Nintendo has announced that their latest portable handheld, the Nintendo 3DS, is the best selling game system in the United States for the third month running! This means that the little console has sold more than the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and (ugh) the Wii U each month consecutively for nearly a quarter.
Whilst Nintendo did not provide specific sales data, they cited NPD data which said that the 3DS hardware sales rose 14% year-over-year whilst software sales had increased by a huge 45% compared to July last year.
Animal Crossing: New Leaf had sold a combined 150,000 physical and digital units in July whilst Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon had increased to 820,000 units. What is arguably equally impressive is that Wii U platformer New Super Mario Bros. U has also sold a combined 830,000 copies across both physical and digital format.
[Source: GameSpot]
