wraggster
December 22nd, 2011, 23:34
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The 3DS will cross the four million unit sales mark in Japan by the end of the year, according to a Nikkei (http://www.nikkei.com/news/latest/article/g=96958A9C93819696E0E3E280E18DE0E3E3E0E0E2E3E38698 E0E2E2E2) report (translated by Andriasang (http://andriasang.com/comzge/3ds_four_million/)) based onEnterbrain (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/enterbrain) data. The system has been selling over 300K units per week for the last several weeks, thanks to the launch of Monster Hunter 3G.
The system regularly averages 80,000 sales in a week, having received a significant boost to its average following the system's price drop in August (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/16/3ds-moves-200k-units-after-price-drop-in-japan-hits-1-5m-total/). Despite the progress, Nintendo is currently expected to report a ¥20 billion ($256M) loss (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/27/nintendo-predicts-first-annual-loss-since-getting-on-with-donkey/) at the end of its fiscal year in March, with the company's stock stillheading down the warp pipe (http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=NTDOY.PK+Interactive#chart1:symbol=ntdoy .pk;range=my;indicator=volume;charttype=line;cross hair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=on;source=undefined) .
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/22/nikkei-3ds-to-pass-4-million-sold-in-japan-by-years-end/
The 3DS will cross the four million unit sales mark in Japan by the end of the year, according to a Nikkei (http://www.nikkei.com/news/latest/article/g=96958A9C93819696E0E3E280E18DE0E3E3E0E0E2E3E38698 E0E2E2E2) report (translated by Andriasang (http://andriasang.com/comzge/3ds_four_million/)) based onEnterbrain (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/enterbrain) data. The system has been selling over 300K units per week for the last several weeks, thanks to the launch of Monster Hunter 3G.
The system regularly averages 80,000 sales in a week, having received a significant boost to its average following the system's price drop in August (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/16/3ds-moves-200k-units-after-price-drop-in-japan-hits-1-5m-total/). Despite the progress, Nintendo is currently expected to report a ¥20 billion ($256M) loss (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/27/nintendo-predicts-first-annual-loss-since-getting-on-with-donkey/) at the end of its fiscal year in March, with the company's stock stillheading down the warp pipe (http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=NTDOY.PK+Interactive#chart1:symbol=ntdoy .pk;range=my;indicator=volume;charttype=line;cross hair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=on;source=undefined) .
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/22/nikkei-3ds-to-pass-4-million-sold-in-japan-by-years-end/