Rumor: DS Lites go missing in Hong Kong
by Jason Wishnov 
{ Jun 14th 2006 at 8:24PM }
Those Black DS Lites are pretty hot. Well, now they are, anyway, as $2.32 million U.S. dollars worth of portable gaming goodness was apparently stolen from a cargo container in Hong Kong. Expected to hit the black market (the puns are just naturally built into this story), officials are offering over $125,000 U.S. dollars for some information. So, if a watertight cargo container full of Nintendo products washes up on your private beach, or something, please let someone know. There are some European gamers waiting to get their Mario on.[via Joystiq]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Marc @ Jun 14th 2006 8:51PM
I didn't think that (no matter how sexy the DS lite is) it was worth 2.32 million dollars.
Anyway, i'm gonna go on Ebay to search for those criminals. Then, when i find 'em, i'm gonna take their stolen black DS lites as evidence......riiight...evidence.
twenty5 x you @ Jun 14th 2006 11:31PM
weird, cuz we (im living in HK) in fact have some black ds's lite......... but i never knew that there was a stolen cargo or something like that.........
...Jan... Medi @ Jun 15th 2006 12:29AM
Lets see. 2,320,000 divided by $130... about 17846 DS lites were stolen. Wow. That's 17000 angry people missing their new DS lites. And 17000 happy black market shoppers.
Hope it's found. Or Nintendo going to have to make more. But why was it in Hong Kong in the first place?
that1guy95 @ Jun 15th 2006 1:06AM
Hmmm, how exactly does one go about stealing a crate the size of several minivans weighing in at several tons. Maybe the security gaurd was at the Starbuck's across the street trying to decide on caramel or chocolate whipped cream on his mocca while a gang of masked men somehow stole the crateful of precious handhelds, someones got some splainin' to do. P.S. where's the black market? couldn't find it in the yellowpages.
braulio @ Jun 15th 2006 1:18AM
ehh, i checked on ebay, still a little to early to find one, haha, would go nice with my white one
Redfield @ Jun 15th 2006 5:12AM
Dammit, that's what you get for breaking up the empire. You would of thought big tough organised crime fellows would have thing more important than DS lites to steal.
Pit @ Jun 15th 2006 5:35AM
Yes, I'm really sure Nintendo deserved to have a cargo container of their products stolen. Damn Satan worshipers...you do know Nintendo is also the cause of World War II?
Marc @ Jun 15th 2006 9:36AM
Hey don't all of these DS's have MAC addresses? Cuz if they're being used, Nintendo can simply track them down (like they did with the millionth Wi-Fi user), or shut them off entirely.
Redfield @ Jun 15th 2006 9:52AM
By the time the units are taken online, they'll be in the hands of the end user, and it's not their fault if they were mislead into buying a stolen DS.
On the other hand, if black DS aren't available in Hong Kong, and they know they've got stolen goods, fair game. Anyway to overload DS's and make them explode?