Nintendo sold 2.6m units of hardware in the US during December 2017 (1.5m Switch, 750k 3DS)

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Nintendo sold over 2.6 million units of hardware (Switch, 3DS, SNES Classic) in the US during December 2017 according to company PR released today. This accounted for more than half of all hardware sales during the month.

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Nintendo Switch sold more units in December than any other video game system, according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. Holiday shoppers purchased 1.5 million Nintendo Switch systems during the five-week reporting period of December, which is a critical month for the video game industry. Since its launch 10 months ago, Nintendo Switch has sold more than 4.8 million units, making it the fastest-selling home console in U.S. history.

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The Nintendo 3DS family of systems also demonstrated continued strength, posting its best sales month since December 2014. Collectively, the different versions of Nintendo 3DS hardware sold more than 750,000 units in the U.S. in December, a 27 percent increase over the same period a year ago. The sales also pushed the Nintendo 3DS family of systems to a new milestone of more than 21 million sold in the U.S.

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Four Nintendo Switch games finished high on the December sales charts for individual titles: Super Mario Odyssey at No. 3, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at No. 4, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild at No. 9 and Splatoon 2 at No. 16. Additionally, Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon for Nintendo 3DS finished No. 13 and No. 14, respectively.

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Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/h...ntendo-News-Nintendo-Switch-Tops-December-U.S.

 

[JonnyDBrit]

I think that implies the SNES Classic sold 350k too, since 3DS and Switch make 2.25 Million out of 2.6

Otherwise, good performance all around for the big N.

 

[DriftingSpirit]

Great holiday momentum.

 

[Dancrane212]

Impressive how well the 3DS is still trucking along.

 

[FrostyLemon]

Anyone want to take a guess at a Switch WW total?

 

[Kouriozan]

3DS still got it, really nice results for Nintendo.

 

[Deleted member 8791]

Pac-Man leaving Media Create and invading the NPD now.

 

[Jpop]

That's good. I wonder if NPD can tell us what the stock was like

 

[LordOcidax]

Amazing Number... Holy f*** the 3DS still selling really well.

 

[Datajoy]

B-but cardboard.

 

[Skittzo]

Anyone want to take a guess at a Switch WW total?

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Gonna guess ~13M sold through by the end of December. Maybe a bit higher.

 

[BY2K]

WTF 3DS HOW

 

[Tirisfal]

I'm super happy at the Switchs continued success but I'm more shocked at how good the sell numbers are for the 3DS still. Gat Dayum!

 

[mocolostrocolos]

Holy shit @3DS numbers.

 

[Piston]

Those 3DS numbers are why they are still releasing software for it.

 

[MANUELF]

Great Switch sales

 

[Herb Alpert]

Well, WiiU was just a nightmare and Nintendo is waking up.

 

[Revolsin]

No Xenoblade mention

mm....

 

[RM8]

Lol and some of you guys want to bury the only true handheld left already. 3DS means Long Legs.

 

[Asmar]

It is really good to see Nintendo doing well, I expect 2018 to be even bigger, specially with N64 Classic

 

[deep_dish]

We need some sort of Kimishima money meme now

I know it's out there is one of your beautiful twisted minds

 

[SpottieO]

One day when the price point is appropriate all those 3DS owners are going to transition to the Switch.

 

[KHlover]

3DS will crawl past the GBA lol

 

[Nathan.exe]

Oh no, Link's Awakening 3DS confirmed

 

[LordOcidax]

Lol and some of you guys want to bury the only true handheld left already. 3DS means Long Legs.

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Agree with you.

 

[Deleted member 31092]

1.5 million Switches with no price cut.

 

[Nocturnal]

Lol and some of you guys want to bury the only true handheld left already. 3DS means Long Legs.

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Kinda of surprising considering Splatoon 2 made the list, was expecting Xenoblade 2 to be close to be around 300-350K for December and Splatoon 2 to be behind it.

 

[Deleted member 33057]

That's a lot of 3DSes

 

[Raijinto]

Yeah 750k for 3DS is really impressive too. I wonder what was the main driving force in that? The price? The 2DSXL? Pokémon Ultra games? The library as a whole? I dunno when I look at it I'm just surprised there were that many people who bought one in this one month who were not convinced in like the previous what 60/70 months?

Switch sold 1.5 like estimates put it at. Also impressive.

 

[Braaier]

Impressive how well the 3DS is still trucking along.

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And yet the 2018 release schedule is so barren. It seems like publishers, including Nintendo, misjudged the death of the 3ds. Atlus is single-handedly keeping the 3ds support alive.

 

[bane833]

Well that means both Sony and MS are down YoY and MoM doesn´t it?

 

[CeroMiedo]

XENOBLADE 2,WHERE ARE YOOOOUUUUU?

 

[Puroresu_kid]

Amazing 3DS numbers

 

[Meelow]

Crazy good for Nintendo! And holy shit at those 3DS numbers, I wonder what the final sold units will be for 3DS.

As for Switch, what number do people think it's at now?

 

[bitSS]

It fascinates me that, even with the Switch, the 3DS is still growing and, alas, has achieved it's best momentum since 2014. Great numbers, but maybe next year won't be the same, as the focus continues to shift to the Switch.

 

[WestEgg]

Damn, is the 3DS making top 3 this month?

 

[LordOcidax]

1.5 million Switches with no price cut.

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Now imagine price cut + Pokemon game... there is your 100+ million console.

 

[Dernhelm]

3DS is not letting the door hit it on the way out anytime soon, nice!

 

[Dingens]

I still remember the days when people claimed that a dedicated handheld like the 3DS has no place in a post-smartphone world.
They were clearly right

Spoiler

/s

 

[ethomaz]

So now we have PS4 and XB1 numbers too... nice.

 

[Deleted member 21693]

Nintendo proving all "3DS is dead" posters wrong, again.
Some people really don't understand how this market works.

 

[Deleted member 11008]

I wonder how many 3DS were 2DS units. They are cheap after all.

 

[Deleted member 249]

Jesus, that's amazing.

 

[Waddles the Piggu]

Great sales for everything! 750k 3DS is impressive given how old it is. The prices and the software catalog must've been helping it sell.

 

[Xita]

The real star here is 3DS sales. 3DS means Life.

 

[lunanto]

Nintendoomed.

 

[rokero]

3DS doing great is awesome news, can't wait to see what we get for 3DS this year I hope those Link's Awakening rumours turn out to be true

 

[Deleted member 152]

Damn, the 3DS is a beast. Nintendomination.

 

[JonnyDBrit]

Well that means both Sony and MS are down YoY and MoM doesn´t it?

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We did know previously that PS4 sales had dipped YoY for the holidays, at least globally, even while they had increased fot the year as a whole.

 

[CaviarMeths]

3DS could keep selling for years, in theory, just like the PS2 did. There's always a strong market for cheap last gen systems for kids and late adopters.