TOKYO —

Nintendo has sold more than half a million of its latest hand-held DSi console in Japan in the first month since its launch, a survey showed Thursday.

About 543,000 DSi consoles were sold since Nov 1, Ascii Media Works said. That compared with 1.327 million DS and 547,000 DS Lites sold in the first five weeks after their launches in 2004 and 2006 respectively, it said.

The new console, which sells for 18,900 yen, has a similar design to its predecessor, the DS Lite, but is slimmer and has a slightly larger screen.

It can be used as a photo album and enables users to change the facial expressions of the people in the pictures or draw flowers or other graphics into images. The DSi will be launched overseas as early as next spring.

Wire reports

2 Comments

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  thepro at 08:55 AM JST - 5th December

  I'll wait for the next revision in 6 months time

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  TokyoGas at 03:20 AM JST - 6th December

  Go Nintendo!

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