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braiks on 19 December 2012
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BasilZero said:
braiks said:


Japan sold significantly less DS units than US and Europe in 2011 and in 2010 as well. 

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/library/historical_data/pdf/consolidated_sales_e1112.pdf

Not talking about US and EU, but was talking about Japan mostly.

I must be looking at it wrong or not but what I see is 

In the year 2011

235 for the NDS
106 for the 3DS

In the year 2012

21 for the NDS
360 for the 3DS


I forgot the fact that the 3DS came out in 2011 (thought it was in 2010 l0l) but my original comment still stands though, its amazing that the NDS sold 235 over the 3DS but I guess it was because the Japanese realized that $250 or the equivalent in Yen was too much and the lack of Mario...if only the people here realized that instead of justifying the ambassador program for the $80 price cut l0l.

Anyways thanks for the link!


Your comment does not stand at all. You said: "Japanese people make no sense, they buy a DS when the 3DS is out so its not a surprise to see PSP selling better than the Vita." failing to realise that the DS is actually selling a lot better in US and EU since the 3DS launched. So Japanese people do make sense. Much more than the rest of us because while the 3DS is out with backwards compatibility (!) people here still buy the DS in the thousands. Also the 106 figure for the 3DS in Japan (means 1.06 million) was for a single month because their FY ends in March 31 and 3DS released in Feb 26 in Japan so FY2011 would be from April 1st 2010 to March 31st 2011.