"Nintendo DS" series exceeded 100 million units sold, pace is fastest in history

It became clear that the worldwide cumulative sales volume of the handheld game machine "Nintendo DS" series released by Nintendo on November 21, 2004 exceeded 100 million units.

This shows that it has been popularized as the home game machine at the fastest pace ever, and there is also a graph that you can understand at a glance how much the sales volume has risen as it has risen to the right. Moreover, this spreading speed seems to be higher than Apple's iPod series which is widely used globally.

Details are as follows.
News Release: March 11, 2009 | Nintendo DS Series 100 million units sold

According to this release, the worldwide cumulative sales volume of Nintendo's portable game machine "Nintendo DS" has exceeded 100 million units as of March 6.

This was achieved on November 21, 2004, 4 years, 3 months and 2 weeks, and it is less than half of about 11 years 2 months that Game Boy took to achieve 100 million units sold in cumulative sales I will.

This is a graph from the launch until the cumulative sales volume of 100 million units is achieved. From the time the "Nintendo DS Lite" where the main body became thin and the liquid crystal screen became brighter has appeared, you can see that the unit sales are growing rapidly.


IncidentallyStationary game consoles for home played the most in 2008According to Wikipedia, Sony's PS 2 answered asIt took about 5 years and 9 months to achieve cumulative shipments of 100 million units, The iPod series which is widely spread all over the worldIt took five and a half years to sell 100 million unitsBecause it seems that the sales pace of the Nintendo DS series is staggering.