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DS games in Japan popular as Sims worldwide

April 19, 2008 in Industry News comments 6

Remember how we said The Sims series has sold over 100 million units globally? DS software in Japan alone has matched that mark, effectively meaning nearly every person in the country (there are 127,433,494 of them) has at least one DS game -- talk about a gaming culture!

Japanese retail tracker Media Create announced today that the DS has sold a total of 100 million pieces of software in its home territory.

It took the DS three years and five months to reach this feat. In contrast, the PlayStation 2 took four years and three months.

Since launch, the DS has seen 922 titles. Of these, 21 have crossed the million mark.

New Super Mario Bros. is the best selling DS game of all time in Japan with 5,174,163 units.
chautemoc via uk.ds.ign.com »
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  • 1
    Slumpy monkey Apr 19, 08
    DS software in Japan alone has matched that mark

    Thats for a whole conole. The sims is a game.
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    doylie Apr 19, 08
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    effectively meaning nearly every person in the country (there are 127,433,494 of them) has at least one DS game -- talk about a gaming culture!


    Chances are that if you have a games console, you would have more than 1 game...
  • 0
    AznLiquid Apr 19, 08
    Damn, already 21 titles selling over 1 million copies. That's unbelievable.
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    ShinyMilotic Apr 20, 08
    Wooah.. Japan like their DS's
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    Spiritual Apr 20, 08
    Who doesn't like the ever Popular DS system? I'm not surprized at all
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    FFXFREAK Apr 22, 08
    Comparing 922 titles, to a handful of Sim titles is dumb xD.

    Regardless off the DS is fairing well in Japan, thought I doubt that almost every single person has a DS in the country, because then the DS would have sold 100+ million units as well, it's probably just a whole bunch of kids with like 20+ games xD.

    ~FFXFREAK

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