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Will Pokemon X/Y still be on top at the end of this handheld generation?

Yes 75 79.79%
 
No (specify what game wil... 15 15.96%
 
Total:90

Congratulations on Pokemon X/Y eclipsing Super Mario 3D Land to become the highest selling 3DS game! It should be the first to pass 10 million by sometime in February/March if not sooner (Due to general post-holiday slowing of game sales). 

 

1. Pokemon X/Y:                              9.25 Million

2. Super Mario 3D Land:                9.16 Million

3. Mario Kart 7:                                9.07 Million

4. New Super Mario Bros 2:          7.11 Million

5. Animal Crossing: New Leaf:      6.04 Million

 

Edit: I'd also like to thank Game Freak for finally giving Flareon 'Flare Blitz'. Who knows! Maybe in Gen 7 Pinsir might finally learn Mega Horn... And Dunsparce will evolve into a Fairy/Dragon... 



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You can't be quite certain that it's actually the highest-selling 3DS game. The best that can be said is that it's the 3DS game that has sold best at retail.

As surprising as it may sound, my suspicion is that New Leaf might actually be the best-selling title. Why? Because amongst all retail 3DS games released so far, it's the game best suited to digital download, and Nintendo did push digital download for that game particularly. I could honestly see it having 50% digital and 50% retail, while the others (not counting copies obtained through deals like the "buy one of these games and a 3DS XL, and download Super Mario 3D Land for free") I'd expect to be somewhere around 10-15% digital.



40.63m games sold by Nintendo with only those 5 titles. Insane.



Aielyn said:
You can't be quite certain that it's actually the highest-selling 3DS game. The best that can be said is that it's the 3DS game that has sold best at retail.

As surprising as it may sound, my suspicion is that New Leaf might actually be the best-selling title. Why? Because amongst all retail 3DS games released so far, it's the game best suited to digital download, and Nintendo did push digital download for that game particularly. I could honestly see it having 50% digital and 50% retail, while the others (not counting copies obtained through deals like the "buy one of these games and a 3DS XL, and download Super Mario 3D Land for free") I'd expect to be somewhere around 10-15% digital.


LOL Get real, animal crossing didn't sell 3 million digital



007BondAgent said:
Aielyn said:
You can't be quite certain that it's actually the highest-selling 3DS game. The best that can be said is that it's the 3DS game that has sold best at retail.

As surprising as it may sound, my suspicion is that New Leaf might actually be the best-selling title. Why? Because amongst all retail 3DS games released so far, it's the game best suited to digital download, and Nintendo did push digital download for that game particularly. I could honestly see it having 50% digital and 50% retail, while the others (not counting copies obtained through deals like the "buy one of these games and a 3DS XL, and download Super Mario 3D Land for free") I'd expect to be somewhere around 10-15% digital.


LOL Get real, animal crossing didn't sell 3 million digital

Nono you dont get it. hes saying AC sold 50/50 digital/retail so more about 6m digtal!!!!!! LOL



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wow All these title soon will reach 10M



Aielyn said:
You can't be quite certain that it's actually the highest-selling 3DS game. The best that can be said is that it's the 3DS game that has sold best at retail.

As surprising as it may sound, my suspicion is that New Leaf might actually be the best-selling title. Why? Because amongst all retail 3DS games released so far, it's the game best suited to digital download, and Nintendo did push digital download for that game particularly. I could honestly see it having 50% digital and 50% retail, while the others (not counting copies obtained through deals like the "buy one of these games and a 3DS XL, and download Super Mario 3D Land for free") I'd expect to be somewhere around 10-15% digital.


Nothing sells like Pokemon on a handheld, I'm sure Pokemon has sold a buttload of digital copies as well. But If anything, 3D Land might still be the best selling title for the moment (not counting the free downloads, of which I have one despite already having a physical copy) if for nothing more than having over a year long headstart in the digital download department. However, 3D land also had the same headstart in the physical department and Pokemon still beat it out, so I suspect Pokemon might have outsold or be close to outselling it on both formats.

There's no way in hell that animal crossing sold that much digitally. That just crazy talk! crazy talk I say!



New Super Mario Bros 2 7.11M Vs PS Vita 7.2M



Amazing, I don't think any game will pass it when it's all said and done.

Here is my prediction of those 5 games at the end of the generation:

1. Pokemon X/Y: 15-18 Million
2. Super Mario 3D Land: 11-14 Million
3. Mario Kart 7: 12-15 Million
4. New Super Mario Bros 2: 10-13 Million
5. Animal Crossing: New Leaf: 9-12 Million



007BondAgent said:
Aielyn said:
You can't be quite certain that it's actually the highest-selling 3DS game. The best that can be said is that it's the 3DS game that has sold best at retail.

As surprising as it may sound, my suspicion is that New Leaf might actually be the best-selling title. Why? Because amongst all retail 3DS games released so far, it's the game best suited to digital download, and Nintendo did push digital download for that game particularly. I could honestly see it having 50% digital and 50% retail, while the others (not counting copies obtained through deals like the "buy one of these games and a 3DS XL, and download Super Mario 3D Land for free") I'd expect to be somewhere around 10-15% digital.


LOL Get real, animal crossing didn't sell 3 million digital

I suggest you review basic mathematics, since my description does work out to 6 million digital, as supernihilist notes.

That being said, I was working purely off intuition. Didn't think to look at actual numbers from previous quarters. Examination of the actual numbers gives us a better estimate of percentages, and I was overly optimistic.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2013/131031e.pdf

By the end of September, New Leaf had sold 6.35 million copies total. It was under 5 million retail according to VGChartz. This represents roughly 21% digital. Noting that its retail Christmas sales were a little slower than you'd expect, I think you'll find that the proportion of digital downloads will be somewhat higher since then. I'd guess somewhere around 25%. So I'd actually estimate New Leaf, assuming VGChartz hasn't mistracked (in either direction), to be somewhere around 8 million with digital included.

My main point, that digital sales mean that we don't know which one is actually ahead, remains valid.