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Pokemon X/Y giving big hardware sales boost to 3DS around the world, says Iwata
On October 12 the latest title in the Pokémon series, “Pokémon X” and “Pokémon Y” was simultaneously released globally for the first time ever in this series. As many reports stated, the sales in the first two days after its release exceeded more than four million units, and since this software went on sale, the hardware sales share has also changed significantly.
With regard to the sales data in October, although the NPD data in October has not been announced yet, we have data from the three-week period of October 7 – October 27 in Japan and the two-week period of October 7 – October 20 in Europe, so I would like to explain the current market situation based on this partial data.
“Pokémon X/Pokémon Y” greatly boosted Nintendo 3DS sales in Japan and Europe, which can be seen in the market share. We have no sales data for other companies, so we are unable to show the U.S. data here, but the sales of Nintendo 3DS are growing in the U.S. just like they are in Europe. - Satoru Iwata
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With regard to the sales data in October, although the NPD data in October has not been announced yet, we have data from the three-week period of October 7 – October 27 in Japan and the two-week period of October 7 – October 20 in Europe, so I would like to explain the current market situation based on this partial data.
“Pokémon X/Pokémon Y” greatly boosted Nintendo 3DS sales in Japan and Europe, which can be seen in the market share. We have no sales data for other companies, so we are unable to show the U.S. data here, but the sales of Nintendo 3DS are growing in the U.S. just like they are in Europe. - Satoru Iwata
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