According to a reader survey conducted by prominent Japanese video game site Dengeki Online, only a scant 3.6 percent of gamers plan to purchase the newly announced Nintendo DSi on its November 1 release date. In comparison, 40.7 percent say they will not purchase the third-generation handheld at all, while 29.4 percent said they were “interested” but not completely sold on picking up the machine and 26.2 percent currently stand undecided.

That’s a lower number of people planning to purchase a DSi than we expected. Of course, this is only a small survey and certainly not indicative of the entire Japanese population. It does give us a general idea of what to expect demand-wise, though.

【アンケート結果発表】「ニンテンドーDSi」は購入する？ それともしない？ [Dengeki Online via Kotaku]

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