Nintendo has announced that seven million Nintendo DS consoles have now been sold across Europe.
The Nintendo DS launched in Europe back in March 2005, and since than has gone on to sell an impressive seven million units. Software sales are also strong, with six DS titles having achieved more than one million sales.
Some of these million sellers include Touch! Generations games, Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How old is your brain?, Animal Crossing: Wild World, and Nintendogs which has been a phenomenon, shifting more than four million copies in Europe.
Mario has also been a big success on the DS; New Super Mario Bros., Super Mario 64 and Mario Kart DS have each sold in excess of one million.
"We are delighted by the success of the Nintendo DS and DS Lite and especially pleased to see that we have exceeded the one million mark with games that appeal to both non-gamers and traditional gamers, said Laurent Fischer, European Marketing Director for Nintendo.
Nintendo's Touch! Generations titles have proven a huge success, attracting a much wider audience than typical video games, and Nintendo will be hoping for more of the same with the Wii when it launches in Europe on December 8.
Iwata wrote at 16:15 on 21 November 2006
BOOO!!!
7 million? Thats it? I was expecting 14 million ah nintendo cant do anything right.
Jams wrote at 18:11 on 21 November 2006
The put that figure into perspective - that's slightly more than the population of Hong Kong...