Animal Crossing New Leaf Sold Out, Over 200k in Digital Sales!

[Paul]

VGKing said:

Paul said:

VGKing said:

Paul said:

VGKing said:
The 200k digital is way too high for a Nintendo console, but it turns out they were selling download codes in-store.

The 200k digital is included in the 600k total right? So 400k physical?

What does the first sentence mean? If I buy a download code in a store and download it, or if I pay for it with my credit card and download it, isn't that the same thing except for the method of payment.

It means that Nintendo has the weakest online infrastructure, so 200k digital sales for any game is impossible.But then I saw that they were selling these cards in store so it makes sense.

Yes, it is the same thing but in Japan, if there weren't any of these cards available you can bet the digital sales wouldn't be anywhere near 200k.

Do you have any numbers for how many digital downloads Nintendo can handle at a given time. I'm sure they are investing in the infrastructure to handle a large amount of downloads as they offer more and more downloadable content. what would happen during the holiday season when all the kids open their gifts and rush to all download the game at the same time.

No, I have no idea how much traffic Nintendo's servers can handle. 

@bold
Are you being serious here? The 3DS isn't exactly known for its digital content. I can assure you this wont' be a problem.

Yes I am serious. I thought that you just implied that a large quantity of the downloads consisted of these cards. I would assume that some of these will end up as gifts along with digital copies of other pieces of software. I would assume that the holidays would create the most digital traffic for nintendo and it is an area of their business that they seem to be ramping up quite a bit.