According to a report on IT news site DigiTimes, Nintendo Taiwan has indicated that a number of distributors are hoarding inventory of the Nintendo DS in anticipation of the Christmas gift buying season. An unnamed spokesman from Hakuyu, the official Nintendo DS distributor in Taiwan, is quoted as saying that plans currently call for 10,000 units of the console to be imported into the Taiwanese
Despite selling a combined 466,273 units Pokemon Diamond/Pearl have been kept from off the top of the Japanese charts for a second week by low stock and a strong debut for Namco Bandai's sequel to what is known in the West as Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi. Although the beat 'em-up sequel performed well though, it was notably down from the 325,589 unit opening of the original. The second
Gamasutra's weekly column, "Saling The World", covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide. This week's charts, with data taken from October 12th, 2006, includes portable Fantasies and approximately 40,000 Warhammers. Data for "Saling The World" comes courtesy of the public sales
Any gamer out there thinking the "Pokemon" craze had finally run its course may want to take a look at the first week sales figures for the new Pokemon DS titles.
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Gamasutra's weekly column, "Saling The World", covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide. This week's charts, with data taken from October 5th, 2006, includes the risen dead, rampant Pokémon, and sparking NEOs. Data for "Saling The World" comes courtesy of the public sales
With the release of Pokemon Diamond/Pearl yesterday appearing to have already been an unprecedented success, with claims of sales already exceeding two million units, this week's Japanese sales charts appear dull by comparison. No title sold over the 100,000 unit threshold expected of a number one title, although Sony's tennis spin-off from the Everybody's Golf/Hot Shots Golf series continued