Update: We recently posted up information on the sales of the 3DS XL in the UK, but it appears that MCV has gotten some info wrong. Here's a comment from Chart-track on the info.
"The comparison with 3DS is complete rubbish and totally factually incorrect. 3DS week one was around 10 times the sell through of 3DS XL so there's no way 3DS XL could have outsold 3DS by 2:1."
MCV countered by saying that the week one sales comparison was for that specific week, and not the launch week of the 3DS.
http://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=182452
3DS XL arrived on Saturday in Europe and Japan, with some retailers in the UK having permission to hand out pre-orders the day before. As we reported yesterday, the latest UK charts showed a bump in some software sales, even if the new titles launched alongside the system failed to break into the top 40. It'll be next week's results that give a stronger indication of how the new handheld is performing, but some other figures and analysis have come to light that suggest a reasonable if unspectacular start for the XL.
As part of a wider feature around XL and the prospects of 3DS overall, gamesindustry.biz has more sales details from its retail sources. Jonny Minkley has written the following.
"Chart-Track doesn't give out hardware numbers, but I understand XL shifted a figure a little shy of five figures, outselling the original 3DS (whose total is based on seven days' data) by a factor of just over 2:1. At the same time, old 3DS was down slightly on its previous week."
"As for software, sales were up 11 per cent for the week overall (following a 31 percent leap the previous week, probably inspired by the launch of Kingdom Hearts 3D). For specific titles, Mario Kart 7 jumped by 45 per cent, up to 13th in the all-formats chart, with Super Mario 3D Land up 37 per cent to 20th and Mario & Sonic's London Olympics caper predictably up 25 per cent into the bronze medal position."
For further context, it should be considered that only one full day of trading is applicable for the XL model, while 3DS had the full seven days. To outsell the original model by over double, and to prompt significant software bumps on the most prominent titles, shows that the system did have a modest impact: all against the backdrop of the first full Olympic weekend, as well.
It'll be interesting to see how this progresses, and considering the resurgence of Mario's big entries from late 2011 we may see New Super Mario Bros. 2 prompt another bump in sales.
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/07/3ds_xl_enjoys_a_steady_start_in_uk
Extra information:
UK: 3DS XL reportedly sold under 10,000 units on day 1
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/360850/uk-3ds-xl-reportedly-sold-under-10000-units-on-day-1/
Well, the UK has been down lately. It'll increase once New Super Mario Bros. 2 launches.
UK Launch Weekends ( remember, 3DS XL had just one day)
System 1st Week Release
PSP 185,000 Sep 2005
PS3 165,000 Mar 2007
Wii 105,000 Dec 2006
DSi ??? Apr 2009
DS 87,000 Mar 2005
XB360 70,000 Dec 2005
GC 69,000 May 2002
GBA 67,000 Jun 2001
XB 52,000 Mar 2002
GBASP 47,000 Mar 2003
PS2 46,000 Nov 2000
DSL 35,000 Jun 2006
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