, Nintendo announced that video game console Nintendo DS reached a point of sales of 50 million copies. It should be noted that 50 million - the total number of consoles sold by the company since 2004, when the project was released on the DS market. The company currently expects to revive the sector. As noted, are best sells the latest model of Nintendo 3DS, which, after reducing the cost of sales surpassed DSi and DSi XL, which in September were put in the amount of 145 000 units, while the 3DS sold 260,000 copies. Overall, these consoles to date have been delivered more than 450 000. The company also managed to put on the market 240 000 consoles Wii, which is higher than the same period, Microsoft has the Xbox 360 and possibly even more than the Sony Play Station 3. Although this figure can not count on the fact that Nintendo will be able to bypass the console called on total sales, but at least suggests that the pace lags behind Microsoft and Sony have slowed down. At the same time, will not go away is a common threat the market video game consoles from Apple. Although the company does not manufacture set-top boxes, but the iPod players have high enough gaming potential and are sold in amounts that exceed the supply of portable game consoles.
