How is the 3DS really doing compared to the DS in the U.S? 3DS/DS sales gap~

[DélioPT]

happydolphin said:

DélioPT said:
NSMB2 will be hit for sure. Just waiting to see how far it can drive 3DS' sales in the long run.
Brain Training... can it still be effective after all those clones? I honestly see this one doing better in Japan than in the rest of the world (at least, in tie ratio).

For this segment of your post, here are the sales of the brain training games.

Game	Year	North America	Europe	Japan	Rest of World	Global
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day	2005	4.71	9.05	4.16	2.03	19.96
Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day	2005	3.41	5.31	5.32	1.18	15.21

And the hardware figures by region:

Platform	North America	Europe	Japan	Rest of World	Global
Nintendo DS (DS)	55.42	51.44	33.01	12.43	152.30

Tie Ratio:

Game	North America	Europe	Japan	Rest of World	Global
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day	8%	18%	13%	16%	13%
Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day	6%	10%	16%	9%	10%

Thanks for sharing this. It does give a better perspective on how the new game will do!
I had no idea that sales for Brain Training 2 took such a hit in Europe and that Japanese sales actually rose for BT2. Seems that European and North American sales were affected by all the clones.

Those are good indicators to see how sales will (probably) spread out across regions.