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Nintendo 3DS and Wii Cross Major Milestones after Record-Breaking Black Friday
Strong sales on Black Friday pushed the U.S. installed base of
the Wii™ system to 37.7 million units and helped the Nintendo
3DS™ system surpass the first-year totals of the Nintendo DS™
system (2.37 million) after only eight months on the market,
according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the
United States. Other milestones reached in November include:
Software
The Super Mario 3D Land™ game for Nintendo 3DS sold more than
625,000 units and is the fastest-selling portable Super Mario™
title in U.S. history.
The Legend of Zelda™: Skyward Sword for the Wii system had the
biggest first day in franchise history and sold more than
600,000 units in its first week.
Hardware
Nintendo sold more than 2 million combined hardware units in
November. This includes more than 860,000 Wii systems, more than
795,000 Nintendo 3DS units and more than 350,000 units of the
Nintendo DS family of systems.
Nintendo 3DS had its biggest single month of sales, representing
an increase of more than 215 percent over the previous month,
and has now sold nearly 2.5 million units since launch.
Wii had its biggest Black Friday ever with more than 520,000
units sold. Full-month sales increased by more than 245 percent
over the previous month.
“Great software and unparalleled value drove momentum on Black
Friday and through November,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of
America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Both
Nintendo 3DS and Wii have already set records, and we’ve still
got the bulk of the shopping season to go. People are flocking
to our bundles and the fun of Mario and Zelda that can only be
found on Nintendo systems.”
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