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What? Per WP, "All Nintendo DS models combined have sold 154.02 million units". No nostalgia for the best selling Nintendo system ever, the best selling handh
by araes 3y ago
What? Per WP, "All Nintendo DS models combined have sold 154.02 million units". No nostalgia for the best selling Nintendo system ever, the best selling handheld ever, and the second best selling console ever? PS2 only got to 155 million before Sony stopped with numbers. I get not liking it personally, yet it was one of the most successful videogame events ever.
- madrox 3y agoI'm not convinced past popularity necessarily equates to nostalgia, but as this case demonstrates I may be wrong.
- alephnerd 3y agoDepends on which generation you are. If you were in elementary school in the 80s or 90s like I presume most HN commentators have, the DS doesn't have much nostalgic value compared to someone who grew up in the 2000s or 2010s.
- araes 3y agoCan agree that opinions may vary. I was older than the target demographic in the 2010's, yet still bought one because of slightly younger friends. In airports it was great for layovers, because there would be 100's of travelers all doing the piece trading games. Occasionally amusing when a kid was like "Whoa, you're an old business traveler? Wanna trade?" Cell phones were ok, yet far too many cell phone games are "artificial annoyance, pay us to make it go away." Maybe I'm more committed to hobbies than some folks, yet once a video game player, always a video game player.