6:58 PM on 05.10.2007
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Dyson
Call me crazy, but I think Nintendo just may have something here with their DS Lite. Their wacky little two-screened handheld seems to be selling like hot-cakes in Japan! Why, just this April, Nintendo sold another 702,844 DS Lites in Japan, putting the total number of DS Lites sold there over 10 million.
That's right folks, 10 million DS Lites.
If you haven't been frozen in carbonite for the last three years, you'll remember that there are two versions of Nintendo's must-have gamer accessory -- the DS Lite and the DS 'Phat.' The combined total sales for both these handheld purveyors of happiness is now upwards of forty million units worldwide. Now forty may be a lot of millions, but sadly, it's not enough. Why? Because of Friend Codes, people.
You see, the total possible outcomes of randomly combining twelve digits -- a la Friend Codes -- is roughly around 62 billion, so if we ever want to see an end to the fun-poison that these codes truly are, we're going to have use up each and every one of these damnable combinations. Japan has taken the lead by buying their share of DSs, but now it's up to the rest of us to pitch in for the cause.
Remember, only terrorists like Friend Codes.
[Via Eurogamer]
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o wait, I mean ITS OVER 10 MILLION!!!
that's fucked up.
1st ds phat (grey) exchanged for
2nd ds phat (grey) given to friend once the lites came out
3rd ds phat (blue) present to friend who officiated wedding
1st ds lite (white)for myself
2nd ds lite (white)for my wife
3rd ds lite (pink) in exchange for wife's white ds lite
4th ds lite (black) for a friend when the above mentioned white was stolen in London.
7, 7 ds units, ah ah ah.