The World Goes Portable With Nintendo DS - 21 Million Sold!

In less than two years since the Nintendo DS' launch on Nov. 21, 2004, 21 million units have been sold worldwide. As a comparison of another popular product, Apple's "iPod" sold 1 million units in its first year. At 21 million up to date, it comes out to a DS being sold every two seconds somewhere in the world. That's a stat to be proud of.

"We're thrilled to be announcing this milestone today," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications, "especially since Nintendo DS was North America's top-selling video game system of any type in June. We attribute this success to Nintendo's overall strategy of offering something for everyone – from five-year-olds caring for their Nintendogs to 65-year-olds tuning their mental agility with Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day."

To fulfill the desires of the 21 million Nintendo DS owners worldwide, Nintendo continues to increase its titles with Star Fox Command, Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis, Clubhouse Games and more games to come in the following months. Nintendo DS and DS Lite owners currently enjoy more than 130 Nintendo DS software titles and almost 900 Game Boy Advance titles, all ready to go on their portable wonder.