The Nintendo 3DS has sold less than 400,000 systems in its first week on sale in the US.
Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime confirmed this to USA Today after March’s NPD figures were revealed last night.
The 3DS launch figures were just 100,000 sales short of matching the Nintendo DS.
Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition was the most popular launch title in most regions but no 3DS software was featured in March’s Top 10.
Reggie weighed in on both system launches saying, "It really is apples and oranges. When we launched DS we launched going right into the Thanksgiving week (in 2004). From a pure timing seasonality, you are not going to be able to compare the two launches."
"We are going to be continuing to sell DS and that platform is going to continue to build on its legacy of the best-selling hardware system ever in the US. I would love to have the Nintendo 3DS eclipse that, but this is a new platform that we have just given birth to. I would love to have ongoing comparisons to the DS business because that would certainly mean we are doing a good job growing the Nintendo 3DS business."
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