$2.32 million worth of black Nintendo DS Lite systems headed for Europe stolen

Nintendo DS Lite Handheld Console (Black)

A container full of black Nintendo DS Lite and DS games has gone missing in Hong Kong when it was making its way from China, where the DS Lites are made, to Europe where the black DS Lites are launching on June 23rd. The reported loss was 18 million Hong Kong dollars (US$2.32/€1.84 million).

The Hong Kong police suspected that the black DS Lite units sold in Hong Kong recently were part of the same theft and offers HKD$1 million ($128,840/€102,138) to anyone with a tip. I guess the black market (zing!) really wanted over 12,000 DS Lites, let’s hope it doesn’t influence retail availability. Source Playgadget

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Wow thats crazy! I wonder how they are going to sell all of those without gettin caught? I’ll take a few though ;-)

The DS lite sells for $130, street. 12000 x $130 = $1.56 million.

Hi Ray, in Europe a DS Lite will cost 150 euros, which is almost $190!

I STOLE THEM ALL.

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Pretty sure the $130 refers to street value…you cannot expect to sell the units at retail cost on the street…that’s just stupid. Nobody would buy.

Gravis, maybe Nintendo has a nice big insurance policy paying them out, because it’s them who reported the value ;)

Uh, eBay?

Yo, Wish I could get my hands on one of those, Ive got the itch for a DS lite especialy in black, but im too cheap to cough up 130, especialy when im going to ahve to cough up another 150 for a flash cart. If I see one for cheap im grabbing it, dont give an F.

Only cost them $10 to make. 12000 x $10 = $120,000. Easy write off for Nintendo.


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