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« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2006, 01:23:17 PM »
I wouldn't have guessed it myself.
I hardly know anyone in person who owns a PSP.
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« Reply #16 on: January 23, 2006, 06:40:48 AM »
Didn't the DS come out in March of last year or later?  That 3 month gap could explain why the PSP sold more.
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« Reply #17 on: January 23, 2006, 06:57:04 AM »
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Didn't the DS come out in March of last year or later?  That 3 month gap could explain why the PSP sold more.


No, I believe the DS came out the previous November.
(in time for the Christmas rush)
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« Reply #18 on: January 23, 2006, 06:59:00 AM »
No, the DS came out around the holiday buying season of 2004.  The PSP is the one that came out in March.  I would suspect that the PSP's launch is where most of those units sold, and that in the last months of 2005 the DS outsold the PSP here by a large margin.  Software sales would point to this anyway.  The DS does still have the edge on the PSP in terms of total units sold, even though the PSP outsold it in the U.S. last year by a significant margin.
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« Reply #19 on: January 23, 2006, 09:33:33 AM »
Isn't the PSP selling more because of a DS shortage?
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« Reply #20 on: January 23, 2006, 09:36:19 AM »
No.
I have never been to a store that did not have DS available.
Same can be said for PSP.

Actualy i should rephrase that and say a chain store.
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« Reply #21 on: January 23, 2006, 09:55:27 AM »
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In Japan yes, but only for December. And thats because the DS was sold out  Shocked


Not over here.
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« Reply #22 on: January 23, 2006, 01:38:27 PM »
And January.  And apparently a lot of stores in the UK are all out of DS's as well.

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According to the Japanese publisher, several major retailers in the UK are continuing to report that they are sold out of Nintendo DS units, and are awaiting new stock in the coming weeks.


Article:  http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14203
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« Reply #23 on: January 23, 2006, 06:19:30 PM »
I need a job so i can get a DS.
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« Reply #24 on: January 24, 2006, 03:36:13 PM »
There are going to be a lot of systems sold on April 20th...

"Mother 3's release date has been set. It will be April 20th, 2006 (Thursday). At least it's spring. It'll go on sale before the start of Golden Week. We'll be doing an official announcement pretty soon, but this is the "final" date. Once the release date is set, there are no more additions of new specs or anything like that. We'll no longer be able to fiddle around with anything in the game, unless it's something especially important. It makes me a little sad, but I can't be selfish. Since it's GameBoy Advance software, that naturally means that you'll also be able to play it on the Nintendo DS that everyone's so crazy about these days."
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Well I am excited, and I am sure the entire island country has been waiting for this game for a really long time (over ten years).
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« Reply #25 on: January 24, 2006, 03:44:45 PM »
I am waiting for this game.
They better release it over here!
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« Reply #26 on: January 24, 2006, 03:52:38 PM »
If they don't there will be a lot of people realy pissed off at Nintendo.
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