Uhh....guys? Virtual Boy bombed and our resources to create violent games and have free reignis gone! What to do!
6. Nintendo COLOR! WOOO!
7. Guy? People aren't biting. We'll need to really reel 'em in this time.
8. Enter: Gamecube!
Sh*t guys. Too little, too late. Sony and Microsoft are dominating us. What do we still rock in? HENDHELDS!! LET'S RESURECT OLD GAMES ON CONSOLES AND PUT THEM ON HANDHELDS!! pEOPLE WON'T KNOW THJE DIFFERENCE!
9. Ta Da! the Gameboy ADAVANCED! OOOO!!!!
10. Handhelds are dropping in sales guy. Let's do this. Since Nintendo 64 flopped, we had no type of eulogy or goodbye! Time to enter Nintendo DS!! Look! Top of the line (for Nintendo) with 64 games!! Next; the handheld that plays Gamecube games!! Noone will know! Most of you are too blind to rezlise that!

#14.1 kvad on 06 Dec 2004 - 13:10

Go buy a PSP which has 2 hours of battery time then.

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