Nintendo has announced that the Nintendo 3DS is the fastest selling console during the first ten months in Italy. According to the press release issued by Nintendo 243,700 Nintendo 3DS consoles were sold in the first 44 weeks after the launch, in comparison the Nintendo DS and the Wii sold 108,000 and 63,600 units respectively. Also of interest is that Nintendo had 72% of the handheld market in Italy during 2011.
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