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Gaming => Video Game Generation => Topic started by: Lord Nepenthean on January 24, 2006, 10:11:26 AM



Title: 3 Million DS Users go Online
Post by: Lord Nepenthean on January 24, 2006, 10:11:26 AM
Nintendo has announced that 3 million DS users have gone online so far.  That means about 23% of all DS users have gotten on the Nintendo Wifi connection.  Hopefully the number keeps increasing.

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The Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection launched November 14, reaching the 3 million user milestone in just over two months. By comparison, Microsoft's online gaming service, Xbox Live, was available for over 18 months before reaching 1 million users.


Article: http://www.nintendojo.com/infocus/view_item.php?1138123645


Title: Re: 3 Million DS Users go Online
Post by: Izret101 on January 24, 2006, 10:37:50 AM
That is damn impressive.


Title: Re: 3 Million DS Users go Online
Post by: atari_wizard on January 24, 2006, 11:53:32 AM
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Only three DS games are playable online, but three million people are playing them.


:o that is amazing. only 3 games? ??? i would totally be all over the wi fi too if i had a ds. nice link nep.


Title: Re: 3 Million DS Users go Online
Post by: shaggy on January 24, 2006, 12:12:45 PM
WOW!!!  That is impressive.  Too bad I don't have Wifi at home:(


Title: Re: 3 Million DS Users go Online
Post by: TraderJake on January 24, 2006, 12:34:00 PM
It helps when things are free.

Additionally, they did pick games that appeal to a rather large demographic. But, as a Nintendo Fanboy, good for them.


Title: Re: 3 Million DS Users go Online
Post by: CatchFiveBats on January 26, 2006, 09:42:32 AM
I am 1/3,000,000 of the WiFi demographic!

Awesome.


Title: Re: 3 Million DS Users go Online
Post by: Izret101 on January 26, 2006, 10:44:53 AM
Our site apparently contains 12/3,000,000
Or to make that an appropriate fraction
12/3,000,000 = 4/1,000,000 = 2/500,000

We have two five hundred thousandths of th online DS users friend codes registered here.


Title: Re: 3 Million DS Users go Online
Post by: TraderJake on January 26, 2006, 11:19:58 AM
Now that we are playing with fractions, is the 3 million users unique users or users per game? For example, I have gone online with both AC and MK. Does this make me 1/3x10^6 or 1/1.5x10^6? I suppose that the numbers could mean either term, but in the interest of making themselves look better I am going to go with the latter of the two options.


Title: Re: 3 Million DS Users go Online
Post by: captain_nintendo on January 27, 2006, 04:27:47 AM
Awesome! Thats a pretty amount of online gaming.

Make me wish they had pressed the online portion of the Gamcube  :(