Aug. 15, 2013
Nintendo
3DS continued to build momentum in 2013 and finished as the
best-selling video game system in the U.S. for the third consecutive
month. A strong second month for Animal
Crossing: New Leaf helped sales of Nintendo 3DS hardware and
software increase by 14 and 45 percent, respectively, over the same
time frame last year.
Highlights for the month include:
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf sold more than 150,000 combined
physical and digital units in its second month on the market, bringing
its lifetime total to more than 660,000 combined units.
- The lifetime total for Luigi's
Mansion: Dark Moon for Nintendo 3DS surpassed 820,000 combined
physical and digital units.
- New
Super Mario Bros. U for Wii U surpassed 830,000 lifetime sales of
combined physical and digital units.
- EarthBound launched July 18 for the Virtual Console service
on the Nintendo eShop for Wii U and is off to a great start. Only two
eShop titles, New Super Luigi U and Pikmin 3,
generated more consumer spend in the same time period since launch.
Nintendo 3DS and Wii U fans will have a lot to play this summer and
through the rest of 2013. Starting with the recently released Pikmin
3 (Wii U, Aug. 4) and Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
(Nintendo 3DS, Aug. 11) and continuing with The Wonderful 101
(Wii U, Sept. 15), Pokémon X and Pokémon Y
(Nintendo 3DS, Oct. 12), The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
(Wii U, October), Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Wii U,
November), The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (Nintendo
3DS, November) and Super Mario 3D World (Wii U, December).
*Data regarding physical sales of games in July
are from the NPD Group. Data regarding digital downloads of games and
combined physical/digital life-to-date numbers are from Nintendo's
internal sales figures. All numbers are specific to the United States
only.
Hyperbole Note: These are US numbers only.
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