“We had a good launch with New Nintendo 3DS also in the U.S. and Europe.”
☆ NintendObs Event – Nintendo FY3/2015.
Let me begin with Nintendo 3DS.
The New Nintendo 3DS models, which we initially released in Japan and Australia during the last year-end sales season, were launched in the United States and Europe on February 13 this year.
The titles simultaneously released with New Nintendo 3DS in the U.S. and Europe were “The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D” and “Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate,” both of which were highly acclaimed by consumers.
We had a good launch with New Nintendo 3DS also in the U.S. and Europe.
This is the graph displayed in the last Financial Results Briefing, which shows the percentage of change found in the sell-through data of Nintendo 3DS hardware and software in each market for the third quarter of this fiscal year compared to the corresponding term of the previous year.
As you can see, except for Japan, where New Nintendo 3DS contributed to the full quarter, the hardware sales fell far short of the previous year in the U.S. and Europe where the new models were not available during the third quarter and in Australia, where they were launched in late November.
In the fourth quarter, you can see the launch of New Nintendo 3DS in the overseas markets boosted the sales of both hardware and software from one year prior and brought momentum to the platform once again.
On the other hand, the Japanese market was in between big titles and this resulted in a different outcome after having enjoyed five double-million sellers in the latter six months of the year 2014.
— Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo
Source: Nintendo JP.
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