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3DS Family Surpasses 10 Million Sales in the US

by Becky Hollada - December 15, 2013, 4:40 am EST
Total comments: 2 Source: (Press Release), http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/pr/36186

So safe to say Nintendo wins at handhelds.

During November, sales for the Nintendo 3DS family surpassed 10 million units.

With the releases of Super Mario 3D World and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Nintendo saw a 100 percent increase from October in sales for Nintendo hardware. Estimates say this was about 770,000 units for the 3DS and related systems, which boosted lifetime total sales to nearly 10.5 million.

There were several other good milestones for Nintendo’s November sales. Pokémon X and Y sold another 225,000 physical and digital copies in its second month, bringing sales to more than 2.35 million total. In its first month, A Link Between Worlds sold a total of 405,000 units between physical, digital and 3DS XL bundle copies and was the sixth 3DS title to score a Megacritic 90 or higher. Several other 3DS titles also jumped triple digit percentages in sales from October to November.

Nintendo Hardware Sales Increase by 100 Percent, Nintendo 3DS Surpasses 10 Million

Two games that are among the best reviewed of 2013 launched on Nov. 22: Super Mario 3D World for Wii U and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds for Nintendo 3DS. The strong response to these games helped sales of Nintendo hardware systems in November increase by 100 percent over the month prior. This includes nearly 770,000 units of the Nintendo 3DS family, which drove the lifetime total past 10 million to nearly 10.5 million units. Other sales milestones achieved for the month include:

Nintendo 3DS Family of Systems

  • Pokémon X and Pokémon Y each sold more than 225,000 combined digital and physical units in their second month on the market. This brought the combined life-to-date total to more than 2.35 million units. On Dec. 4, Nintendo revealed special edition Pokémon X and Pokémon Y Nintendo 2DS bundles that should keep the games’ momentum going through the holidays and into 2014.
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, the sixth Nintendo 3DS title to have a Metacritic score of 90 or higher, sold more than 280,000 combined digital and physical units. That figure jumps to more than 405,000 total units when including the special edition Zelda-themed Nintendo 3DS XL system, which comes with a code to download the game.
  • A handful of first-party Nintendo 3DS titles saw triple-digit sales percentage increases in November over sales in October. This includes standout 2013 titles such as Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (seventh month on market; 140 percent increase) and Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (ninth month; 105 percent increase), and legacy titles such as Paper Mario: Sticker Star (13th month; 280 percent increase), Mario Kart 7 (23rd month; 130 percent increase) and Super Mario 3D Land (24th month; 235 percent increase).

Wii U

  • Sales of Wii U hardware increased by more than 340 percent over sales in October.
  • Super Mario 3D World for Wii U, currently the highest-rated next-generation title with a Metacritic score of 94, sold more than 215,000 combined digital and physical units in its first eight days on the market.

“This holiday season, Nintendo is offering an unparalleled combination of value and variety,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of sales and marketing. “In looking at these results, two things are indisputable: Our hardware is gaining momentum at the exact right time and our software catalog is stronger than ever.”

*Data regarding physical sales of games in November are from the NPD Group. Data regarding digital downloads of games and combined physical/digital life-to-date numbers are from Nintendo’s internal sales figures. All numbers, unless otherwise stated, are specific to the United States only.

Talkback

UncleBobRichard Cook, Guest ContributorDecember 15, 2013

To take the opposite viewpoint I did with Wii U sale...

A two year old system, competing with two brand new system releases and crazy sale prices on older systems still managed to bust out three-quarters of a million units in one month' time...

Wow.

alegoicoeDecember 15, 2013

Handheld has great games coming out for it, while Wii U only gets Mario :(

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