Nintendo DS Driving Japanese Game Sales

Nintendo DS is being credited for single-handedly driving Q1 Japanese software sales to 30% growth from 207 billion Yen in 2005 to 277 billion Yen this year. GamesIndustry.biz writes: “The growth has been primarily attributed to Nintendo’s DS, which has managed not only to outstrip sales of Sony’s rival handheld system, the PSP, but also rules the software charts week after week.”

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