3DS Broke Monthly Sales Record in December

Nintendo 3DS broke Enterbrain's monthly sales record in December. According to Sankei News, the system sold 1,492,931 units over the month. This is the highest single month sales total since Enterbrain started tracking sales in 1997.

3DS has has claimed Enterbrain's top monthly sales spot for seven months running.

[LiamIRL82]

The highest monthly since sales tracking began in 1997. Wow, go Nintendo!

[Bundi]

Not bad for a once doomed console. Just goes to show that alot can happen when consumers tighten their belts and refuse to buy ridiculously expensive devices. Things like hefty price cuts and free games.
I'm looking at you Vita.

[MmaFan-Qc]

wait, you think the vita is a "ridiculously expensive devices" ?!??

really?

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

Interesting. The vita has been declining in sales but it still sold just 474 units less than the Wii, DSi LL, X360, DSi, PS2, and DS Lite combined. Doomed indeed.

Very impressive for the 3ds. People were calling it doomed but they didn't know what they were talking about as per usual. When Vita succeeds I doubt they'll learn their lesson.

[AdvanceWarsSgt]

The so-called experts never learn. You can bet that when the WiiU/PS4/Fusion don't sell particularly well at launch either, they will flood the internet with even more DOOM articles.

[ronin4life]

The vita better sell more than competing consoles with longer aged lifespans and deep market penetration, so that isn't much of an accomplishment (though all combined is slightly impressive, it isn't exactly extraordinary either as all these consoles have been in steady decline for various reasons anyway.).

[GamersRulz]

Looks like smart phones didn't effect handhelds that much, at least in Japan.

[clrlite]

So 3DS is a big success just as many expected. I have been playing Chrono Trigger DS on mine and Super Mario 3D Land lately.

Also, I can't wait to pick up my Vita day one. If all these people/companies are so afraid of it, it must be really freaking amazing as well (hardcore gamers need dedicated portables).

[MasterCornholio]

Oh yeah the Vita is one scary beast. With high tech hardware and a solid launch line up many gamers are afraid of it. Because the minute they buy it they will end up buying so many games for it that they will go broke.

LOL

Anyways about the 3DS.

I am pretty happy that Nintendo managed to turn the situation around with their portable. I would hate for either Sony or Nintendo to have a monopoly in the handheld market.

[clrlite]

haha, yeah.

I will be happy to see both the Vita and the 3DS succeeding. The continued success of dedicated gaming portables will be a big win for us hardcore gamers.

Also, the people who wrote all the doom articles will be eatingz their words.

actually, many of them already are.

[ozstar]

But this news is about Nintendo, not Sony.

[ronin4life]

I've seen stories on n4g given Nintendo tags that had no Nintendo content in them.
The active contributing and vocal n4g community is mainly sony based, so that is what most people on here will focus on.
Although as far as this story goes, it is one of multiplatform importance/focus. Only the headline is specifically focused.

[SteamFrostedEgg]

I contributed to this cause. :)

[Darth Stewie]

Good job Nintendo. Even the Vita is selling well considering they shipped 500,000 and have sold over 400,000. All the unsold Vitas are more than likely the 3G model so the consumers are just waiting for the next shipment of wifi models along with a big Japanese title.

[Bundi]

Why haven't SONY shipped more? Not enough demand?

[Studio-YaMi]

you are trying too hard here..

[ronin4life]

That's just the thing: if it were in high demand with little stock(basically, selling out.) sony would be screaming from the top of the mountains about their success, as would the rest of the media. But that isn't what people including sony (who have made no comment)are declaring. A lack of demand is the only explanation for these "low" sales.

[resistance100]

Congrats Nintendo.

[Studio-YaMi]

after I buy the psvita,am saving money to buy a 3DS too,maybe by the time I do,the new enhanced version of the 3DS will be out on the market and I'll be one damn lucky man.

[MasterCornholio]

Same here there's tons of rumors that claim that the new 3DS model will be thinner, have a better screen, improved battery life and two circle pads instead of one. Which is why it's worth waiting to see if the rumors are true or not.

XperiaRay

[ronin4life]

There are no rumors: just speculation. Of course they will make a revision at some point, but nothing has come out of Nintendo about this, leaked or otherwise.
The Nikkei trendy blurb was writer speculation, not market wisper.
As for having two slidepads, that is looking more unlikely at this point. But it is still a possibility, depending on how the peripheral does with consumers and developers.

[Apex13]

I think people are to quick to judge but it's internet journalist talking shit again. Mobile phones are not proper gaming machines, they are casual gaming devices. I think someone is trying change the industry and it aint the hardware manufactures. Bedroom Journalist booooo

[jacen100]

nice job nintendo i got my little girl a white one she loves it