Nintendo DS becomes best-selling console of all time in US

Wow.
And people feel "sorry" for Nintendo

Well it depends on who you ask really, doesn't it? Is it just one model or all combined?

quote Relmutsie AN

Well it depends on who you ask really, doesn't it? Is it just one model or all combined?

probably all combined to reach those figures, and considering all the different types its not that big of a deal

Well, the story says that the DS is the top selling.Not the DSi.
And the DS only has 2(?) models; the XBox has 3 but still has less sales than the DS.
Also, the DS is considered a "family" console, so that really helps sales

quote omnious

quote Relmutsie AN

Well it depends on who you ask really, doesn't it? Is it just one model or all combined?

probably all combined to reach those figures, and considering all the different types its not that big of a deal

If you're discarding SKU variations that means the PS3, 360, PS2, PSP and more will ever fail to reach a true figure. the PS2 had about 12 revisions, the PS3 has so many different versions it's insane, the 360 has changed drives and motherboards like mad and the PSP has as well.

There's no such thing as a "pure" system anymore. You either tally the system sales to date or you don't at all because the next revision will disqualify everything.

Ha! Satisfied gamers my ass! The Wii was the first of it's kind sure but most of the games for it are really bad. And the motion control ruins any games that are any good. The only good thing about it is being able to download older games onto it. Overall I'd give the Wii a 4/10

Actually, I do like Nintendo DS Lite in spite of its little screen...(Mainly because of backward compatibility just like PS3 60GB).

The GBA slots make GBA fans happy....because they don't have to ditch their classic GBA collections and look on net for pirated GBA softwares as other DSi and XL fans do...and possibly 3DS fans will also do in the future

Suck it Sony. THE PSP IS SATAN!

quote VeGiTAX2

quote omnious

quote Relmutsie AN

Well it depends on who you ask really, doesn't it? Is it just one model or all combined?

probably all combined to reach those figures, and considering all the different types its not that big of a deal

If you're discarding SKU variations that means the PS3, 360, PS2, PSP and more will ever fail to reach a true figure. the PS2 had about 12 revisions, the PS3 has so many different versions it's insane, the 360 has changed drives and motherboards like mad and the PSP has as well.

There's no such thing as a "pure" system anymore. You either tally the system sales to date or you don't at all because the next revision will disqualify everything.

well yeah they had different builds bu its just harddrive sizes on almost all of them, then a slim version, where as theres the ds, the ds lite, the xl, the 3ds if its out yet, and the changes between them are very noticible rather then hardrive size...

quote omnious

well yeah they had different builds bu its just harddrive sizes on almost all of them, then a slim version

Seem's you missed the point that these are all platforms, I will elaborate on some of the hardware changes and how they're not just drive changes though.

The PS2 changed the GS EE chip size, it offered different DVD format support it combined the chips, it went through complete revamps which added network support and removed hard drive support. I'm pretty sure people noticed when they couldn't or struggled to play Dual Layer games / movies or had to get a new system and found that their HDD was useless with a new slim model as it had no support. It impacted those who were running EQ or FFXI on their systems and needed a HDD.

The PS3 motherboard variations have had full hardware backwards compatibility and removed it, they've had SD/MMC ports come and go, usb support vary and chip restructuring. Again, I think people would notice the lack of backwards support for their PS2 games when they give up those 20/60 models or even the limited support that ran on the 80GB models. The firmware changes make it even more of a mess as it's drastically changed from the launch sheet on the console.

The 360 has gone through multiple revisions of the hardware, changing the die size or combining the GPU with the CPU on the board into essentially a new processing package. Having a system with HDMI support and a system without is very noticeable, having someone able to run 1080i vs 1080p is clear when you have the tv to support it. While they say the performance remains the same there are speed changes you can't ignore when you combine the CPU and GPU into the same socket.

quote omnious

where as theres the ds, the ds lite, the xl, the 3ds if its out yet, and the changes between them are very noticible rather then hardrive size...

You're failing to address a point, can you play a new DS game on your original DS? Can it be played on the DSL? Yes. There will be optimized games for newer features to the platform just like there are WiiMotion Plus games, Kinect games and Move games but the mass market is still able to play the absolute majority of games. Also the 3DS isn't even out and again it's specialty hardware to the DS platform.

It seems the PSP was ignored for some reason? I guess it's a bit obvious of the changes made there with the Go completely losing UMD support and changing format yet still being part of the PSP platform.