Talk:List of best-selling Nintendo DS video games

Dragon Quest V

According to Kotaku, Square Enix reported sales of 1.19m. Our current reference from Dengeki says 1.22m. What do we do? -- ReyBrujo (talk) 18:00, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Kotaku is just a blog (a generally reliable blog, but still just a blog) and provide no actual link for us to check. They say it's from Square Enix, but don't provide a link or something to prove it. Dengeki is a reliable source, so I would say stick with the current confirmed data unless someone finds this report from SE. TJ Spyke 18:06, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

You mean this report? Rhonin the wizard (talk) 18:11, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes. What to do though. SE says they shipped 1.19 million, but another reliable source says the game sold about 1.22 million in the same period. TJ Spyke 18:16, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

There can't be more games sold to consumers than games shipped to retailers. Dengeki made a mistake, it's not easy to track sales numbers. Rhonin the wizard (talk) 18:21, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Maybe SE just under reported their shipment numbers? I guess it's better to play it safe and go with SE's own internal number. TJ Spyke 18:22, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

I think it's illegal for companies to lie in financial reports. Rhonin the wizard (talk) 18:28, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Well, of course it is illegal :) I always say never trust what CEOs say unless it is an earning release. -- ReyBrujo (talk) 19:21, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

I know Kotaku is a blog, and usually don't quote them, but they were talking about an earnings release, which is pretty much noticeable. I was going to quote Gamasutra, which is running the story on top of Kotaku, but I always try to dig digger. -- ReyBrujo (talk) 19:28, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Million seller update

According to the latest update, we are missing around half the million sellers of the console. There should be 83 games in this list. -- ReyBrujo (talk) 20:15, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Did you write the wrong link? The only mention of the DS there is a reader saying they enjoy the DS. TJ Spyke 20:45, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

According to a newer press release by Nintendo, there are 83 DS games whose shipments have exceeded a million units. Rhonin the wizard (talk) 20:59, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Oops, you are right. Fixed it. Apparently I messed the clipboard with a blog url instead of an article one. It basically picks the information from the Nintendo Press site (the press site usually takes the news down after six months as much). -- ReyBrujo (talk) 00:42, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm, sadly we will probably not be able to find out about them all. As you know, sales/shipment info is hard to come by (especially for those games which just BARELY crack the 1 million mark). Great to see the DS become the third system to ship 100 million (I know Nintendo combines Game Boy and Game Boy Color, and I doubt either one individually hit 100 million). TJ Spyke 01:22, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

45 First-party / 63 Third-party Million Sellers

Just some info to help this list. At Nintendo's Media Summit today it was announced that 45 first-party and 63 third-party games have sold over 1 million copies. [1] -Zomic13 (talk) 18:49, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

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