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Amazon: 3DS pre-orders 71% higher than PS3's

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After saying last week that 3DS was its most pre-ordered hardware of all time, Amazon UK's confirmed that the Nintendo handheld is 71 percent ahead of the previous record holder, PS3.

3DS, which launches in Europe on Friday and in the US on Sunday, has 71 percent more pre-orders placed at Amazon UK than PS3 PS3 did prior to its launch in early 2007, MCV reports.

The console is a giant 407 percent ahead of predecessor DSi in 2009.

“It’s unusual for a handheld console to attract this amount of excitement in the run up to launch," said Amazon UK's Chris Poad.

"Such high levels of interest are normally reserved for the play-at-home hardware like the ground-breaking Nintendo Wii and last year’s Microsoft Kinect."

Hit this for full details of 3DS's western launch this weekend.

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Patrick Garratt

Founder & Publisher (Former)

Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.
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