3DS surpasses 15 million sold in the US

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zorg1000 said:

Pavolink said:

SpokenTruth said:

Pavolink said:
Not so hot numbers. I guess the New effect already faded.

Um...you did read it as being up YoY because of the New 3DS, right?  

Being YoY is nothing to brag. This is the important picture:

I just hope 3DS will break the 20M mark. :-/
Under 20 million for a Ninty handheld in the US is very terrible...
For a comparation:

DS: 54,000,000
GB: 40,000,000
GBA: 38,000,000

That Gameboy number is a bit misleading since it's a 2 generation device. Through March 1994, Gameboy had shipped 14.81 million in the Americas so 3DS is actually tracking much higher than Gameboy.

Game Boy Color shipped 16 million in just two years in the Americas alone, which trumps the 3DS in oh 4 years. I even discounted a portion of the fiscal year ending March 1999, even though technically the GBC probably accounted for more than 50% of the GB shipments in that year too. 

So yeah you can break it down, it does OK compared to the Game Boy, but the GBC, GBA, and DS all demolish it in the US. Basically every handheld since Pokemon's release in the US in fall 1998.