NPD reaction: DSi launch sets new April hardware record

Nintendo's DS sales in April set a new hardware record for the US, as the launch of the DSi prompted consumers to snap up 827,000 of the new consoles. That combined with 215,000 DS Lite sales to total 1.04 million units, taking the lifetime total in the country to over 30 million.

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