wraggster
December 26th, 2011, 20:49
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More 3DS sales figures coming right at you: According to data from publisher Enterbrain, the 3DS has now exceeded sales of four million units in Japan (asexpected (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/22/nikkei-3ds-to-pass-4-million-sold-in-japan-by-years-end/)), wrapping up the week leading into Christmas with 510,629 systems sold. That's an increase of 39 percent over the last week (http://www.m-create.com/ranking/), which also saw the 3DS outselling the newer and more expensive PlayStation Vita by about 13 percent.
Mario achieved an accompanying milestone (according to Famitsu (http://www.famitsu.com/news/201112/26007752.html)), hawking a million copies each of Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land. The portly plumber's latest adventures are reportedly the first 3DS games to sell over 1 million copies in Japan. The most recent third-party game to come close to that target is likely Monster Hunter Tri-G (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/13/monster-hunter-tri-g-boosts-3ds-to-best-week-ever-in-japan/), which has already shipped a million copies.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/26/3ds-sales-exceed-4m-in-japan-mario-sells-over-2m-games/
More 3DS sales figures coming right at you: According to data from publisher Enterbrain, the 3DS has now exceeded sales of four million units in Japan (asexpected (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/22/nikkei-3ds-to-pass-4-million-sold-in-japan-by-years-end/)), wrapping up the week leading into Christmas with 510,629 systems sold. That's an increase of 39 percent over the last week (http://www.m-create.com/ranking/), which also saw the 3DS outselling the newer and more expensive PlayStation Vita by about 13 percent.
Mario achieved an accompanying milestone (according to Famitsu (http://www.famitsu.com/news/201112/26007752.html)), hawking a million copies each of Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land. The portly plumber's latest adventures are reportedly the first 3DS games to sell over 1 million copies in Japan. The most recent third-party game to come close to that target is likely Monster Hunter Tri-G (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/13/monster-hunter-tri-g-boosts-3ds-to-best-week-ever-in-japan/), which has already shipped a million copies.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/26/3ds-sales-exceed-4m-in-japan-mario-sells-over-2m-games/