Year up to date:
DS 2,318,522
3DS 678,160
Above: still the best game of the year.
3DS>DS for 2011.
DS sales just dropped to 13K in Japan this week...I expect DS sales to drop in America & Others too after a month after 3DS is out.
2011 could be:
Japan: 3DS>DS
WW: DS>3DS
BTW, that Prof Layton is current 3DS best seller is a good omen, but that Nintendogs is second... YUCK!!! Will they sell a special pink edition coated with sugar, honey and molasses? 
Will it sell out?
Thread title should be renamed "how long until 3DS outsells DS 2011 YTD"
When the US/EMEAA figures start coming in, the DS won't stand a chance.
I'm guessing by August!
Didn't Nintendo estimate like 4 million 3DS systems sold by the end of the current fiscal year?
Nintendo Network ID: Cheebee 3DS Code: 2320 - 6113 - 9046
| *Sound Of Rain said: 3DS>DS for 2011. DS sales just dropped to 13K in Japan this week...I expect DS sales to drop in America & Others too after a month after 3DS is out. |
Japan is irrelevant because it always has been handheld centric and is not a metric to define how well a video game will do. Heck, the PSP was very sucessfull there relatively to other markets. Let's look at some random weeks for the DS/GBA:
Week Ending 15th May 2005
Japan:
| DS 26,150 | |
| GBA 9,597 | |
EMEAA:
| DS 39,396 | |||
| GBA 25,643 |
Americas:
| GBA 63,549 |
|
| DS 16,039 | |
|
Week Ending 01st Oct 2005
Japan:
| GBA 43,909 | |
DS 42,726
EMEAA:
| GBA 29,831 |
|
DS 20,175
Americas:
GBA 48,122
DS 40,343
Week Ending 18th Dec 2005
Japan:
DS 398,435
GBA 42,392
EMEAA:
DS 337,141
GBA 206,137
Americas:
GBA 373,276
DS 312,167
Year summary:
2005
| Pos | Console | Americas | Japan | EMEAA | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PS2 |
6.31 | 2.18 | 10.29 | 18.78 |
| 2 | DS | 2.93 | 4.23 | 3.78 | 10.93 |
| 3 | PSP | 4.07 | 2.22 | 3.31 | 9.60 |
| 4 | GBA | 4.96 | 1.26 | 2.54 | 8.76 |
| 5 | XB | 2.49 | 0.01 | 1.12 | 3.62 |
| 6 | GC | 1.84 | 0.27 | 0.63 | 2.74 |
| 7 | X360 | 0.65 | 0.09 | 0.44 | 1.17 |
| 8 | PS | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Totals | 23.25 | 10.27 | 22.11 | 55.62 |
The GBA CRUSHED the DS in Americas even at the year it was full out. The reverse happened at Japan, and it was so-so in EMEAA. Add in the factors I gave on the OP and there you have it: a 3DS toasted by it's predecessor.
Above: still the best game of the year.
| fwap said: Thread title should be renamed "how long until 3DS outsells DS 2011 YTD" When the US/EMEAA figures start coming in, the DS won't stand a chance. I'm guessing by August! |
See my new post and you will see the light.
Above: still the best game of the year.
| Cheebee said: Didn't Nintendo estimate like 4 million 3DS systems sold by the end of the current fiscal year? |
They also expected Wii Music to be a 10 million seller plus, and Wii to do 18 million by this fiscal year. I'm not saying it won't do 4 million, but that doesn't mean it will win the year.
Above: still the best game of the year.
Beuli2 said:
They also expected Wii Music to be a 10 million seller plus, and Wii to do 18 million by this fiscal year. I'm not saying it won't do that, but that doesn't mean it will win. |
They changed their Wii projection to 16M which is now looking likely 2.3M needed, looks they they will do about 2.4M.
Buying in 2015: Captain toad: treasure tracker,
mario maker
new 3ds
yoshi woolly world
zelda U
majora's mask 3d
| Cheebee said: Didn't Nintendo estimate like 4 million 3DS systems sold by the end of the current fiscal year? |
This will be less likely no thanks to the tsunami :(
Buying in 2015: Captain toad: treasure tracker,
mario maker
new 3ds
yoshi woolly world
zelda U
majora's mask 3d
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