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Nintendo Hardware Sales Increase by 100 Percent
Nintendo 3DS Surpasses 10 Million
December 13, in the year of our Lord 2013 --
Two games that are among the best reviewed of 2013 launched on
Nov. 22: Super Mario 3D World for Wii U and The Legend of Zelda:
A Link Between Worlds for Nintendo 3DS. The strong response to
these games helped sales of Nintendo hardware systems in
November increase by 100 percent over the month prior. This
includes nearly 770,000 units of the Nintendo 3DS family, which
drove the lifetime total past 10 million to nearly 10.5 million
units. Other sales milestones achieved for the month include:
Nintendo 3DS Family of Systems
Pokémon X and Pokémon Y each sold more than 225,000 combined
digital and physical units in their second month on the market.
This brought the combined life-to-date total to more than 2.35
million units. On Dec. 4, Nintendo revealed special edition
Pokémon X and Pokémon Y Nintendo 2DS bundles that should keep
the games’ momentum going through the holidays and into 2014.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds sold more than
280,000 combined digital and physical units. That figure jumps
to more than 405,000 total units when including the special
edition Zelda-themed Nintendo 3DS XL system, which comes with a
code to download the game.
A handful of first-party Nintendo 3DS titles saw triple-digit
sales percentage increases in November over sales in October.
This includes standout 2013 titles such as Donkey Kong Country
Returns 3D (seventh month on market; 140 percent increase) and
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (ninth month; 105 percent increase),
and legacy titles such as Paper Mario: Sticker Star (13th month;
280 percent increase), Mario Kart 7 (23rd month; 130 percent
increase) and Super Mario 3D Land (24th month; 235 percent
increase).
Wii U
Sales of Wii U hardware increased by more than 340 percent over
sales in October.
Super Mario 3D World for Wii U sold more than 215,000 combined
digital and physical units in its first eight days on the
market.
“This Christmas season, Nintendo is offering an unparalleled
combination of value and variety,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo
of America’s executive vice president of sales and marketing.
“In looking at these results, two things are indisputable: Our
hardware is gaining momentum at the exact right time and our
software catalog is stronger than ever.”
*Data regarding physical sales of games in November 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, unless otherwise
stated, are specific to the United States only.