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Yakuzaice on 11 December 2012
_crazy_man_ said:

So the 3DS is tracking better than the DS in Japan even post bump DS.

3DS hasn't been out long enough to see the bigger US and Europe numbers then.

Hard to believe the DS pulled big numbers in the summer for the US in 2006.

The 3DS is not ahead in Japan.  The DS has about a 2 million lead in the same period of time.  It also averaged 204k per week for the next 17 weeks, so the 3DS is unlikely to pull ahead.

Here is a chart comparing them

The DS explosion came later in the US, but you can see the enormous cliff that the 3DS is about to face in comparisons.



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_crazy_man_ on 11 December 2012
Yakuzaice said:
_crazy_man_ said:

So the 3DS is tracking better than the DS in Japan even post bump DS.

3DS hasn't been out long enough to see the bigger US and Europe numbers then.

Hard to believe the DS pulled big numbers in the summer for the US in 2006.

The 3DS is not ahead in Japan.  The DS has about a 2 million lead in the same period of time.  It also averaged 204k per week for the next 17 weeks, so the 3DS is unlikely to pull ahead.

Here is a chart comparing them

The DS explosion came later in the US, but you can see the enormous cliff that the 3DS is about to face in comparisons.

Thanks for correcting me.

Dam the GBA sold gangbusters at first but quickly feel off didn't it.



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Soundwave on 11 December 2012

The GBA got undercut by the DS launching just 3 1/2 years in, so it's lifespan was cut short. Nintendo probably should've launched it earlier.