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gamedaily.com - 5/14/2009

NPD: Video Game Industry Down 17% in April 09 Despite DS Surge

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The DSi brought total DS sales to more than a million for April, but the industry once again suffered a 17% decline. NPD's Anita Frazier assures us it's nothing to worry about.

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kotaku.com - 5/11/2009

One In Five Japanese People Now Own A Nintendo DS [Nintendo]

— kotaku.com — You may be aware, from hanging around the internet, that Japan loves the Nintendo DS. But it... takes a nice little mix of pictures and statistics to really ram the point home. This chart was released by Nintendo today, and shows the percentage of a ... (more) One In Five Japanese People Now Own A Nintendo DS [Nintendo]

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joystiq.com - 5/15/2009

April NPD: DS breaks a million, PS2 beats PS3

— joystiq.com — Everything old is new again. The DS makes a resurgence thanks to camera-enhanced DSi , while the... PS2 makes substantial gains thanks to its price drop . Pfft? Current gen hardware? That's so passé . We can't wait until the N64 and Dreamcast ... (more) April NPD: DS breaks a million, PS2 beats PS3

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kotaku.com - 5/13/2009

Well, The DSi Didn't Stay Piracy-Free For Long [Ds]

— kotaku.com — I've always suspected that whole point of the Nintendo DSi - and its online firmware updates -... was not to introduce new features, but to curtail piracy. Fat lot of good it's done them. See, the DS and DS Lite were easy pickings for anyone looking to ... (more) Well, The DSi Didn't Stay Piracy-Free For Long [Ds]

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NPD sales - April 2009
GoNintendo — ... call the PS2 a major success. The Wii install base is now at 20 million. Also keep in mind that last year the introduction of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart were big catalysts for Wii hardware acquisition and we just don’t have titles of that magnitude this year. So while it’s tempting to start to want to find issues, I don’t think we can read that much into what this means when we’re comparing against some monster months last year.” - Anita Frazier, industry analyst at NPD More industry commentary here ...