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Forums - Sales Discussion - The Official NPD March 11' Thread (Data at 6:30 PM EST for 5 wks to 4/2/11)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-14/nintendo-says-3ds-u-s-debut-has-great-start-citing-npd-1-.html

"Nintendo Co., the world’s biggest maker of video-game consoles, said it sold almost 440,000 units of the 3DS handheld game player during its first week of U.S. sales in late March"

 

440,000 3DS Units. So why is everyone saying less than 400k then?



“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.

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megaman79 said:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-14/nintendo-says-3ds-u-s-debut-has-great-start-citing-npd-1-.html

"Nintendo Co., the world’s biggest maker of video-game consoles, said it sold almost 440,000 units of the 3DS handheld game player during its first week of U.S. sales in late March"

 

440,000 3DS Units. So why is everyone saying less than 400k then?


Should PM the source that. 



 

megaman79 said:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-14/nintendo-says-3ds-u-s-debut-has-great-start-citing-npd-1-.html

"Nintendo Co., the world’s biggest maker of video-game consoles, said it sold almost 440,000 units of the 3DS handheld game player during its first week of U.S. sales in late March"

 

440,000 3DS Units. So why is everyone saying less than 400k then?


Would be nice if this were trye, meaing VGchartza weren't so off and tey were under tracking it.



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new 3ds

yoshi woolly world

zelda U

majora's mask 3d

Bloomberg was wrong.  At least according to the Gamasutra writer who posts on GAF.