Nintendo 3DS betters DS' year one sales in 8 months

01 Dec 2011 at 17:23:59 by John Robertson

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has announced that the Nintendo 3DS has achieved more sales in 8 months than the original DS managed in its first year. 

"During that 12 months time, the original DS sold 2.37 million and we just surpassed that this past Saturday," said Fils-Aime. "So we've got real good momentum going into the holidays."

He also boasted that the recently released Super Mario 3D Land has attracted a new type of consumer to the system. This follows last month's statement that the 3DS will soon be able to support paid-for DLC from publishers wanting to supplement their games.

*Image taken from Super Mario 3D Land.

Source: Time

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