Wii, DS, Not Cannibals 98
Nintendo President Iwata, GameSpot reports, has stated that the Wii and the DS are not 'eating' each other. That is to say, the Wii's brisk sales reports have not harmed the high demand for Nintendo's portable system. From the article: "'Some analysts say the largest rival of the Wii is the DS,' he told the Reuters news service. 'But if you take a look at DS sales in the United States in the Thanksgiving week or DS sales in Japan in the week of the Wii launch, there has been little impact.' By the end of its fiscal year on March 31, 2007, Nintendo now believes it will have sold 6 million Wiis and 20 million combined units of the DS and DS Lite. It currently predicts its annual profit will total 145 billion yen (around $1.26 billion), an increase of more than 60 percent, with annual sales rising 45 percent to 740 billion yen (approximately $6.44 billion). "
Re:Duh? (Score:3, Funny)
English Got Cannibalized... (Score:3, Funny)
Wii And DS Are Not Cannibals
(But they should be eating Microsoft and Sony's lunch!)
Maybe it's just early... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Nintendo (Score:1, Funny)
Sure the DS is selling well! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:English Got Cannibalized... (Score:5, Funny)
I think the metaphor works rather well. You just have to consider them seperate genders. The Wii being male because it's larger... and called Wii. And the DS being female because it's smaller, you can take it places, and it's fun to poke, not to mention it has a pair of things to stare at.