DS Goes Pink, Eyes 3m
Crikey, that's 6 million screens in Europe alone.
If the only thing holding you back from buying a DS is the lack of a pink model (and shame on you if it was), you now have no excuse. Nintendo has revealed that both pink and blue versions of its top-selling handheld will be in stores in October.
The palette expansion has been timed to coincide with the release of Nintendo's casual gamer-grabbing non-game Nintendogs. The title has barked up a storm in Japan, where more than 700,000 people are already patting and stroking their pooping puppies.
Earlier this week, Nintendo said that it would be dropping the price of the DS in the US by about 10 per cent when Nintendogs launches over there. This most recent announcement seems to indicate that Nintendo is not planning a similarly timed trimming for Europe.
A representative for Nintendo of Europe told Kikizo that the company has "no plans at present to reduce the price of Nintendo DS in Europe".
And there's no real reason to either, as the DS is selling well, despite the drop-off in game releases since launch.
More than a million DSs have been sold in Europe since it debuted in March and Nintendo's Jim Merrick says the company is expecting sales to climb to 3 million across the region by the end of the year.
Look for the pink and blue DS variants to hit stores on 7 October.
Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo Games
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