Nintendo console unaffected by consumer spending slowdown as it claims historic achievement.
Nintendo’s DS Lite has broken the all-time weekly sales record for hardware in the UK.ELSPA/GFK-ChartTrack figures show that the console, which mmany mobile developers and publishers are targeting, broke the record in week ending December 6th (week 49).
The system surpassed its own record to claim the achievement. And GFK-ChartTrack has predicted that the console could even break the milestone again before Christmas.
DS first became the biggest-selling console of all time in the lead-up to Christmas (week 48) last year. The previous record holder was PSP, which smashed sales records in its first week back in September 2005.
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