Nintendo 3DS sets sales record
The Nintendo 3DS has snagged the title of Nintendo's best day-one handheld sales.
The Nintendo 3DS has snagged the title of Nintendo's best day-one handheld sales. Responding to our inquiry on yesterday's report of 3DS errors, a Nintendo spokesperson said:
U.S. day-one sales numbers for Nintendo 3DS were the highest of any Nintendo hand-held system in our history. The number of calls and emails received by our customer support center is well below the rate experienced during past hardware launches, and there are no widespread issues. As always, people who have questions or comments about Nintendo 3DS or any Nintendo products can visit our support website at http://support.nintendo.com or call 800-255-3700.
While the official statement isn't terribly helpful regarding the purported "Black Screen of Death," it did carry the interesting sales tidbit. Nintendo's handheld history is no slouch, having launched success stories like the Gameboy, Gameboy Advance, and original DS. By comparison, when the DS Lite launched in the US, Nintendo announced that it sold 136,500 units in its first two days.
We'll keep an eye out for actual sales numbers, as Nintendo is sure to brag once it has some solid internal figures.
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replyComment on Nintendo 3DS sets sales record, by Steve Watts.
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Summary: The Nintendo 3DS has snagged the title of Nintendo's best day-one handheld sales. Responding to our inquiry on yesterday's report of 3DS errors, a Nintendo spokesperson said:
"U.S. day-one sales numbers for Nintendo 3DS were the highest of any Nintendo hand-held system in our history. The number of calls and emails received by our customer support center is well below the rate experienced during past hardware launches, and there are no widespread issues."-
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Remember how people thought the original DS would be stupid, until they got their hands on it. I think this is great. While the library may be a little sparse at the moment, it's a great system. Hoping to see more games for it soon.
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Keep it and buy a 3DS!
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Or buy it, and trade it in for a 3DSi, which is what I'm going to do...
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My advice, just get a 3DS. It may not have all that many exciting titles yet but that trade in offer may not last. I really didn't think I would like the 3Dness of it but I was wrong. It's something you will have to see in person.
It's also not the type of 3D that pops out at you, its more like looking into Street Fighters and being able to judge the distance between Ryu and a random piece of the background. To me it also makes the graphics seem to look better. But I barely have the slider up.
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I feel like I'm setting myself up for disappointed by being excited about the online store for the 3DS because the one for the Wii just isn't that good. I'm interested in seeing what gameboy games are for sale though, but they'll probably be overpriced like they are on the Wii.
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Same. Still holding out hope though, reading a interview at GoNintendo right now where Reggie says "In addition to that, we've acknowledged that digital content is an area that we have to do a better job with."
So hopefully this is something that will be worked on. Also I pray to god that we get some video play back features. And flash/html5 features for the new browser, for Youtube and such.
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If you don't feel you need it then wait. The XL has really nice big screens which you might miss... and right now there are not a ton of great games for the 3DS. If you can hold out a year or so.. maybe you can hop on board with the first revision of the hardware? (Although it will probably be longer).
I... couldn't resist the need for a cool new toy though. I picked up my pre-order yesterday. :)
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Sounds right to me, everyone I know has either gotten one or is getting one shortly. It's a bit farther down my list of must have's.
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It's backwards compatible with NDS games, Wifi features and all.
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Though theoretically they will become available through the 3DS virtual console at some point.
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Looks fine to me, playing Pokemon White. There's two different viewing modes. People just like to bitch.
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I wanted to buy one to throw on Ebay, then I realized I don't want to be *that guy*
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It just needs a bigger battery :/
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I think people need to realize the DS had a huge battery cause the system's 3d power was a piece of shit, I mean it barely produced n64 graphics, the 3ds is a huuuuge jump from the DS
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Have you seen the arstechnica article? There's a shot that shows the size of the battery, it takes up about 1/3 of the back of the 3DS and the rest is left empty with some warning text of some sort on the plastic. Compare that to a slate like the iPad where practically the entire backside is battery and the Nokia battery for $20 that's easily twice as big and you can see they skimped there.
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or a smaller form factor, 3ds lite baby!
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I was able to get seven Mii's in my plaza after walking around downtown Savannah for a couple of hours. I got a couple of puzzle pieces along with them. Very cool.
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So 3DS-owning shackers, should I pull the trigger and get one on my way home tonight?
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Agreed with him. I bought it and I'm enjoying the system, but the library isn't stellar at the moment. If you can wait for a few months until it has a good selection of games, then you might appreciate it more. If you are fine with a few good games and have some money to spare, then by all means, enjoy it for what it has to offer.
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not until new super mario brothers 3ds imo
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I got one, and it is way beyond a ds with 3d. you will instantly notice the feel of the machine as being much more sturdy and powerful. the analog stick feels great. You won't be playing shooters on it anytime soon, but anything with a good d-pad/ face button interface will work great. I have SSFIV, LegoSW3, and Ridge Racer. I think lego has been totally overlooked, the 3d looks great, and its play is perfect for the mobile device. If you have the money, get it. And you will be carrying it around with you everywhere if you get any game that uses play coins. Better battery and second analog are all that I could have asked for. Anyone else notice that the headphone volume is kind of low too? Or do mine just suck? GET ONE!
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I got one, it is awesome, get one.
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I think i'll keep my DSi XL and pick up Sony's NGP when it comes out. the only thing i'm going to miss is the Ocarina of Time 3D. ohhh well.
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Suprise!
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