Nintendo has told us they’ve just sold their 100,000th DSi in Australia. Not bad for hardware that’s barely three months old.
Back in April we reported the DSi had sold 30,000 at launch – or rather in the 10 days after launch. Since then it’s sold an impressive 100,000 units in just 14 weeks on sale. Discounting the 10-day launch period, that’s around 5,500 units per week.
It’s even more impressive when you consider how long it took other Nintendo hardware to reach 100,000:
– The DS Lite took 18 weeks
– The Wii took a tardy 28 weeks
– The original DS took a staggering 46 weeks!
However, the DSi is still not the quickest piece of hardware to hit the 100k milestone. That honour goes to the PS2 Slim, knocking up its ton in less than 10 weeks in the market.
The DS (including DS Lite and DSi) has sold over two million units in Australia to date.
Are you one of the 100,000? If so, how’s your DSi treating you? If not, why haven’t you taken the plunge?
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