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Japan - 3DS nearing 3 million sold, Mario Kart 7 off to a fantastic start
The following information comes from Satoru Iwata...
- 3DS will soon cross the three million sales mark
- this is two weeks ahead of the DS
- believes the 3DS has regained its momentum
- the high hardware/low software sales we saw was in preparation for big holiday titles
- says sales should reach 4 million before its one-year anniversary
- Mario Kart 7 sold roughly 420,000 units in its first week
- this is around double that of the DS version
- in the states, Iwata believes the holiday sales rush started about two weeks later than usual
- Mario titles are off to a better start internationally compared to Japan
- Nintendo is still expected to post an overall loss for the current fiscal yea
- expect a recovery of profits in the next fiscal term
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- 3DS will soon cross the three million sales mark
- this is two weeks ahead of the DS
- believes the 3DS has regained its momentum
- the high hardware/low software sales we saw was in preparation for big holiday titles
- says sales should reach 4 million before its one-year anniversary
- Mario Kart 7 sold roughly 420,000 units in its first week
- this is around double that of the DS version
- in the states, Iwata believes the holiday sales rush started about two weeks later than usual
- Mario titles are off to a better start internationally compared to Japan
- Nintendo is still expected to post an overall loss for the current fiscal yea
- expect a recovery of profits in the next fiscal term
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