March DS Sales Top 5 Million

April 28, 2005 By Ian Bell

According to Gamesindustry.biz worldwide Nintendo DS sales topped 5 million as of mid-March besting Sony's PSP in overall sales.

“Worldwide sales of the Nintendo DS handheld shot through the five million mark in mid-March, putting the company well within its five to six million unit target for the full year to March 31st according to the latest figures from Nintendo of America.

By contrast, the PlayStation Portable – which won’t launch in Europe until September 1st, a full five months after its North American debut – had sold somewhere over 2.5 million units worldwide by the end of March, missing Sony’s target of three million units by its financial year-end and placing global sales of the device at around half of what Nintendo’s handheld has sold.”

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James at 3:51pm 29th April 2005 The DS was also out for several months before the PSP wasnt it?
fungku at 9:18pm 28th April 2005 these people have not discovered the PSP!