3DS sales update - 1 million units ahead of DS total at s...

[robometal cowboy]

3DS sales update - 1 million units ahead of DS total at same point in time
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Looks like Nintendo is definitely on the path to straightening out 3DS sales...

Also noted by Frazier: The Nintendo 3DS has outsold the Nintendo DS by about 1 million units in their respective first 14 months in the market" ...Nintendo has said that it sold 4.5 million 3DS systems in the U.S. in its first year of availability.

Now all we need is a big showing at E3 to give people even more reason to pick up the system!

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[LegendofSantiago]

Still doomed

It does have folders, so i still have hope for it yet

[chris_the_wing]

DOOOMED!

[Waluigi]

I think we should remember that 3DS comes off an extremely popular brand, while DS was a relatively new brand, making the 3DS numbers a little less impressive in my eyes...

Impressive, nonetheless.

[FrenchFryGuy]

@LegendofSantiago
@chris_the_wing

What they said.

[Mako]

The original DS Phat never sold too well, so I would hope so. The DS line really took off after DS Lite came out along with games like Nintendogs and Brain Age.

[Ninja Shroom]

Still doomed. Call Pachter. Call Tech News Today. Call Wired. Apple is eating Nintendo's lunch!

[Battlestriker123]

DOOMED FOREVER! 3DS IS A FAILURE AND HAZ NO GAMEZZZZZZZ!!!!

[EVIL-C]

Bu-bu-but THE TABLETS!!! TH-THE SMARTPHONES!!! They have killed portable handhelds, right?! RIGHT?! That's what I've been brainwashed to believe anyway!!!

[Chosenoneknuckles]

DOOMED forever in the wake of the Vita's AMAZING 1.8 million worldwide sales!

... Luigi's Mansion 2 and Paper Mario in June and July [all the west], please, though Nintendo?

[Delta46]

This isn't too impressive considering the DS was a new concept, and didn't have as many killer games as the 3DS had. Still very impressive though, considering Apple taking a share of the video game market.

[bonesawisready]

Here is the confusing thing.

NPD says Xbox 360 was best selling platform in April at 230k. If the 3DS hit 4.5 million units in one year in NA (March 27) and it outsold the DS's first 14 months (3.8 million) by one million units that means the 3DS has sold a total of 4.8 million units and 300k during April

So how is the 360 the top selling console?

[grcpan]

Its over, nintendo is finished

[MegaMan64]

I hope some of you guys are being sarcastic.

[Ninja Shroom]

@Delta46 Look at it this way, if 3DS continues to outsell the DS during its lifetime, it will become the best selling videogame system of all time. Is that impressive?

[gtt]

People forget that the DS was basically just treading water until 2006. marios and the DSlite won the day.

full disclosure, I had a ds phat and most of my games I bought after I got my dsi.

[McDaniel-77]

The 3DS is the best Handheld to date and it's really affordable! I like it a lot and it still has great potential!

But I need more time to play the games. I already own 11-13 retail 3DS games and have many DL-Games. Mario Tennis Open preordered, Fire Emblem instant buy, Paper Mario instant buy...
It would be nice, if Nintendo could make joint-ventures with so broadcasting, I would like to watch my IP-TV on the 3DS.

McDaniel-77

[link2dpast]

Wow...Gonintendo!!!

[bunny-cow]

Success is success even if this stat means nothing in the long-run.

[deuxhero]

ed!

[stealth]

good news

[LegendofSantiago]

@stealth HOW IS BEING DOOMED GOOD NEWS!?!?!?!?!1111///1/1/1?

[Battlestriker123]

In all seriousness, I don't think you guys really understand how important this story is. It doesn't matter how the DS did in it's first year; what matters is that the original DS is now THE BEST-SELLING CONSOLE OF ALL TIME. If the 3DS is beating the best-selling console of all time... then it will eventually BE the best-selling console of all time. Duh!

Still doomed though...

[Swedish_Otaku]

Yeah how about a redesign!?

[Mit]

In all seriousness, I don't think you guys really understand how important this story is. It doesn't matter how the DS did in it's first year; what matters is that the original DS is now THE BEST-SELLING CONSOLE OF ALL TIME. If the 3DS is beating the best-selling console of all time... then it will eventually BE the best-selling console of all time. Duh!

Still doomed though...

3.8 million units in one year was not "best selling game system of all time" numbers. It was "omg this system is going to fail because it only has one game even worth playing" numbers. 3DS is doing okay, but it's not showing the promise of the DS line yet at all. It was still outsold by the DS this past year. A 7 year old platform.

And at 150 million units sold, that's an average of like 20 million DS's sold per year. 3DS has done 4 million in a year so far, and launch years are supposed to be a good thing.

I don't doubt the 3DS will report better sales in its second year, but I don't think it's ever going to hit the same stride as the DS. I'll be surprised if it sells more than 10 million new systems next year. It'll take a new 3DS-only standard Pokemon game to beat that number.