Author Topic: Official DS Sales Thread (Read 873799 times)

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #1425 on:** March 04, 2006, 07:02:20 PM »

To be fair, if I were going under the knife, I'd be inclined to give the head surgeon a three minute lecture on how he better not be a "f*cking noob" at this...

odifiend · « **Reply #1426 on:** March 04, 2006, 08:19:59 PM »

yeah, that will really calm him down before your surgery...

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #1427 on:** March 06, 2006, 07:14:52 AM »

If his lip quivered even once during the lecture, I'd demand a different surgeon.

animecyberrat · « **Reply #1428 on:** March 06, 2006, 07:19:12 AM »

so when does that Tetris Ds come out? I have been waiting for that ever since I heard aboutit.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #1429 on:** March 06, 2006, 07:42:27 AM »

Later this month. I'd buy it, but I suck at Tetris.

stevey · « **Reply #1430 on:** March 06, 2006, 12:56:55 PM »

"Elderly couples? Businessmen and girls I can see, but the elderly!?

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"Patients have even been encouraged by some of the hospitals to buy a DS and the Brain Training games so that they may continue their mind stimulation regimen at home. "The game won't cure dementia. But it's a good form of stimulation -- especially for old people living alone," said Dr. Takeshi Kihara, a neuropsychiatrist at the clinic."

So that why old people have been lining up for the DSlite

Requiem · « **Reply #1431 on:** March 07, 2006, 02:30:24 AM »

Whoa....

Could doctors prescribe a DS?

jasonditz · « **Reply #1432 on:** March 07, 2006, 06:07:54 AM »

Doctors can prescribe anything they want, I doubt most medical insurance plans are going to cover then though. Plus, look at this from the article: Hospitals there are "renting them out"!

I've heard of the medical community recommending video games before (popular in the 1980's for doctors to recommend video games as a treatment for children with poor hand-eye coordination), but this goes one step further, and they're renting them out as though they were an actual medical device.

Given the recent shortage though, I wonder how many older gamers are faking early-onset dementia just so they can rent one.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #1433 on:** March 07, 2006, 07:07:55 AM »

Medical conditions are hard to fake, doctors know how to spot simulants.

RiskyChris · « **Reply #1434 on:** March 07, 2006, 07:38:13 AM »

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
Medical conditions are hard to fake, doctors know how to spot simulants.

Tell that to Kramer.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #1435 on:** March 07, 2006, 08:16:25 AM »

"No, bad Kramer! BAD KRAMER!!!!"

Dammit, I might have to pick up brain training now, not because I'm an old person, but so many of the new DS games trigger the "morbid curiosity" response that it's ridiculous.

jasonditz · « **Reply #1436 on:** March 07, 2006, 08:24:07 AM »

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
Medical conditions are hard to fake, doctors know how to spot simulants.

Sure, when the diagnosis involves a test. "Crazy old man who wants to play video games" probably passes the diagnosis stage pretty easily.

Mario · « **Reply #1437 on:** March 08, 2006, 03:00:12 PM »

Media Create Feb 27 - March 5

01 PS2 Gundam Clamix U.c. - 157,000 / 157,000
02 NDS Seiken Densetsu CoM - 103,000 / 103,000
03 PS2 Sengoku Musou 2 (Samurai Warrior) - 98,000 / 425,000
04 NDS Braining Age 2 - 91,000 / 1,434,000
05 NDS Animal Crossing WW - 77,000 / 2,035,000
06 PSP Valkyrie Profile - 70,000 / 70,000
07 PS2 Devil Summoner Raidou - 64,000 / 64,000
08 NDS English DS Training - 53,000 / 574,000
09 NDS Braining Age - 51,000 / 1,642,000
10 PS2 Monster Hunter 2 - 26,000 / 442,000

Flop of Mana's sales were pretty much destroyed by Nintendo, the shortages all make sense now. All Nintendo care about it having all the top selling Nintendo DS games be by them. This has also let yet ANOTHER PSP game swing into the top 10, a game that nobody would have even looked at if the DS supplies were existant. DS Lite hardware is probably going to have the lowest debut sales since Xbox 360.

Aussiedude · « **Reply #1438 on:** March 08, 2006, 03:19:51 PM »

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Originally posted by: Mario
Media Create Feb 27 - March 5

Flop of Mana's sales were pretty much destroyed by Nintendo, the shortages all make sense now. All Nintendo care about it having all the top selling Nintendo DS games be by them. This has also let yet ANOTHER PSP game swing into the top 10, a game that nobody would have even looked at if the DS supplies were existant. DS Lite hardware is probably going to have the lowest debut sales since Xbox 360.

I wish you would STFU, this crap is getting borring

Mario · « **Reply #1439 on:** March 08, 2006, 03:22:27 PM »

Fanboys world comes crashing down, facts can't hold it up anymore.

jasonditz · « **Reply #1440 on:** March 08, 2006, 03:29:15 PM »

wow... AC passed the two million mark in Japan alone?!

Aussiedude · « **Reply #1441 on:** March 08, 2006, 03:36:58 PM »

Good to see a non Nintendo DS title come in at number 2. A mini review us available for Seiken Densetsu : Children of Mana
mini review link

31 Flavas · « **Reply #1442 on:** March 08, 2006, 04:03:56 PM »

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Originally posted by: Aussiedude

I wish you would STFU, this crap is getting borring

You do realize Mario is joking, right? Any time Mario posts numbers his dissenting commentary is in jest. You know Nintendo being doomed and all....

KDR_11k · « **Reply #1443 on:** March 08, 2006, 07:18:31 PM »

He's pulling that number for over a year now. The dead hore is nothing more than pulp now.

Mario · « **Reply #1444 on:** March 08, 2006, 07:42:30 PM »

I'm actually 100% seriously annoyed at the shortages. I'll stop when the shortages stop.

Artimus · « **Reply #1445 on:** March 08, 2006, 08:43:26 PM »

Yeah, I've got to side with KDR. The sarcasm is just old...I'd like to hear Mario's thoughts without the sarcasm, because they're worth hearing.

31 Flavas · « **Reply #1446 on:** March 08, 2006, 09:41:04 PM »

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Originally posted by: Artimus
Yeah, I've got to side with KDR. The sarcasm is just old...I'd like to hear Mario's thoughts without the sarcasm, because they're worth hearing.

I dunno about you... But I liked the "Flop of Mana" bit.

Avinash_Tyagi · « **Reply #1447 on:** March 09, 2006, 07:45:56 AM »

I agree its gotten old, its like with the M. Night Shamylan movies and the surprise twist at the end, the first few times he did it it was cool but after that it starts to get annoying.

vudu · « **Reply #1448 on:** March 09, 2006, 08:14:12 AM »

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
He's pulling that number for over a year now. The dead hore is nothing more than pulp now.

I'm not sure if that's a typo of the word horse or whore. Either way, it made me laugh.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #1449 on:** March 09, 2006, 08:15:47 AM »

I wanted to write horse but considering Mario's infatuation with the GTA games the other option seems more appropriate.

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