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3DS nears 6 million units sold in US; 22 million shipped globally

Good to hear.

Nintendo has announced that nearly 6 million 3DS consoles, both the original and the XL model, have been sold in the US.

Worldwide game sales are up to 64.45 million units from launch until September 30.

In total, Nintendo has sold more than 22 million 3DS units globally as of September 30.

To coincide with the sales announcements, Nintendo has announced a limited flame red 3DS bundle, which includes a copy of Super Mario 3D Land preinstalled.

It will retail for $170, and will be available during the Black Friday post-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy.

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Outsold by Japan, not too surprising. (it should outbeat the PS3 LTD there though very soon).

22 million is healthy.
Hopefully it can replicate last holidays insanity.
 

clemenx

Banned
I think it's outselling the Original DS at this point but the DS crazy sales with the Lite, MKDS and NSMB are right around the corner.
 

XenodudeX

Junior Member
How's the Vita doing?

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Miles X

Member
Be interesting how close they get to 10m in the US by the end of the year.

Yeah, probably 10x, last time we heard Vita was around 2 million sales right?

2.2 was in June or something, it's probably 2.6+ by now at least (despite selling crazy low)
 

Tomat

Wanna hear a good joke? Waste your time helping me! LOL!
How is the 3DS library these days compared to it's launch library? Kind of on the fence about picking one up.
 
The main problem with the 3DS was the dramatic price cut in the beginning, since than its sales have been fine. Even if it is selling inline with the DS it is still a disappointment.
 
Nintendo is Doomed 3: Ressurection of Evil. Good to hear, hopefully more third parties get on board as 2013 is looking pretty scarce outside of first parties, Monster Hunter and Castlevania.

Also, as soon as it gets Monster Hunter 4 and Pokemon 3D, we should see a big boost.
 

Gravijah

Member
The Vita parade had already been planned when comparing power, effectively calling the 3ds "last gen."

yes, but this is nothing new for recent Nintendo and especially not handheld Nintendo. they're always underpowered compared to competition. there's really no comparison when it comes to power, the Vita is obviously much better in that regard.
 

JavyOO7

Member
I love the system but the sales aren't that great. In the end of the three year mark 3DS will probably trail GBA and DS in regards to sales numbers. Great system IMO its just not lighting a spark here in NA like it is in Japan. Even over there 3DS will start getting beat by DS around the holidays this year.
 

RM8

Member
It'll sell above GBA, but way below DS. Because really, DS numbers are simply not happening again.
 
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