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Lawlight on 22 December 2016
V-r0cK said:

That's why you shouldn't expect big sales in Japan for games on home consoles these days.

Most people have realised by now that Japanese games are catering to the Western market more than Japan.



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Kerotan on 22 December 2016

Congrats 3DS and Nintendo. Not an easy milestone.

I wonder if this is the last time a console in Japan pulls off these numbers. Mobile gaming is a lot stronger now then it was when the 3DS launched.



Platina on 22 December 2016

Great milestone, nice to see!



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PAOerfulone on 22 December 2016

Very impressive feat! Congrats, 3DS!
That makes it the 3rd best selling system of all-time in Japan behind the original Game Boy and the DS itself!



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Kerotan on 22 December 2016
spurgeonryan said:
Seriously surprised the 3ds did this well ^

It's waaaaaaaay down on its predecessor so I'm definitely not surprised to see it do 22m+.  Any less than 20m would have been unimaginable.  It's done just about what it should have done. 



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KBG29 on 22 December 2016

Congrats to Nintendo and the 3DS. Japan is the savior of mobile gaming, and it alone will be enough for the Switch to outsell the WiiU.

Japans love for Nintendo and PlayStation is why Switch needs to have 4G and Calling/Text, and Sony needs to release a PlayStation Phone that runs all PS4 software when the tech is ready. They will be able to sell 20 - 30 million a peice just in Japan if they add cellular features to the next round of mobile gaming platforms. That will spark plenty of non gaming app development, and ultimatly allow them to compete in the US. Nintendo and Sony could very easily grab over 100 Million Switch Phone and PS Phone users each within 5 years. Pleanty to be a decent size player in the mobile space, and 20 times the maount Sony will sell with Xperia device in the same time.

Hopefully the between the two, they can start a second mobile duoply, that offers an alternitive to the SlabPhone twins in the market today.



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Jranation on 22 December 2016
KBG29 said:
Congrats to Nintendo and the 3DS. Japan is the savior of mobile gaming, and it alone will be enough for the Switch to outsell the WiiU.

Japans love for Nintendo and PlayStation is why Switch needs to have 4G and Calling/Text, and Sony needs to release a PlayStation Phone that runs all PS4 software when the tech is ready. They will be able to sell 20 - 30 million a peice just in Japan if they add cellular features to the next round of mobile gaming platforms. That will spark plenty of non gaming app development, and ultimatly allow them to compete in the US. Nintendo and Sony could very easily grab over 100 Million Switch Phone and PS Phone users each within 5 years. Pleanty to be a decent size player in the mobile space, and 20 times the maount Sony will sell with Xperia device in the same time.

Hopefully the between the two, they can start a second mobile duoply, that offers an alternitive to the SlabPhone twins in the market today.

Didn't the PSvita had 4G? 



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Rogerioandrade on 22 December 2016

With that excellent library of games, that was expected. But still, a great achievement, for sure.



GuyDuke on 22 December 2016

Who would have known! The launch was so chaotic we all feared 3DS was going to be a dud... Now it's outselling the king of consoles in Japan... I'm glad Ninty turned things around



Lauster on 22 December 2016
Jranation said:
KBG29 said:
Congrats to Nintendo and the 3DS. Japan is the savior of mobile gaming, and it alone will be enough for the Switch to outsell the WiiU.

Japans love for Nintendo and PlayStation is why Switch needs to have 4G and Calling/Text, and Sony needs to release a PlayStation Phone that runs all PS4 software when the tech is ready. They will be able to sell 20 - 30 million a peice just in Japan if they add cellular features to the next round of mobile gaming platforms. That will spark plenty of non gaming app development, and ultimatly allow them to compete in the US. Nintendo and Sony could very easily grab over 100 Million Switch Phone and PS Phone users each within 5 years. Pleanty to be a decent size player in the mobile space, and 20 times the maount Sony will sell with Xperia device in the same time.

Hopefully the between the two, they can start a second mobile duoply, that offers an alternitive to the SlabPhone twins in the market today.

Didn't the PSvita had 4G? 

No, not natively.

But a PS Vita can connect by wifi to a smartphone that share its 4G connection.