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NWR_pap64:
The 3D system may surpass the first-year sales of the Nintendo DS.http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/28408First-year sales of the 3DS may surpass the first-year sales of the original DS console, according to sales data by the NPD Group.The 3DS sold 1.65 million units since its launch early in the year and is fast approaching its first holiday season, which will include the releases of Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7. Nintendo expects the system to have surpassed sales of the DS once the holiday season is over. The original DS sold 2.37 million units starting in November of 2004 and ending on October of 2005.In October, the 3DS sold 250,000 units. In other Nintendo news, the Wii nearly sold 250,000 units, while the DS sold 180,000 units, despite the presence of the 3DS in the market. Combined, Nintendo moved 675,000 pieces of hardware in October.The 3DS has seen great growth ever since the price drop happened earlier in the year. Recently in Japan the release of Super Mario 3D Land helped boost sales of the system.

StrawHousePig:
Now, now. As gaming journalists / bloggers / nerds you're supposed to decry the 3DS and its pathetic, miserable sales and how Nintendo are failing left and right and that the gaming world would be so much better off were Nintendo to develop for cell phones rather than continue to expand it. Of course repeating this ad infinitum.



Or not. You could also be reasonable human beings I suppose.

UncleBob:
Didn't the original DS do pretty poorly in its first year though?

KDR_11k:
I'd be more positive about the 3DS if it didn't feel like a badly rushed machine that's not even remotely up to Nintendo's usual standards. The pathetic battery life and the lengthy load times even in the menu really don't draw a nice picture.

NWR_insanolord:

--- Quote from: UncleBob on November 12, 2011, 02:52:34 AM ---Didn't the original DS do pretty poorly in its first year though?

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It did indeed, largely because of a very poor software lineup up until the very end of that year. The original DS was in worse shape than the 3DS at this point in its life in terms of sales, software quality and public perception.

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