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When will the 3DS pass the GBA's lifetime sales in Japan?

Week 41 (Oct. 6-12), New ... 2 9.09%
 
Week 42 (Oct. 13-19) 1 4.55%
 
Week 43 (Oct. 20-26) 1 4.55%
 
Week 44 (Oct. 27 - Nov. 2) 1 4.55%
 
Week 45 (Nov. 3-9) 0 0%
 
Week 46 (Nov. 10-16), Pokemon AS+OR Week 10 45.45%
 
Weeks 47-48 (second half of November) 2 9.09%
 
Weeks 49-50 (Dec. 1-14) 1 4.55%
 
Week 51 (week before Christmas) 2 9.09%
 
Week 52-53 (Christmas and New Year's Weeks) 2 9.09%
 
Total:22
tbone51 on 06 October 2014

You have your answer I think the week of Pokemon ORAS or the week after, so end of Nov with an extra 800k sold in dec :)



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Cheebee on 06 October 2014

I had no idea it was so close to GBA sales. That's certainly interesting.
Around Pokemon ORAS release seems likely, now.



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LemonSlice on 06 October 2014
Cheebee said:
I had no idea it was so close to GBA sales. That's certainly interesting. 

3DS has done quite well there indeed. Half of DS numbers so far is not bad.



yvanjean on 06 October 2014

Huh? This week ..... new 3DS release should sale 500k-1million units. I wish it was coming to NA this year :(

I heard there allot of people that have regular 3DS and were waiting for something better then 3DS XL.... Well Nintendo finally delivered.

 



Slarvax on 06 October 2014

I think the week after Pokemon. Since there's already a proper Pokemon game on the system, it won't give it a big boost; but it's close to the holydays, has a big and constant amount of releases, and the New 3DS would have already stabalized the baseline. It could also do it during Pokemon week, but I see it more likely the following one.



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 06 October 2014

This year hopefully



                  

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tbone51 on 06 October 2014
yvanjean said:

Huh? This week ..... new 3DS release should sale 500k-1million units. I wish it was coming to NA this year :(

I heard there allot of people that have regular 3DS and were waiting for something better then 3DS XL.... Well Nintendo finally delivered.

 


i wish, those numbers ae higher than freaking Launch numbers, i think the highest revision ever was DSi and it was around 250k..... but then again we do have 2 revisions...... Lets gooooo n3ds! Do 1mil in 2 days



yvanjean on 06 October 2014
tbone51 said:
yvanjean said:

Huh? This week ..... new 3DS release should sale 500k-1million units. I wish it was coming to NA this year :(

I heard there allot of people that have regular 3DS and were waiting for something better then 3DS XL.... Well Nintendo finally delivered.

 


i wish, those numbers ae higher than freaking Launch numbers, i think the highest revision ever was DSi and it was around 250k..... but then again we do have 2 revisions...... Lets gooooo n3ds! Do 1mil in 2 days


Well July 28, 2012 they release the 3DS LL in Japan and it sold 240k in that week. No major game release with new 3ds XL.

The new 3DS will attract new customer and Japanese gamers that want to upgrade from 3DS and 3DS LL. THey have two offering two New 3ds (face plate swapping) and New 3ds LL. 

It's coming out with Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. Nintendo will sell much more then 240K.... hence 500k - 1 million prediction.