In a surprising announcement, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has said that the New Nintendo 3DS is the company’s best-selling revision to date in Japan since the DSi. The remodelled handheld has surpassed sales of the Nintendo 3DS XL, the Nintendo DSi and the DSi XL during the first three weeks of the console going on sale. They’ve handily provided the chart above courtesy of Media Create. Here’s what Nintendo president Satoru Iwata had to say.
We feel that the new “super-stable 3D” function, new “C” stick, and accelerated CPU of the new models have been well-received by our consumers. With the new models in addition to the consecutive release of games which could be double-million sellers, we are confident that Nintendo 3DS will establish a presence in the market in the year-end sales season in Japan.
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But… DSi was pretty crappy
Doesn’t matter, Prints money.
The XL model was more crappier. DSi actually had extras to make it stand out but the XL looks fucking ugly.
Well duh! The 3DS was already awesome so this will be more awesome! So in other words, the awesome meter has been filled to the maximum awesomeness.
Now we just need a US release date.
Still not one? Damn… I am really close to getting one of these things now…
Now I want to see a gazillion Wii Us sold during 2015…
You and me both commander!
Wait, wasn’t the ds lite considered a system revision? Cause those were quite popular, too. At least I think they were :o
Yea its like they are completely ignoring it, I find it strange.
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yeah but that wouldn’t fit well with the story that the N3DS is the most popular revision
I have a DSi XL, but I never understood what it really did differently? Was it just a regular DS with internet capabilities? Even though I also have a DS Lite, I don’t understand it (aside from some extra features).
If only they mention more games for the new Nintendo 3ds
I agree. I haven’t heard of a single game on the new 3DS that I care anything about yet.
The only exclusive one i heard was a xenoblade port, which i’m willing to buy. never got my hands on the original.