3DS comparison launch in Japan with current gen consoles

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Gilgamesh on 18 March 2011

I'm comparing the launch of the PS3, PS2, PSP, DS, and Wii to the 3DS launch. I excluded the X360, if you think the PS3 numbers were bad then the X360 is obviously much worst, first week it did 54K then the rest it hovered around 1k - 12k. I added PS2 just to compare.

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Total
3DS	374,164	208,479	95,517	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	678,160
DS	458,825	191,582	222,728	338,120	182,527	121,302	56,708	46,317	43,082	32,762	1,663,674
PSP	163,812	83,598	98,771	122,707	58,981	61,279	66,884	73,145	50,569	49,540	829,286
PS2	756,662	185,094	86,136	130,639	192,195	138,539	87,817	83,272	77,280	52,978	1,790,612
Wii	362,592	97,643	105,517	284,773	107,674	171,626	95,723	83,788	82,898	70,738	1,379,184
PS3	86,742	43,593	35,661	31,571	49,047	72,164	79,285	74,582	70,158	30,102	572,905

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Moren on 18 March 2011

You only do this because you know third week will be beyond atrocious >:(

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leatherhat on 18 March 2011

PS3- you blew it

Time for hype

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Attoyou on 18 March 2011

Its DOOMED!!!!!!!! lol

3DS 3 weeks > ps3 10 weeks

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Boutros on 18 March 2011

Attoyou said:

Its DOOMED!!!!!!!! lol

3DS 3 2 weeks > ps3 10 weeks

Fixed.

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Joelcool7 on 18 March 2011

Man I was expecting alittle more impressive launch numbers. I thought it would beat out Wii by a long shot and probably beat DS. It has so much going for it and distinguishes itself from all the other platforms. I thought for sure it would be #1. I even thought it would sell 4-million by the end of the fiscal year (It still might) but these numbers aren't as impressive as I expected.

I guess the earth quake will effect sales in Japan as well. Many people have lost everything and won't have money to spend on a 3DS.

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megaman79 on 19 March 2011

Only a Chernobyl like nuclear accident could possibly stop the 3DS.

oh wait....

“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.