Joystiq: The Nintendo DS and its variants have crossed a neat little milestone: 50 million units sold in the US, according to NPD numbers passed along by Nintendo. Seven years after launch, and seven months after the release of its successor, people are still buying the thing.
Wired- Nintendo is terminating "certain online functionality" for the Wii, DS and DSi including online play, matchmaking and leaderboards for many of its games.
Nintendo's new handheld system still faces fierce competition from its own other handheld system.
Nintendo admitted in a press release that the DS is still outselling the 3DS at a rate of two-to-one, but instead of treating it as a failure for the 3DS, you can probably guess how they spun it.
that's a first maybe Nintendo will develop a 4 pillar approach
or a wii-ds wiiu-3DS strategy.
anyway how can people look at this as a failure its like cars
the earlier models from 2009 and lower will sell more than the 2013 edition. it takes time for a system to sell especially in environments where the economy is poor and then recovering from natural disasters. Just wait till Q4. im gettin my 3DS in September with 5 games i cant wait.
Based on an official Nintendo direction, you will be able to pick up a Nintendo DS Lite at retail for under a hundred dollars after June 5th.
should I buy one of the older gen DS's or should I wait for the 3DS to drop in price.
