Thu, Jul 12, 2012 | 22:21 BST
3DS has sold 5 million units in the US
Nintendo has announced ahead of the NPDs Nintendo 3DS has now sold 5 million units in the United States.
Other Nintendo milestones achieved in June include:
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D became the third Nintendo 3DS title to sell more than 1 million units, joining Super Mario 3D Land (2.1 million units sold life to date) and Mario Kart 7 (1.75 million units sold life to date).
- For the month, two of the top five and nine of the top 25 best-selling software SKUs play on Nintendo platforms.
- For the second month in a row, Nintendo held a 75 percent market share for portable hardware in the United States.
- Nintendo sold more than 400,000 total hardware units in June and saw double-digit growth across each of its product lines compared to May. This includes more than 155,000 Nintendo 3DS systems, more than 150,000 units of the Nintendo DS family of systems and nearly 95,000 Wii consoles.
We’ll have more on the June NPDs as more information is released.
5 comments
#1
loveaya
12/07/12, 10:43 pm
Oh yeah! 3DS gonna kill PSV~
#2
Erthazus
12/07/12, 10:55 pm
Depressing actually.
and how much Vita? 3 copies?
#3
SuperGuyverUSA
12/07/12, 11:35 pm
What’s with the hate on the Vita? Sure, it’s not selling as fast as we all thought, but that doesn’t mean it’s a terrible system.
On topic, I’m happy for Nintendo. I’m going to hope for higher sales in the future with the 3DS XL.
#4
manamana
13/07/12, 12:27 am
Couple of days ago, Iwata stated that the 3DS isn’t doing well outside Japan?! WTF?
#5
DrDamn
13/07/12, 9:19 am
@4
They have sold ~5m in Japan and 5m in Europe too. However Japan is a much smaller market, hence they are expected to be selling a lot more in Europe and the US in comparison.