Maybe it's that there's a large number of Japanese with bad eyesight. That's all I can figure. With the tens of thousands of DS and DSi that sell every week there, you'd think that the whole country has two by now. Well, now going on three.
A whopping 103,524 DSi LL, the new big-screened monster portables, sold in just two days, says Enterbrain data. That's almost as fast as the DSi Regular, and way faster than the PSPgo.
Is it all old people buying the LL? Probably. Here's why I say that: Bigger screens, big ol' fat stylus, muted "adult" colors, and packed-in brain-type and practical applications. It's like the big type books of videogames. And if this is the case, then Nintendo is really making new customers.
Oh, Nintendo. You guys with your money printing.
[via Kotaku]
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12:40 PM on 11.24.2009
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Seriously, it's quite possibly the ugliest thing Nintendo has ever produced.
Nintendo could release a DS with turds as the insides, advertise as such, and Japan wouls till eat it up. Hell, they already did that with the Wii.
Of course, I'm kidding.
or how Nintendo keeps printing money from little upgrades.
They use them to build this
They had to get the material from SOMEWHERE.
I have a phat and a DSL, but I've got to buy a new DSL because of a hinge crack.
Even more pixelly, as the image is just enlarged.
Swine flu tries to attack DSi LL.
THE ANOTHER WORLD!
Ghibli on bigscreen motherfuckers
What's so ugly about it? Its looks exactly the same as a DSi/DS Lite model. Its just bigger that's all, so it still looks the same as the old ones.
This is why many games from major franchises have seen serious releases on the handhelds in Japan (DQ9 for the DS, and Monster Hunter for the PSP). This isn't Nintendo "printing money", it's them trying to make new customers to ensure their survival when the impending economic turmoil really hits Japan and abroad in the near future. Microsoft and Sony (and the third parties) need to be doing this as well, because they don't, they very likely won't be around to participate in the next generation of gaming consoles.