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Hmm numbers lately seem a little strange.

I'm gonna wait till NPD to comment, but for about the past month the numbers have just seemed off to me.

Shit... at the PS3 vs 360 black Ops difference! But Halo Reach is coming back strong again and LA. Noir looks bigger on the PS3 version. Should surpass the 360 version soon.

Sad when OOT in Americas didn't sell as well as it did in Japan, considering Zelda isn't as hot in Japan. Neither did it move as many 3DS units,very close to where Japan hit. I hope Nintendo starts realizing that many still think this is an extension of the DS family and not a new system on its own.

This is 100% right.  As most know I work in gameing retail and this is the biggest problem for the 3DS right now is its marketing and the way it is seen by casual consumers.  Honestly 90% of the customers who ask me about the 3DS simply think its a minor upgrade like the DSi was and always say "I just got a DSi I don't need another upgrade."

Nintendo HAS to do a better job of makeing it clear to the consumer that this a brand new console and not just another DS redisign.  I think the name and makeing it look nearly identical to a DSi was a big mistake for Nintendo, they are directly competeing with themselves now because of it.

I must say I'm surprised that the PS3 did so well in the Americas this week; must be the Black Ops bundle.

X360 taking big plunges YoY. This is largely due to the new 360 S console being released close to this time last year. It used to be that X360 was up quite a bit from last year to this year, but I think this is going to flip very fast as the slim model from last year had some very large sales. Im sure X360 will be down YoY for a while until they do a price cut.

What are you talking about? OOT had a better first week in the Americas than Europe and Japan??

Considering it even has the same design! I have yet to see commercials (I have only seen 1 and another for a game on a kids channel). The next 3DS that comes out better have a redisign and a marketing campaign making it clear to consumers. Lately Nintendo has stated that they have been 'trying hard', but I'm sorry I don't even think they are trying. 

Wii U is going to face the same problem. 

Lol