Nintendo will ship 400,000 more DS units in Japan than initially planned for December. Also included is a potentially disturbing but familiar quote from Iwata!
When Nintendo saw high demand for its Nintendo DS near launch, it opened a new manufacturing plant in China to produce more units quickly. Nintendo of America announced its plans to ship 400,000 more units today; Japan is receiving the same number of bonus units. That brings the total to 2.8 million Nintendo DS systems worldwide!
Nintendo NCL president Satoru Iwata says that the new system's success lies with its simple, innovative design. He then restates Nintendo's belief that more power is not enough in new systems.
"It is true that the 3D video game gave a boost to our industry but at the
same time, people were beginning to drift away from playing games due to the
complexity," Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told reporters.
"In other words, the old formula for success -- the combination of
high-specification game consoles and advanced graphics -- is no longer
working."