3DS sells 795,000 in November, tops DS's first year total

Nintendo is starting to get into kill mode. Tomorrow Monster Tri-G drops in Japan too which will move a ton of units for Nintendo. I almost feel bad for Sony. In Japan, Nintendo has Dragon Quest, Pokemon, and Monster Hunter, all exclusively on 3DS plus 1st party kings like Mario, Kart, and Zelda. I don't know how Sony can expect to compete with that in Japan.

The 3DS numbers show a good turnaround from the lauch figures, but they're not particularly impressive on their own. First, it's November...Black Friday...the largest single retail day of the year. Second, there was probably a release of pent-up demand, as those people who said "I'll buy one around the holidays" finally had to pull the trigger. And finally, the 3DS costs the same as the DSi XL, so many people who were just going out to replace/upgrade their DS Lites probably went ahead and got the 3DS. Ultimately, Nintendo needs to get better third party support. Once again they seem to want to be the number one publisher for their console, and I don't think it's going to hold up as well with the PS Vita coming on the high end and iOS at the low end.

I work at Best Buy, and we can't even keep them on the shelves. Ever since Nintendo dropped the price on them because of the poor opening sales, we can't get enough in.

Most people who own or are going to buy the Wii probably don't even know about the Wii U

I already knew the 3DS had potential. Patience was key. :D I am still amazed at how many Wiis were sold right when the Wii U is right around the corner. Go Nintendo! :D

3ds is doomed.

People were calling this system dead before it really even got started. Nintendo is well on its way to winning the handheld race.... for the fourth generation in a row.

Everyone knew that once the big games started rolling out, they'll push more systems. Just shouldn't have taken so long. Glad there's awesome stuff to play on it now.

Wow 700k+ of 3DS now that's just awesome!

The 3DS is still a little expensive, but with games like Mario Kart 7 and 3D Land, it was hard to resist. Now they just have to offer, a boat load of their old games for free, to entice more people and thank the current owners.

Good to see Nintendo doing well, they have always been and always will be the makers of my favorite games

That's one hell of a turnaround from the initial figures.

Good job Nintendo. At least you still have the holidays to look forward to.

Mario 3D Land is Boss. The second play through on the Special worlds are very challenging. I have sadly killed Mario 50+ times trying to get star coins on one board. Playing Zelda again was also great.

Had Nintendo 3DS had those game eariler they would have had a much better Launch. Too Bad no matter what Generation of Gaming we have Developers always grabbing at straws, for their debut system of games.

Good for Nintendo.

Good to hear and a nice slap in the face to all the "3DS is Doomed!" commenters.

Nice to hear, I'll wait for the pokemon series to come out on the 3DS before I get my hands on this portable ;)

Great! This means even if the Vita has a very successful launch (which I hope it does) it won't rock the 3ds boat too much.Don't forget that RE:revelations,MGS,Kid Icarus: Uprising,Luigi's Mansion 2,Animal Crossing,etc. are in the near future too!

Nice. A lot of people, including myself, jumped on the chance to get the 3DS at a great price in November. Its a fun system that provides something none of the others can -- real 3D without dorky and expensive glasses. Plus, Mario Land is great, and I'm willing to bet Resident Evil will be amazing in 3d.

probably doesn't hurt that every new announcement on the PSP vita seems to be geared at alienating its potential customers.

heh, wasn't the CEO or somebody else real high up at Nintendo ashamed of himself earlier this year largely in part due to the 3DS sales...? He ought to give himself a big pat on the back right about now!

good games will do that, i always liked my 3ds, just wished for more good games, and now my wish has come true.

Awesome! I have a 3DS and I've gotta say I really like the little system...it has huge potential! I'm glad things are selling better for Nintendo...they have to get some of their lost money back!!