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DS available for holiday season in the US
Gamesindustry.biz has word that Nintendo's DS handheld console should arrive in US stores just in time for the year-end sales. However, apparantly only 11 games will be available at launch with the big lineup coming out early 2005
Third-party publishers are reportedly "confident" that the portable will be on store shelves in North America in time for Thanksgiving and the traditional start of the US Christmas rush.
This seems to tally with what Japanese retail sources were saying in mid-July. At the time, this website reported comments indicating that the DS would launch in the US on November 11th at $179.95 (€145) following a November 4th launch at 19,000 yen (€140) in Japan.
However, reports this week also had publishers citing concerns over the as-yet unknown launch line-up, with some worried that most of the system's big titles were expected in Q1 2005. Japanese retail sources in July suggested that 11 titles would be released by the end of 2004.
Europe will probably see the DS arriving in the beginning of 2005, together with the full launch lineupThis seems to tally with what Japanese retail sources were saying in mid-July. At the time, this website reported comments indicating that the DS would launch in the US on November 11th at $179.95 (€145) following a November 4th launch at 19,000 yen (€140) in Japan.
However, reports this week also had publishers citing concerns over the as-yet unknown launch line-up, with some worried that most of the system's big titles were expected in Q1 2005. Japanese retail sources in July suggested that 11 titles would be released by the end of 2004.
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