Nintendo DS sales

The following is a sales history for the Nintendo DS family.

Sales

Life-to-date number of units shipped (DS, DS Lite, DSi and DSi XL combined), millions

Date	Japan	Americas	Other	Worldwide
2004-12-31 [1]	1.45	1.36	0.03	2.84
2005-03-31 [2]	2.12	2.19	0.95	5.27
2005-06-30 [3]	-	-	-	6.65
2005-09-30 [4]	3.63	2.87	2.34	8.83
2005-12-31 [5]	5.70	4.63	4.10	14.43
2006-03-31 [6]	6.91	5.11	4.71	16.73
2006-06-30 [7]	9.24	5.90	6.13	21.27
2006-09-30 [8]	11.52	7.51	7.79	26.82
2006-12-31 [9]	14.43	10.18	11.00	35.61
2007-03-31 [10]	16.02	11.74	12.52	40.29
2007-06-30 [11]	18.11	14.14	15.03	47.27
2007-09-30 [12]	19.71	16.06	17.88	53.64
2007-12-31 [13]	21.66	20.18	22.94	64.79
2008-03-31 [14]	22.38	22.39	25.82	70.60
2008-06-30 [15]	22.97	25.11	29.47	77.54
2008-09-30 [16]	23.71	27.63	32.99	84.33
2008-12-31 [17]	25.67	31.93	38.62	96.22
2009-03-31 [18]	26.39	34.46	40.93	101.78
2009-06-30 [19]	27.00	36.97	43.78	107.75
2009-09-30 [20]	28.12	39.35	46.01	113.48
2009-12-31 [21]	29.92	44.99	50.23	125.13
2010-03-31 [22]	30.40	46.74	51.74	128.89
2010-06-30 [23]	30.86	48.00	53.18	132.04
2010-09-30 [24]	31.55	49.28	54.75	135.58
2010-12-31 [25]	32.60	54.28	57.71	144.59
2011-03-31 [26]	32.76	55.13	58.53	146.42
2011-06-30 [27]	32.87	55.69	59.3	147.86
2011-09-30 [28]	32.92	56.19	59.90	149.00
2011-12-31 [29]	32.96	57.48	60.61	151.06
2012-03-31 [30]	32.98	57.76	60.78	151.52
2012-06-30 [31]	32.99	58.15	60.91	152.05
2012-09-30 [32]	32.99	58.54	60.97	152.50
2012-12-31 [33]	32.99	59.68	61.00	153.67
2013-03-31 [34]	32.99	59.87	61.01	153.87
2013-06-30 [35]	32.99	59.91	61.03	153.93
2013-09-30 [36]	32.99	59.93	61.04	153.96
2013-12-31 [37]	32.99	59.93	61.05	153.98
2014-03-31 [38]	32.99	59.93	61.07	153.99
2014-06-30 [39]	32.99	59.93	61.07	153.99
2014-09-30 [40]	32.99	59.93	61.09	154.01
2016-03-31 [41]	32.99	59.93	61.10	154.02

Life-to-date number of units of Nintendo DS Lite shipped

Date	Japan	Americas	Other	Total
2006-03-31 [42]	0.58 million	-	-	0.58 million
2006-06-30 [43]	2.72 million	0.68 million	0.76 million	4.15 million
2006-09-30 [44]	4.97 million	2.23 million	1.86 million	9.06 million
2006-12-31 [45]	7.89 million	4.84 million	4.60 million	17.33 million
2007-03-31 [46]	9.48 million	6.41 million	5.96 million	21.85 million
2007-06-30 [47]	11.56 million	8.81 million	8.32 million	28.69 million
2007-09-30 [48]	13.16 million	10.73 million	11.04 million	34.93 million
2007-12-31 [49]	15.12 million	14.85 million	16.00 million	45.97 million
2008-03-31 [50]	15.84 million	17.06 million	18.88 million	51.78 million
2008-06-30 [51]	16.42 million	19.78 million	22.53 million	58.72 million
2008-09-30 [52]	17.16 million	22.30 million	26.05 million	65.51 million
2008-12-31 [53]	17.46 million	26.60 million	31.67 million	75.74 million
2009-03-31 [54]	17.63 million	28.80 million	33.51 million	79.94 million
2009-06-30 [55]	17.71 million	29.76 million	34.79 million	82.26 million
2009-09-30 [56]	17.84 million	30.75 million	35.90 million	84.49 million
2009-12-31	18.01 million	33.51 million	37.67 million	89.19 million
2010-06-30 [57]	18.10 million	34.33 million	38.35 million	90.78 million
2010-09-30 [58]	18.16 million	34.65 million	38.60 million	91.41 million
2010-12-31 [59]	18.20 million	35.74 million	38.89 million	92.83 million
2011-03-31 [60]	18.20 million	35.89 million	38.97 million	93.06 million
2011-06-30 [61]	18.20 million	36.15 million	39.07 million	93.42 million
2011-09-30 [62]	18.20 million	36.21 million	39.12 million	93.53 million
2011-12-31 [63]	18.20 million	36.37 million	39.16 million	93.74 million
2012-12-31 [64]	18.20 million	36.44 million	39.21 million	93.85 million
2014-03-31 [65]	18.21 million	36.44 million	39.21 million	93.86 million

