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NintendoPie on 30 January 2013
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Yakuzaice said:
NintendoPie said:

Well the 3DS is currently ahead of the DS in HardWare sales, right? I could see the 3DS continuing to do well but all bets are off for the Wii U. We just know way too little about it and what Nintendo will do.


After 8 quarters, the DS was at 26.82 million shipped, the 3DS is at 29.84 million.  Keep in mind the DS did not launch in Europe until almost 4 months after the NA and JP launch.  I haven't adjusted for that.  The DS numbers are also ending September 2006.  Next quarter the DS shipped 8.79 million and should easily surpass the 3DS.  This is also the point where the DS exploded.  In the next quarter Jan-Mar 2007 the DS shipped 4.68 million and Apr-Jun was 6.98 million (only 670k less than the 3DS for this past holiday quarter).  The 3DS is unlikely to catch back up.

Currently the 3DS is flat/down compared to last year.  That would suggest a shipment of 2.1 million or less for the fourth quarter.  If it is 2.1 million, then after 9 quarters, the DS was at 35.61 million, and the 3DS would be at 31.94 million.  The 3DS would need to sell 32.85 million in the next fiscal year to catch up to the DS.

We'll see if it can keep up, the DS put on quite the show around this time.

3DS has some big games this year, though.