DS sells 3 million in the UK

The official Euro DS launch event in 2005 was memorable - Paris, Girls Aloud - but the console appeared to be an ungainly oddity. Back then most of us - will me anyway - thought it would get demolished by the far sexier PSP. Oops. Two years on and the DS - plus the redesigned DS Lite - has shifted an impressive 3 million units in the UK alone. Thanks to Brain Training, Animal Crossing and the rest the DS was the biggest selling console in 2006 and apparently accounts for 68% of the handheld market so far in 2007. Yes Nintendo have released these figures as a PS3 sales figure spoiler, but 3 million sold in 2 years is worth shouting about. Perhaps more interesting will be this time next year, when the PSP has had a year of PS3 association, but for now the DS is the undisputed king of the handhelds.