History

• On October 3, 2006 Nintendo announced a 20.5% raise in net profit forecast partially attributed to strong DS sales. ^[66] The company also raised its estimated DS sales forecast by 18%. ^[66] According to Nintendo, 44% of DS owners were female. ^[67]
• On July 25, 2007 Nintendo announced in its first quarter financial report that it had increased DS hardware shipments from 22 million to 26 million. ^[68] Nintendo also raised its DS software sales projection from 130 million units to 140 million. ^[68] On October 26, 2007, Nintendo announced an increase in DS hardware shipments to 28 million and software to 165 million.^{[ citation needed ]}
• As of September 26, 2007, the Nintendo DS had sold over 50 million units and is therefore the fastest-selling handheld game console of all time. ^[69] On October 30, 2007, Chart-Track reported DS sales of over 4 million in the United Kingdom. ^{[70] [71]} In November 2007, Media Create reported DS sales of 20 million in Japan. ^{[72] [73]}
• During the week of November 18 to November 24, Nintendo of America set a new Nintendo sales record by selling over 653,000 DS units in one week, breaking the previous record held by the Game Boy Advance, which sold 600,000 units. ^{[74] [75]}
• On November 27, 2007, Nintendo announced that the DS had set a new weekly hardware sales record in the UK, with over 191,000 units sold, according to Chart-Track; breaking the previous record held by the PSP, which sold 185,000 units in its first week of availability in the UK. ^[76]
• As of December 27, 2007, the DS had sold over 1 million units in South Korea, according to Nintendo of Korea. ^{[77] [78]}
• In 2007, the DS was the best-selling game console in the US and Japan with 8.5 million and 7,143,702 units sold respectively, according to the NPD Group and Enterbrain. ^{[79] [80] [81] [82]} In Europe, the DS sold 6.4 million units in 2006 and 8.7 million in 2007, according to estimates by Electronic Arts. ^{[83] [84]} In 2008, the DS was the best-selling game console in Japan with 4,029,804 units sold, according to Enterbrain. ^{[85] [86] [87]}
• On January 24, 2008, Nintendo Europe revealed that the DS had sold over 20 million units in Europe. ^[88] Months later in June 2008, the Nintendo DS had sold over 20 million units in the United States, according to NPD Group. ^[89]
• In Japan, the original style DS had sold 6,449,206 units as of October 1, 2008, according to Famitsu/Enterbrain. ^[90] As of December 22, 2008, the DS Lite and DSi had sold 17,348,252 and 1,062,416 units in Japan, respectively, according to Enterbrain. ^[91] As of December 28, 2008, the DS, DS Lite, and DSi combined to sell 25,135,276 units in Japan, according to Enterbrain. ^{[85] [92]}
• In the United Kingdom, the Nintendo DS had sold 8.8 million units as of January 3, 2009, according to GfK Chart-Track. ^[93]
• According to the NPD Group, 3 million Nintendo DS Lites have been sold in the United States for the month of December 2008, breaking the record for the most video game hardware sold in a single month. This record was previously held by the PlayStation 2, which sold 2.7 million units in December 2002. ^[94]
• On January 30, 2008, Nintendo Australia announced that the DS had sold over 1 million units in Australia. ^[95] Over a year later on 28 May 2009, Nintendo Australia announced that DS sales in Australia had reached 2 million in a record of 221 weeks, and was the best selling gaming console for the three past years. ^[96]
• On March 6, 2009, Nintendo announced that it had shipped its 100-millionth Nintendo DS system. ^[97]
• As of the end of December 2009, shipments of the Nintendo DS series reached 125.13 million units, surpassing the Game Boy and thus becoming the best-selling handheld system ever. ^{[98] [99]}
• As of March 31, 2010, the DS further cemented its place as the top-selling handheld platform of all time by selling 27.11 million units worldwide during the fiscal year, totaling 128.9 million units life-to-date. Of that, some 17.82 million were DSis and 2.08 million were DSi XLs.

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