Compared with the sales numbers we’ve been seeing in the States and in Japan, the Nintendo DS Lite’s sales numbers in Britain are somewhat disappointing. Nintendo sold 35,000 DS Lites in its opening weekend - about 40% as many as were sold when the original “Fat” DS debuted. Compare that with the US, where the DS Lite sold 136,000 units in its first two days, which was roughly comparable to the performance of the original DS when it came out. Retailers in the area aren’t too disappointed though, especially considering the fact that much of the nation is currently glued to their televisions for the World Cup.

We thought that Europe knew they had a good thing when Nintendo announced the ultra-sleek black DS Lite for that region only! Surprisingly, only about half of the DS Lites sold in the UK were black. You’d think the Brits would at least snatch them up so that they could fetch a pretty penny (or pound) on eBay.