Nintendo 3DS, which allows customers see 3D pictures without the need for unique eyeglasses, has now marketed 5 million units in the Combined Declares, according to the NPD Team, which paths movie gaming revenue in the Combined Declares. With Nintendo 3DS XL, which functions 90 % bigger displays, and New Extremely Mario Bros. 2 both releasing on Aug. 19, and a vacation collection that recognizes the Luigi's House and Document Mario operations make their hand-held debuts, the body strength should proceed through 2012 and beyond.
"Nintendo 3DS is coming into the next stage of its life-cycle with new components, new movie games and confirmed operations. This landmark reveals we've got an excellent groundwork to develop from," said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of This country's professional v. p. of Sales & Promotion. "The activity collection for Nintendo 3DS last holidays was one of the most powerful in our record. We're positioned to top it this year. Weekly, players will have the best operations on the globe in a glasses-free 3D encounter that can't be discovered anywhere else. Add Wii U into the mix and it's a good time to be a Nintendo fan."
Other Nintendo milestones achieved in June include:
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D became the third Nintendo 3DS title to sell more than 1 million units, joining Super Mario 3D Land (2.1 million units sold life to date) and Mario Kart 7 (1.75 million units sold life to date).
- For the month, two of the top five and nine of the top 25 best-selling software SKUs play on Nintendo platforms.
- For the second month in a row, Nintendo held a 75 percent market share for portable hardware in the United States.
- Nintendo sold more than 400,000 total hardware units in June and saw double-digit growth across each of its product lines compared to May. This includes more than 155,000 Nintendo 3DS systems, more than 150,000 units of the Nintendo DS family of systems and nearly 95,000 Wii consoles.
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