crimsonheadGCN
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More at the link: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/329787/nintendo-3ds-breaks-sales-record-in-australia/
Pretty impressive.
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Nintendo 3DS breaks sales record in Australia (over 200,000 sold in 37 weeks)
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More at the link: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/329787/nintendo-3ds-breaks-sales-record-in-australia/
Pretty impressive.
-WindYoshi-
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and it's all thanks to the early ambassador games... damn you Australia!
Yes, because beating the DS's first year is a worthless failure.
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
I think he's joking.
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MeisaMcCaffrey
He's being sarcastic.
Lol DS. Such a retarded system.
Eyemus Lutt
Member
It was all about the price, once that got down it sold better.
I'm still waiting for the redesign even though I nearly buckled for Mario kart/ 3D land.
I'm still waiting for the redesign even though I nearly buckled for Mario kart/ 3D land.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
As I said in the other threads, we've sold quite a lot at work. Due to the close pricing pretty much nobody buys a DSi over the 3DS, and now with two Mario titles a lot more people seem interested.
Fixed.
Doomed Nintendo is the most dangerous Nintendo.
Well 200,000 spread over a geographical area that big can make it unlikely.
Doomed since 1889
I used to get heaps of street pass hits in the early days, it started dropping off noticeably a month after though.
I bought one at launch.
Not exactly sure where it is now, it's in one of my cupboards gathering dust.
Also, I didn't realise the 37 week mark was some kind of milestone. Seems a bit arbitrary?
200,000
/slaps forehead
MEET ME SOMEWHERE!
Smiles and Cries
Member
fad
No, should be $99 cuz it's 6 year old technology
sakipon
Member
And it got old like a month ago. Now that people are finally making less idiotic comments about the 3DS, do we need actual supporters of the system continuing the DOOMED vibe via sarcastic comments?
Not that old dude, maybe 4 years.
Oni Link 666
Member
That seems really low compared to sales everywhere else. Why is that? Is gaming not big over there or what?
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
For reference, people, Australia's population is 22.5 million, and it's roughly the same size as the United States. To match Australia's adoption rate, proportionally, there would have to be 2.6 million 3DS sold in the United States. At the end of September, there were 2.13 million shipped in America.
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
Well when you put it that way, it's impressive. No, for real this time.
Keep in mind the difference in population.
US: 312.7 million
JP: 127.7 million
UK: 62.3 million
AU: 22.7 million
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Heck, were I live:
PR: 3.7 million
(And back then, the most preorders of GTAIV across all Gamestops came from here; though they counted us as a state from the US.)
That makes it very impressive.
Austrailia Population 2011: ~22.7mil
3DS Sales = 200,000 which is .8%
Japan Population 2011 128mil
3DS Sales ~3.2mil which is 2.5%
And Japan is the leading country probably right now perecent wise, so no Austraila is not that different, just smaller population.
Indeed. And we still got Xenoblade
Nintendo Australia is doing quite well riding on Nintendo Europe's coattails this year.
Opus Angelorum
Member
I thought Australia would have held more standing towards worldwide sales, considering the population.
200,000 in almost a year seems very low, albeit impressive against previous systems.
200,000 in almost a year seems very low, albeit impressive against previous systems.
perfectchaos007
Member
The state of Texas has a larger population than Australia. I just looked it up
People need to remember that Australia is a little country with a lot of empty space.
According to Wikipedia Australia's population density is 3 people per km^2, one of the lowest in the world. Hint: we don't all live on gigantic areas of land. The bulk of the Australia population is concentrated in a few cities on the east coast, and the remainder is concentrated in a handful of smaller cities elsewhere. There is an awful lot of nothing in between.
According to Wikipedia Australia's population density is 3 people per km^2, one of the lowest in the world. Hint: we don't all live on gigantic areas of land. The bulk of the Australia population is concentrated in a few cities on the east coast, and the remainder is concentrated in a handful of smaller cities elsewhere. There is an awful lot of nothing in between.