Week 4!
DS 06 -- 110,386
3DS 13 -- 78,288
Animal Crossing and Fantasy Life momentum is being good to 3DS, but not good enough to beat the DS. This week, the DS sees its first major release of 2006, English Training: Have Fun Improving Your Skills! The game sold 253k its first week, and 1.65 million by year's end. It was the fourth-best-selling new release of 2006 overall in Japan.
Week 5 preview: DS sales slow to a crawl (23k) next week, likely due to the late-January reveal of the DS Lite. It has four consecutive weeks of sub-60k sales before the Lite's March 2 release propels hardware sales to new heights. 3DS has one more slow week before DQVII hits, its first major release of the year. The next four weeks are crucial for the 3DS -- I would almost go so far as to say that if at any point this year the DS surpasses the 3DS in YTD sales, that's the end of it. The 3DS must stay ahead or it stands no chance against the DS's Pokémon-fueled Holiday boost.
The tally thus far:
DS 06 -- 323,690
3DS 13 -- 560,390
Adv 3DS +236,700
