3DS sales at Wonderswan levels in Japan. This chart (by a Hachimaki poster) compares post-launch sales of various handhelds, including 3DS, DS/Lite, PSP, Game Boy Color/Advance, and Wonderswan, and shows that in its ninth week on the market, the 3DS sold about as well as Bandai’s long-dead handheld did in its ninth week.
Looking at the latest Media Create list (which has the 3DS at 23,038 units), I think the Y axis of this chart is in tens of thousands, so “10.0” refers to 100,000 units. I think. It’s not labeled.
Anyway, we (and Nintendo) can take away two important lessons from these sales numbers – the first being that earthquakes are bad. The second is that if you want to sell systems, you should release more games for them.*
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*April’s 3DS releases in Japan: Pilotwings Resort, Pro Baseball Spirits, The Sims 3, Cubic Ninja, and 3D Training – no new titles since the 14th
