Topic: Japan Gets Two New DS Lite Colors

[Jonnyboy117]

To boost sluggish sales of the handheld, Nintendo falls back to the time-honored tradition of releasing new colors.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=13540

 Nintendo Co. Ltd. has revealed two new shell colors for their ubiquitous DS Lite system.  Metallic Rose looks almost identical to the Noble Pink color released a year ago, but Gloss Silver stands out a bit more.    

   

These new colors would no doubt increase demand for the system beyond current levels, if that were even possible within the physical laws of the universe.

[couchmonkey]

It's funny how in this context, sluggish = 100,000+ per week.  But I am hearing that DS is starting to become relatively easy to find in Japan, so now is probably a good time.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Are they just painted such that the coating will just scratch off?

[Ceric]

I thought the lights color came from their actual plastic and then they get a clear coat.

Also the DS had a 32.10% decrease between two of the weeks this month as well.

[Klapaucius]

I think the fact that demand outstrips supply is such a good thing for Nintendo, that now that supply meets demand they want to increase demand again. They can say "hey, we can't made DS's fast enough!"

[that Baby guy]

I just wonder if they've been sitting on various colors in warehouses, waiting to launch them in response to dropped demand.

[Ceric]

I think the clear answer is yes.  To much of a coincidence.

[Ian Sane]

"But I am hearing that DS is starting to become relatively easy to find in Japan, so now is probably a good time."

You would almost think that being able to meet demand and thus, you know, satisfy customers would be viewed as a good thing by Nintendo.  But then if I became a multi-millionaire I would almost immediately quit my job so the concept of "rich getting richer" always seemed kind of pointless to me which I guess is why I'm not running a huge corporation.

Nintendo could probably not ever sell a DS again and still make fistfuls of cash just selling DS games to the existing userbase.

[Jonnyboy117]

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Originally posted by: couchmonkey
It's funny how in this context, sluggish = 100,000+ per week.  But I am hearing that DS is starting to become relatively easy to find in Japan, so now is probably a good time.

The headline was meant to be a joke.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Johnny, the majority of visitors lack sarcasm-radar.

[Bill Aurion]

I really like the Metallic Rose color...It's very copper-ish...

[Ceric]

Mine works fine thanks.  

[Dirk Temporo]

Sluggish?

[Crimm]

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Originally posted by: Ceric
I thought the lights color came from their actual plastic and then they get a clear coat.

Also the DS had a 32.10% decrease between two of the weeks this month as well.

I'm pretty sure one of those weeks was Golden Week.  Sales would have been unusually brisk.
So how many colors of the DS lite are there now (in Japan)?

[ReverendNoahWhateley]

Metallic Rose, huh?

"Not the flesh-colored bath, Man-Man!"

[Ceric]

I'm pretty sure it was.  Next weeks number will be a little more telling.  If history serves that should be sometime a little later this weak.  If there is still more than a 10% drop between the weeks then the DS is probably starting its decline.