Well Done, DS!

[Dave]

The Nintendo DS has become the UK's best selling console, eclipsing the 10.02 million PlayStation2 sales that previously held the record.

Fiugures released from Chart Track reveals that the popular handheld has recently passed sales of 10.07 million units since its UK launch on March 11th 2005. That figure equates to approximately one in six people, and passes the PS2's record in nearly half the time.

Well done Nintendo, we're sure you're very proud of the humble little device that everybody believed was doomed to failure from the start.

Personally, I cannot believe that Nintendo have managed to pass the record for most consoles sold in Britain. The PS2 was a huge console and at one point, I could have asked any persona t my school and every single on of them would have had a PS2. However, Nintendo have done something very clever and have managed to sell the DS to not only kids but to everyone. Their marketing strategy has been flawless and they have really worked hard at making their brand a family friendly one. Dr Kawashima's brain training has been absolutely massive and is not segregated by age. Nintendo have adapted to the video games climate and have managed to smash record upon record. This is a tremendous achievement and Nintendo deserve it.

What do you guys think about this record and how do you think it will affect Nintendo in the future?Does it mean much or is it just one of many?

 

[Blade]

I knew, years ago, that this was coming.

The PS2 was always a gamer's console. Bought by hardcore gamers, or casual gamers. I don't mean casual gamers like people who play Wii Play and Nintendogs, I mean casual gamers who only buy the biggest releases, like GTA and Call of Duty, getting all hyped up over them even though they've never heard of the series before, let along played a game from the series before, but think the game will be awesome cause it looked good on TV. You know the type.

But DS was anyone's console. Not only were hardcore gamers buying them, parents were buying them for their kids and buying them for themselves. I know some families that have 3 or 4 DS's in the house. It's pretty insane.

And while I don't like the approach they've taken to get to this huge acheivment, as I am not a big fan of the Casual Gamer fad, I'm delighted that Nintendo have managed to pull this off. If there's any games company that deserve such a big accomplishment, it's Nintendo. So congrats Ninty and congrats DS! Now, let's see how long it takes the Wii to get to this point...

 

[Lee]

I knew, years ago, that this was coming.

The PS2 was always a gamer's console. Bought by hardcore gamers, or casual gamers. I don't mean casual gamers like people who play Wii Play and Nintendogs, I mean casual gamers who only buy the biggest releases, like GTA and Call of Duty, getting all hyped up over them even though they've never heard of the series before, let along played a game from the series before, but think the game will be awesome cause it looked good on TV. You know the type.

But DS was anyone's console. Not only were hardcore gamers buying them, parents were buying them for their kids and buying them for themselves. I know some families that have 3 or 4 DS's in the house. It's pretty insane.

And while I don't like the approach they've taken to get to this huge acheivment, as I am not a big fan of the Casual Gamer fad, I'm delighted that Nintendo have managed to pull this off. If there's any games company that deserve such a big accomplishment, it's Nintendo. So congrats Ninty and congrats DS! Now, let's see how long it takes the Wii to get to this point...

Soemone needs to have a look at their definition of a casual gamer. Someone who buys a device because it has this new fangled DVD malarky that will replace VHS or one that has an array of classic games. Yeah.

Nintendo deserve this, they've always had the market with hand helds, and they have done what they've always done and opened it up to families. Just because Blade doesn't like this "new fad" which has kept the video games market alive since the crash.