Nintendo DSi sells out in Japan

[yankeefan802]

The November 1st Japanese release of the new Nintendo DSi has been a success. The initial allocation of 200,000 retail units has sold out in four days, with most of the sales coming from pre-orders. TechRadar notes that an additional 100,000 units are set to ship to stores in Japan over the next week or so. The site also notes that eBay is rife with scalpers offering the new DSi for practically double the cost of the Japanese recommended retail price.

Nintendo has yet to announce a firm release date for the Nintendo DSi in territories other than Japan.
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[Windslash]

It looks sweet, hopefully i'll be able to get one.

[Kamachi]

What, it's already out? Man...we have to wait 'till summer.

Nintendo sucks with equalness.

[Misterpwnage]

Yes, Nintendo makes America Suffer, but Europe gets owned in terms of Equal Release Dates >_>

Other than that... It sold Out? Nintendo, everything you make sells out D:

[dr00]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6200582.html

DSi sells over 170K in two days
By Tor Thorsen, GameSpot | Posted Nov 4, 2008 2:31 pm PT

Camera-equipped third iteration of Nintendo's handheld sells briskly during its first 48 hours on the Japanese market.

Though Americans and Europeans won't see it until well into next year, the DSi went on sale in Japan over the weekend. Today, Enterbrain reported that the latest version of the handheld--which is now the top gaming portable in Nintendo's history--sold 170,779 units in its 48 hours in stores. According to the publisher of the popular Japanese magazine Famitsu, initial shipments of the ¥18,900 ($179) handheld almost completely sold out within minutes.

Reports of brisk DSi sales must be music to the ears of Nintendo, which unveiled the souped-up handheld last month. Unlike ithe DS Lite, the new model sports a Web browser, music playback, an SD card multimedia storage, a 3-megapixel camera, a smaller inward-facing camera, photo editing software, and larger and brighter dual screens. The new functionality comes at the expense of the Game Boy Advance cartridge slot, which is absent altogether.

Nintendo's introduction of the DSi comes as the DS platform is losing ground to its rival, the PSP. Sony's handheld, which boasted Web-browsing and multimedia functions from the outset, has seen its sales explode in Japan thanks to the craze surrounding the multiplatinum title Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G. A localized version of the Capcom game will be released in the US under the moniker Monster Hunter Freedom Unite next spring.

For more on the DSi, check out GameSpot's coverage of Nintendo of America's fall media briefing. Also, recent reports peg a new WarioWare game as being in development for the handheld.

new WarioWare game?

yes, please.