Topic: DSi XL Debuts With 141,000 Units In Its First Week

[NWR_Neal]

Nintendo's plus-sized handheld puts up "solid" numbers.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=22925

 Nintendo's latest handheld, the DSi XL, sold 141,000 units from its launch on March 28 to the end of the NPD reporting period on April 3, according to financial analyst Michael Pachter.    

Those numbers made up about 20 percent of all DS sales, which also included the DS Lite and DSi, in March.    

The DSi XL managed to outsell the PSP in its entirety, as Sony's portable only garnered 119,000 in sales for the entire month across different SKUs.

[TJ Spyke]

I am not really shocked, the DS is just a beast and every incarnation has been a huge seller. Nintendo is not slouching in the advertisement department for it, I have seen tons of commercials for it (usually featuring New Super Mario Bros. or some WarioWare game, although I don't know if it's WarioWare: Touched! or WarioWare: D.I.Y.).

[Mop it up]

I also wonder how many units were shipped. Given the size of the box, I wouldn't think most stores would want to stock too many of them due to the extra shelf space taken up.

[BlackNMild2k1]

DS is a mover. A store would be stupid to deny the biggest system mover ever shelf space.

[greybrick]

I also wonder how many units were shipped. Given the size of the box, I wouldn't think most stores would want to stock too many of them due to the extra shelf space taken up.

The box is still smaller than a PSP 3000 box.

I am enjoying my XL, I actually find myself playing my DS more and I am sure that it is not simply my mind trying to validate the purchase.

[ControlerFleX]

Ha Ha just as Newscast said! us old people couldn't wait to buy this!!

I hope you young folk go blind squinting at your tiny screens, using that "toothpick" for a stylus!! Ohh and I hope no one ever sees you do that awesome jump on NSMB because they cant sit next to you like my grandson does when I'm playing.

Nag nag nag nag... wait.... I'm only 30...




ONLY!??!!?

[NWR_Neal]

Ha Ha just as Newscast said! us old people couldn't wait to buy this!!

I hope you young folk go blind squinting at your tiny screens, using that "toothpick" for a stylus!! Ohh and I hope no one ever sees you do that awesome jump on NSMB because they cant sit next to you like my grandson does when I'm playing.

Nag nag nag nag... wait.... I'm only 30...




ONLY!??!!?

We're never gonna live that down, are we?

I'm pretty sure we (or at least I) never said that the DSi XL was just for old people, I think we said that's the PR/marketing angle Nintendo was using for it.

[TJ Spyke]

Exactly, Nintendo's Japanese commercials for the system even feature elderly people playing it with their grandkids.

[ControlerFleX]

We're never gonna live that down, are we?

I'm pretty sure we (or at least I) never said that the DSi XL was just for old people, I think we said that's the PR/marketing angle Nintendo was using for it.

Sorry Neal, I was just trolling you guys...... If only it made me 93% more mature.....

I'm not old....

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

I'm old.

You're ancient.

[TJ Spyke]

I'm still pretty young, i'm 23.

[NWR_Neal]

@ControlerFleX Oh, I know.

So, the question that everyone should be asking is: So, how many of these are Micros?