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Nintendo DSi XL sells 141,000 units in three days post-US launch

Pokemon SoulSilver/HeartGold also flying off the shelves

Nintendo DSi XL sells 141,000 units in three days post-US launch
By Jon Jordan
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It launched in the US four months later than Japan and a month later than Europe - on 28 March - but Nintendo's supersized DSi XL seems to have sold well.

According to retail analyst NPD, during its first four days on sale, it sold 141,000 units or 20 percent of the total 700,800 DSes sold during throughout March.

This boosted the DS to be the top selling console for the month, outselling the next placed console Wii by 143,000 units.

In contrast, PSP sold 119,900 units, behind Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

It was a good month for DS software too with Pokemon SoulSilver selling 1.02 million copies and Pokemon HeartGold selling 761,200 units; being the second and fifth best selling games respectively in the US during March.

[source: Gamasutra]

Jon Jordan
Jon Jordan
A Pocket Gamer co-founder, Jon can turn his hand to anything except hand turning. He is editor-at-large at PG.biz which means he can arrive anywhere in the world, acting like a slightly confused uncle looking for the way out. He likes letters, cameras, imaginary numbers and legumes.