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Nintendo Does Not See Decline In Sight For DS Sales (World Domination) [Potsdam]
Kotaku — ... about DS sales, but also the gaming industry as the global economy craters. "However, the current economic recession is something that happens only once in 50 or 100 years. We have to monitor the market very carefully," says Iwata. "Nintendo workers who know only the good times of the company are increasing. I hope to give them a sense of the potential critical nature [of the economic situation]." Just tell them stories about the GameCube days. That should do it. Nintendo head upbeat about gaming [Yomiuri via Endsights via Go Nintendo] ...

Nintendo President: DS Market is Far From Saturated
GameDaily BIZ Features Feed — The DS has been hugely successful for Nintendo, easily dominating the handheld market and occasionally topping all video game platforms in monthly sales. If you ask Nintendo President Satoru Iwata, however, there's still plenty of room for growth in the DS market. Speaking to The Yomiuri Shimbun (via Yomiuri Online ), Iwata commented, "Some say the market for the DS is saturated, but I disagree. In Japan, a country with a population of 127 million, we've sold 23 million DS units. The United States is inhabited by over 300 million people, and there are more than 490 million ...

Iwata Explains How the DS Still Has More Growth Potential; Notes Dangerous Economy
Kombo.com — ... Oh, snap . But that's not all, as Iwata says to chew on this: "Nintendo DSi, the latest version of the DS series, was launched in November and sold 500,000 units in the first month. The product includes new functions such as a camera and the ability to download software through the Internet to customize it for the individual. We hope this will create a trend in which each family member will have his or her own DSi with their favorite software installed." -- Satoru Iwata to The Daily Yomiuri , via ...

Iwata: DS Market Is Not Saturated
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today — Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has denied suggestions that the DS has reached a sales saturation point. Speaking to Japanese news site Daily Yomiuri , the company president spoke of the opportunities still available for the platform: "Some say the market for the DS is saturated, but I disagree. In Japan, a country with a population of 127 million, we've sold 23 million DS units, he said. The United States is inhabited by over 300 million people, and there are more than 490 million people in the European Union. Sales of the product could grow further in foreign countries ...

Nintendo's Satoru Iwata Feels Great About The Nintendo DS In 2009
G4 TV - TheFeed — ... Nintendo president Satoru Iwata feels that the wildly popular Nintendo DS still has room to grow, despite closing in on a global installed base of nearly 100-million users. In a recent interview with the Daily Yomiuri, Iwata said: ...

Iwata still sees vast market for current DS hardware
Joystiq — ... Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has dispelled rumblings that the global games market has become over saturated with the DS Lite, hence the roll-out of the DSi. In an interview with Japanese paper Daily Yumiuri, Iwata pointed out that, for example, only 18% of people in Japan own a DS. "Some say the market for the DS is saturated, but I disagree. In Japan, a country with a population of 127 million, we've sold 23 million DS units," he told the paper. "The United States is inhabited by over 300 million people, and there are more than 490 million people in ...

New Nintendo DSi and download games
Technology: Games blog | guardian.co.uk — ... , Nintendo's forthcoming update to the hugely successful DS Lite. When originally announced it seemed to me nothing more than a minor update – an excuse to create Brain Training 7: Camera Edition. But the ability to download games and – perhaps even more importantly – the customisation options suggest that the DSi may be more interesting than originally thought. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has recently been talking up the prospects of downloadable DS games and the ability to personalise your device. ...