i think its doing well because so many people's kids break these systems like nothing yo, ive kinda been making money off of it, i buy consoles with broken hinges or screens at discount prices and sell them for like 70-90USD. Its so sad how many ive had to come through my hands, ive forced my youngest brother to stick with the oldschool regular DS and i sually have a DS Lite from time to time when i rebuild mine. Currently, im having an issue with getting a little peice of cable out of the connector slot for the touch screen to be able to full control of my current DS.
But yeah, like some kid breaks it, i buy their broken console for X amount of money, parents use that cash and more out of pocket to buy a new console.
Sells like gold. I also agree with the Fanboy thing, there are a lot of Nintendo Crackheads out there, i was once one of them, that ended with the release of the Gamecube, i was a 64 Junkie, i almost had all 360-something cartridges.