3DS Surpasses 10 Million Sales in Japan

2011 haters say: its doomed
2013 haters say: (nothing there hiding in the deepest crevices of the internet) XD

Betcha sales would be better here in the States if we had the software Japan gets.

In Canada over the holidays, many retailers were selling the 3DSXL for $149 and they were flying off the shelves. I would imagine that when the North American sales numbers for December come out, we will see quite a boost.

There's also Dragon Quest VII in the japanese 2013 line up, and SMT IV if I'm not wrong...
The question is, why should we care if a lot of games don't get it to the west?
I suppose I must be happy if Nintendo goes well in their country, and japanese support is important, but who cares if at the end all we find in stores is Scribblenauts, Adventure Time and Ben 10?
I'm not even allowed to buy a retail copy of Code of Princess or Etrian Odyssey, which is unlikely to come in PAL territories, due to the region lock.
They're doing it wrong with us european players, forced to play Mario games until death and plenty of shovelware

It's like the DS all over again/

abevigoda is right the december north american sales of 3ds are over a million. 3ds is getting there in the west its always gonna be slower japan gets everything first.

if only nintendo of america and europe did the same for 3DS owners in the west, as they'd do in native japan. nonetheless, again nintendoomed? yeah right. so doomed when the 3DS is still performing well in their home country.

I can only imagine the amount of streetpass you can get within 10 minutes in the busy parts, must be alot.

Before 2013 ends, it will pass the lifetime sales of the Wii over there.

DOOOOOOOMED !!!

It's Been 2 Years So Its Expected.
However It'll Take The Wii U 3 Years.

@Savino - You mean it prints 3D money.

I just wish they'd take off in the West, so we keep getting Japanese games localised and of course original Western games. I'm hoping that the recent offer that most of Europe got for the free downloadable game has helped. I know a bunch of people on the online gaming forums I visit bought a White DS XL in the last month because of it, but they might not really be a good indication of the general public.

Just in the last few days, the big online retailers have been discounting it too, knocking £60 off. That's around 30% off the RRP, same discount that the Wii U Premium bundle has been getting, although it didn't sound like that worked too well in shifting units, hopefully the 3DS fares better.

Wait till they Announce Zelda, Donkey kong, kirby and the Next Supr Mario Game 3D Land was just a tease they going to do something like 64 or Galaxy on the 3DS Maybe Super Mario Galaxy 3D Fingers crossed and if there is a card nintendo holding close its probally F-Zero

@SuperCharlie78 One problem. We are getting some of the big titles that Japan is getting, including Monster Hunter 3U and Animal Crossing. If you wanna point at other games like Code of Princess, then blame the publishers for that.

Still a failure since it didn't outsell the DS. At least that's how analysts and investors think.

@ecco6t9 Yeah they expect 150 million sales in a year and a half

I thought the 3DS was doomed?

@ecco6t9 Lol like what Hokori said, 3DS cant have 150 million sold in a year, no game system can XD