Who wins the "DS" acronym war?

[CosmicRomancer]

Following on from Rotobit's thread and Voyevoda's post, I thought DS was another highly contested acronym. What do you think?

Personally, I think Dog Station earns that accolade seeing as it's the most prestigious game about breeding dogs. It's the oldest and, hey, it was way ahead of its time--driving the resurgence of the simulator genre single-handedly. In my opinion, out of all of Konami's IP, this is the real jewel in their crown. And please, don't let the fact that this game has no Wikipedia page deter you... it's definitely a game.

 

[Ometeotl]

Probably the only one on there people actually use DS to mean

 

[criteriondog]

Nintendo DS.

 

[LewieP]

Nintendo for sure, but runner up would probably be Dark Souls.

 

[SpicySpiritGun]

When I saw DS, the first two that came to mind was the handheld and then Death Stranding after that. Im sure recency bias plays into the second

 

[Green Mario]

Nintendo DS for me. Most fans usually do DaS and DeS for Dark Souls and Demons's Souls.

 

[SJRB]

Depends on the context of the sentence.

[title] on the DS was awesome = Nintendo DS
DS is the Dark Souls of Souls games = Dark Souls

 

[Clefargle]

Nintendo DS.

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there it is

 

[AuthenticM]

I feel like putting the Nintendo DS among the options is wrong and skews the results, because in any given conversation, anyone would know from context that the person using the initialism "DS" is refering to a console and not a game.

 

[Fiel]

you missed Dualshock

 

[MrBanballow]

Other: Darkstalkers

 

[bal]

I can't think about Nintendo DS without the 'N' from Nintendo, so Dark Souls!

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

My first thought was Dead Space when I saw it, but the answer is really Nintendo DS.

 

[Dazraell]

There is also DualShock! Nintendo DS comes to mind first, though.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

nintendo DS, obvs. it's almost unfair to the others, you should have made the poll only for the games (in which case dark souls wins).

 

[Lant_War]

The best-selling console of all time is pretty hard to beat

 

[TheUnseenTheUnheard]

DS was around for many many years and it has been in our minds the longest. I haven't even played a DS in like 10 years and it's still the first thing that comes to mind.

 

[FormatCompatible]

Nintendo DS.

I especially had a fondness for games that used the ''DS'' acronym on their names that came for the system. Dawn of Sorrow, Dual Sympathy, Dust Strikers, Deadly Silence, Dragon Sword, Devil Survivor and even that garbage Dragon Song. It felt to me like a fun continuation of using ''64''.

 

[Bitch Pudding]

La DS, c'est moi!

 

[Deleted member 4262]

No contest.

 

[Damn Silly]

The Nintendo one and it ain't even close.

From the list of just games, it's Dark Souls.

 

[CosmicRomancer]

I never owned a DS so maybe there lots like me?

*sniggers*

 

[Richietto]

I never actually use DS for the souls games. It's DeS and DkS for me. It's Nintendo DS for sure.

 

[Vimto]

Nvm.. I got it lol.

Dark Souls for me!

 

[IIFloodyII]

Nintendo DS easily. Don't know anyone who calls a Souls game just "DS" and it's would be the only thing that could be confused as we get further away from the DS being relevant.

 

[GuessMyUserName]

First thought clicking into the thread: DS
Second thought: Dark Souls

 

[Absent Uncle]

My first thought was Dual Shock followed by Nintendo DS

 

[Breqesk]

yeah, it's definitely Citroen.

 

[GrantDaNasty]

if someone says DS, I think Nintendo DS.

If anyone feels slighted when I show ignorance by not knowing they mean Dark Souls (this is the one I most commonly see abbreviated as DS aside from the Nintendo system), I just let them deal with it.

 

[Deleted member 37233]

Nintendo DS is the name of the console, while you can always write the names of the games out.

 

[Donos]

souls is mostly labeled DeS and DaS. When i see DS, i always think of Nintendo DS although i never had one.

 

[Dr. Feel Good]

I thought this was going to be about the DS games that had a play on the acronym.

Dawn of Sorrow, Dual Strike, etc.

 

[CosmicRomancer]

Doesn't the DS in Nintendo DS stand for something?

 

[Spaggy]

I never actually use DS for the souls games. It's DeS and DkS for me. It's Nintendo DS for sure.

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Yeah, that's how it's ingrained in my brain, just by how most people abbreviate the games on here.

 

[GrantDaNasty]

Doesn't the DS in Nintendo DS stand for something?

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while it does (according to some) stand for "Dual Screen", it is never advertised or mentioned unless someone needs to know.

as such DS is the main name, kinda like how Dota 2 is just "Dota", no longer "Defense Of The Ancients"

 

[Dr. Feel Good]

Doesn't the DS in Nintendo DS stand for something?

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developer system. Some would say dual screen

 

[Khrol]

Nintendo DS obviously.

The rest still work with the right context though.

 

[Ryu]

Nintendo DS with a close one for Dark Souls for me.

 

[Soapbox Killer]

I legit thought of Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow.

 

[ActWan]

Dark Souls = DaS
Demon's Souls = DeS
Dead Space = dead (RIP)
Death Stranding = Destra
Don't Strave & Dog Station = who?
(Nintendo) DS wins.

 

[rochellepaws]

Doesn't the DS in Nintendo DS stand for something?

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I thought this thread was going to be about that. It's commonly believed to stand for "Dual Screen" but Nintendo once said it was for "Developer System" as the touch dual screens were meant to inspire new kinds of games.

 

[CosmicRomancer]

while it does (according to some) stand for "Dual Screen", it is never advertised or mentioned unless someone needs to know.

as such DS is the main name, kinda like how Dota 2 is just "Dota", no longer "Defense Of The Ancients"

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developer system. Some would say dual screen

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I thought this thread was going to be about that. It's commonly believed to stand for "Dual Screen" but Nintendo once said it was for "Developer System" as the touch dual screens were meant to inspire new kinds of games.

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Damn. But Developer System rolls right off the tongue.

 

[Deleted member 11985]

I thought this thread was going to be about which Nintendo DS acronym was the best.

 

[FarZa17]

It is Nintendo DS and second would be Dualshock for me.

 

[Prefty]

Nintendo DS, GoW is a more interesting discussion

 

[CosmicRomancer]

I admit, I forgot about Dualshock. But isn't that one word? Is that even a good question lol.

 

[Deleted member 1594]

No Darksiders?

 

[hey it's that dog]

It's the DS handheld, but I'm voting Dark Souls because I don't think hardware needs to be part of an acronym war. Hardware automatically wins first rights to an acronym, plus it's easier to disambiguate from context. It's game titles where people can get confused.

 

[Bold One]

You made that last one up.

 

[Reed Rothchild]

Nintendo DS