| Viper1 said:
The sales spike, whihc boosted many consoles, is due to a sales tax increase from the Japanesee government on April 01. Many consumers picked up various devices to beat the increased price imposed the following days. |
I'd imagine the 3DS seeing a greater-than-the-others sales spike was also due to this:
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And these:
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Even crap limited edition consoles (or indeed, in this case, related to games people aren't interested in) still tend to boost hardware.







