| spurgeonryan said:
People have been saying this for over a year now though. DS sales are going to explode, DS sales are going to explode! But we are still waiting for this to happen. 3DS is doing great, and to be honest, it is starting to explode itself. Just look at how Luigis Mansion 2 is pushing it. It is something that is still associated with Nintendo, but not Mario, something that is new and exciting! The games have been coming these past few months and Westerners are finally noticing! |
What on earth are you talking about? DS sales aren't some mystery, despite some people refusing to acknowledge what was coming. We knew when this would happen, and it has already happened.
Japanese sales
US sales
As you can see, come next month the 3DS will be underneath the DS unless it has some massive sales spike. It could potentially manage to break above the DS again come December 2013, but it would likely be brief. The DS managed 8.43 million in the 12 months after the 26th month. Unfortunately they were launched in different months, so it makes the comparisons messy. However if we we compare 2013 to 2007, the 3DS is already nearly 700k behind after 3 months.
I don't have a handy chart for Europe, but in terms of shipments after 8 quarters, the DS did 11 million to Others, while the 3DS did 8.99 million. For sell through after 108 weeks, the DS was at 11.3 million compared to 8.1 million for the 3DS. The release dates were almost identical in Europe, so the 3DS doesn't have the advantage of the staggered holidays. This is in April 2007 compared to November 2006 for the US.
