Nintendo 3DS Sells 400k on Day One

[Sully99]

Nikkei ''3DS first shipment was 400k, it sold out''

Source: Nikkei.com

Nikkei is the leading financial, business and industry news outlet in Japan.

For comparisson here are previous Handheld Launch Sales Figures for Japan.

QUOTE1998.10.21 (Nintendo GameBoyColor) - 155.774 (5 days)
1998.10.28 (SNK NeoGeoPocket) - 21.471 (5 days)
1999.03.04 (Bandai WonderSwan) - 102.655 (4 days)
1999.03.19 (SNK NeoGeoPocketColor) - 18.809 (3 days)
2000.12.09 (Bandai WonderSwanColor) - 145.975 (2 days)
2001.03.21 (Nintendo GameBoyAdvance) - 611.504 (5 days)
2002.07.12 (Bandai SwanCrystal) - 30.692 (3 days)
2003.02.14 (Nintendo GameBoyAdvance SP) - 117.859 (3 days)
2004.12.02 (Nintendo DS) - 441.485 (4 days)
2004.12.12 (Sony PSP-1000) - 166.074 (1 day)
2005.09.13 (Nintendo GameBoyMicro) - 148.117 (6 days)
2006.03.02 (Nintendo DS Lite) - 67.653 (4 days)
2007.09.20 (Sony PSP-2000) - 263.538 (4 days)
2008.10.16 (Sony PSP-3000) - 155.720 (4 days)
2008.11.01 (Nintendo DSi) - 170.779 (2 days)
2009.11.01 (Sony PSP Go) - 28.275 (1 day)
2009.11.21 (Nintendo DSi LL) - 103.524 (2 days)

SOURCE: Famitsu via NEOGAF

 

[haddad]

0_o popular lol

 

[Splych]

holy . . . .
that's pretty ridiculous .

 

[neoquilava]

Out matching the three latest ds iterations in one day

 

[~De arimasu]

You'd have thought they'd have made the initial batch larger than the NDS', so they could beat that record

 

[Goli]

You'd have thought they'd have made the initial batch larger than the NDS', so they could beat that record

The 3DS sold 400k in a day.
The DS sold 400k in 4 days.
The record has already been beaten.

 

[neoquilava]

they did beat the record though
(Nintendo DS) - 441.485 (4 days)

while the 3ds is at 400k in one day

 

[The Catboy]

Damnnnnnn!!!!

that's impressive

 

[KingVamp]

That pretty impressive.

 

[Slyakin]

Damn... It doubled AND tripled some records.

Nintendo really should have made more handhelds!

Thank goodness I pre-ordered my 3DS.

 

[~De arimasu]

You'd have thought they'd have made the initial batch larger than the NDS', so they could beat that record

The 3DS sold 400k in a day.
The DS sold 400k in 4 days.
The record has already been beaten.

Ohhh I see. I should have really read more than the figures

 

[Fear Zoa]

Once again Nintendo proves that it owns the handheld market.......

And to think people said it wouldn't do well

 

[redact]

and this is why i pre-ordered and am going to make 100% sure that i am working on release day
no way that i want to miss out on getting mine day one

 

[DeMoN]

I wonder why the DS lite did so poorly relatively. It was a huge improvement, it should have sold more than the DSi or DSiLL.

 

[Stevetry]

OMG someone stop Nintendo THEY ARE ON FIREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[SmokeFox]

I wish to put my hands on this baby.

 

[RupeeClock]

I wish to put my hands on this baby.

I have, you'll love it.

 

[Slyakin]

Rupee, can you describe how it was?

Or, if you own it, how you like it so far?

 

[Ryukouki]

It's a VERY cool experience.

Off topic: Slyakin I love the avatar.

 

[Slyakin]

It's a VERY cool experience.

Off topic: Slyakin I love the avatar.

Wai thank ya! I think it also fits the theme of the topic too.