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Nintendo 3DS First-Party Software Sales Are Up 52 Percent in 2013
May 16, in the year of our Lord 2013 -- A
strong launch for LEGO® City Undercover: The Chase Begins helped
Nintendo 3DS™ maintain its torrid pace in 2013. Through the
first four months of the year, Nintendo has already sold more
than 2.1 million units of first-party Nintendo 3DS software in
the U.S. alone, an increase of 52 percent over the same time
period last year. In 2012, it took 30 weeks for Nintendo 3DS to
sell 2 million units of first-party software. In 2013, the
platform accomplished that same feat in 18 weeks.
With the peak Christmas selling season still ahead and a strong
lineup of upcoming games that includes Donkey Kong Country™
Returns 3D on May 24, Animal Crossing™: New Leaf on June 9,
Mario and Luigi™: Dream Team on Aug. 11, as well as new titles
in the Pokémon™, Mario Golf™ and Legend of Zelda™ franchises,
Nintendo 3DS is poised to have the strongest year of sales in
its history.
Some notable sales numbers* achieved by Nintendo in April
include:
LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins sold nearly 94,000
combined physical and digital copies after launching on April
24.
Luigi’s Mansion™: Dark Moon sold more than 140,000 combined
physical and digital units in April and has now sold more than
530,000 total units to date.
In its sixth month on the market, New Super Mario Bros.™ U for
the Wii U™ system increased its lifetime sales total to nearly
770,000 combined physical and digital units.
During the next several months, a cavalcade of fan-favorite
franchises will launch for Wii U. This includes Game & Wario™ on
June 23, Pikmin™ 3 on Aug. 4, and Disney’s Planes from Disney
Interactive on Aug. 6. At the upcoming E3 trade show in June in
Los Angeles, Nintendo expects to show attendees upcoming Wii U
games from the Mario Kart™, Super Mario Bros., The Legend of
Zelda and Super Smash Bros.™ franchises.
*Data regarding physical sales of games in April are from the
NPD Group. Data regarding digital downloads of games and
combined physical/digital life-to-date numbers are from
Nintendo’s internal sales figures. All numbers are specific to
the United States only.