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irstupid on 01 April 2011
Zlejedi said:
NYANKS said:

So is this impressive or not?  It would seem so since it broke records in UK and Germany, did it do less everywhere else in thte region?  What were people hoping for?

I think everyone expected that it will beat all previous sales records.

thats sad that all we see is it breaking records for sales and people say its failing, because they apparantly had just outlandish ideas on what it will do



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M.U.G.E.N on 01 April 2011

lol like someone said, one of the fastest adjustments...ever.

so overtracked by 100k or so previously. But 300k is still very good



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KillerMan on 01 April 2011

PSP opened with over 600k sales in EMEAA so these numbers are not exactly that amazing. Solid launch but not as big as I expected.



M.U.G.E.N on 01 April 2011
KillerMan said:

PSP opened with over 600k sales in EMEAA so these numbers are not exactly that amazing. Solid launch but not as big as I expected.


well to be fair this is pretty much mainly Europe..don't think 3DS is released in other places much yet



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megaman79 on 02 April 2011
Zlejedi said:
NYANKS said:

So is this impressive or not?  It would seem so since it broke records in UK and Germany, did it do less everywhere else in thte region?  What were people hoping for?

I think everyone expected that it will beat all previous sales records.

It did beat all previous sales records, for Nintendo consoles. The PSP had a huge launch because Sony is huge in Europe, and was much more popular with core gamers in 2005. Not to mention the fact that the IPad 2 launched the SAME DAY as the 3DS.

Its expensive, its technology that you really have to see to believe and its coming off the back of a company whos most recent console was most famous for family friendly entertainment. Believe it or not, its a difficult transition to make, and you only need look at Japans continued PSP love for evidence of this.



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megaman79 on 02 April 2011
KillerMan said:

PSP opened with over 600k sales in EMEAA so these numbers are not exactly that amazing. Solid launch but not as big as I expected.

How many days? edit>Forget about it.

PSP had 185k in UK over 3 days in 2005 btw, 3DS has had 2.



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Christian973 on 02 April 2011
KillerMan said:

PSP opened with over 600k sales in EMEAA so these numbers are not exactly that amazing. Solid launch but not as big as I expected.


It's not a fair comparison as PSP had 4 or 5 days to achieve that number. 3DS has had only 2.



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cyberninja45 on 02 April 2011

Did anyone took into consideration 3ds launched in march and not the holiday season. with no killer apps and still broke records



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glimmer_of_hope on 02 April 2011

Probably not, because when people hate Nintendo they find their own logic to try and justify low sales. Just like this whole "Wii is doomz" kick that the haters are still on, even though the Wii sold more consoles then the 360 and only 17,000 less then the PS3 on the last sales figures. But we all know how this story will end. The 3DS will to continue to sell massive amounts, and the haters will have nothing but negative comments towards it.



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Conegamer on 02 April 2011
cyberninja45 said:

Did anyone took into consideration 3ds launched in march and not the holiday season. with no killer apps and still broke records

No. Because it was bound to sell millions of copies day 1! 

All you need to do is look here and you'll see everyone has very low expectations for it anyway, lower than the DS. So people just like to whine IMO

It sold well, in 2 days, no killer apps, slow part of the year with another massive launch next to it, but still beat records? That's surely an omen for the NGP...



 

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