Nintendo sold an incredible 207,000 units in Japan during the week of the price cut. This figure covers August 8th through to August 14th. Clearly there were a lot of Japanese consumers holding off purchasing the device due to its original price point. No doubt Nintendo of Japan will be busy cracking open the champagne bottles.
right on, now if only I could get my hands on one
i just got one for 190$ Australian. Could hook you up with another easily :P
Brand new on a side note. I like this price cut :)
I’m very happy to hear that.
Does anyone know the total sales to this date?
including the 207,000, I’d roughly guestimate around 4.8, 4.9 million, but that number will probably soar in the next few months, due to all the first party games coming out.
for japan, thats pretty damn good. if that were us though, that’d be pretty bad.
Even though it was after a week and that was a forth of 5 months of North American sales.
Wooohooo!!!!
Noice! Good to see that its picking up. Not that there was anything to worry about in the first place really.
So many sites *coughIGNcough* have been trying to make the 3DS out as some horrendous failure and some sort of precursor to nintendo’s down fall with ridiculous articles and such so that they can get hundreds of comments from site visitors, namely Sony and Microsoft fans applauding the irrationality.
Can’t wait for the holidays as well with such a stellar roster of games coming our way. Sales will be smexy and then we can put an end to some of the comments and theories people are coming up with about nintendo going out of business and what not.
Exactly. I could not agree more. IGN kept saying it was doomed already. Look at the original ds. It had slow sales at the start and then went on to sell a lot. I’m just waiting for more good games to come out.
Clarification: The 9.5 I was referring to was the one he gave Ocarina of Time 3D.
Im buying a second 3DS and a DSi XL just for you Nintendo^^
even im not doing that… and I currently own 4 DS’s
Aaw…charity. That’s nice…
It would be better to give the 300 bucks to childs play but whatever. If you really have that much of an Nintendy fetish, go ahead and buy direct from Nintendo, not retailer. Like, an Nintendo store.
Hopefully this will give the third parties some of the security they need to start investing in the 3DS. If the numbers are comparatively good in North America and Europe, then I hope some of the third party bosses will eat some humble pie. The price did hold the 3DS back (I was fortunate in that I picked up a launch model for £179.99), now there is no excuse.
Nintendo Rules!
http://gamesites.nintendo.com.eu/nintendo3ds-ambassador-program/en_EU/test.php
Wrong link, sorry.
http://gamesites.nintendo.com.au/nintendo3ds-ambassador-program/en_AU/test.php
Hmm… They say 11 digit number but mine only has 10 and it’s not working.
And it’s been registered on the last club nintendo year. Shouldn’t that be proof that it was connected before the deadline?
I tried my 3DS and it said it wasn’t registered. But it is an American 3DS, so that may be the reason.
That makes sense
I expect sales to be high in all regions after the price cut. I attributed to the US sales after the price cut.
I still feel like an idiot for buy one early nintendo disappointed me. 20 games is good i can play them until December, no good games out for 3DS
bought nintendo 3DS 2 months ago for full price.
and what we will get for f***ing old games that i already have played.
never ever i will buy a nintendo hardware again.
Facepalm.
Just for that? Do you not like the genius in Nintendo games enough to get over it and move on?
So because of a price drop you are pissed? Do you have a 360, Wii or PS3 that you bought and now enraged since they have lowered the prices on those devices as well? They didn’t have to give you any games at all, not like Sony when they cut $100 off the PS3 within a year, they didn’t give you 20 free playstation games…
*FACEPALM*
facepalms for everyone!
Wow! Amazing Nintendo sales are amazing! So excited about 20 games and Star Fox 64 3D now :)
Good for you nintendo!
Now you just gotta get that great 3rd party support (which should be easy now) and your set.
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Awesome! Glad more people can get their hands on this incredible device.
Champagne bottles? I’m afraid they’ll get drunk and say “Hey, since it’s selling so well, let’s sell it for 2000 yen ($20).” Then get drunk some more then play Super Smash Bros.
I knew the 3DS was a successful system. It was a bit pricey (I bought mine at launch), it is still a great system. I can’t wait for the future games to come out! :D Mario Kart 7!!!
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