New Nintendo 3ds XL... selling better than expected?

[MatrosRx]

I3LuEI3omI3eR said:

MatrosRx said:
Seems the launch for both the EU and US were over 150,000 units each. From what I can see from the graph it looks like about 175,000 for the US, 155,000 for Europe. For XL units alone.

http://www.dualshockers.com/2015/02/16/wii-u-software-sales-increased-200-percent-from-last-year-new-3ds-xl-and-amiibo-sales-are-exceptional/

If you are right these numbers are staggering... it's going to be REALLY CLOSE TO Half a Million units... If not more...

Who would have thunk it?

Iwata:
"As you can see here, we also launched special-edition hardware on that day.
I have received reports that pre-orders for this limited-edition hardware went so well that many retailers closed them before the launch date and the hardware almost sold out on the launch date.

 

Here are our preliminary sales figures for New Nintendo 3DS launched last Friday in each region, and we are comparing the sales for the first two days to those of Nintendo 3DS XL. At the end of last year, some video game enthusiasts, who actively gather information on video games, held off on buying Nintendo 3DS hardware in anticipation of the New Nintendo 3DS launch. Thanks to these consumers and some highly anticipated titles being released simultaneously, we had a good launch despite it not being the usual sales season. Our next challenge is to keep this sales momentum."