The company Nintendo, said its portable console Nintendo 3DS reached the five million mark in sales faster than any other console in Japan. It is reported by Andriasang .
Since the start of February 26, 2011 3DS sold a record for video game consoles circulation of five million copies in 52 weeks. Previously, to achieve similar results in Japan Nintendo DS took 56 weeks, and Game Boy Advance - 58 weeks.
Provided to the Agency Media Create Statistics said that numbers mean exactly the amount sold to the final buyer consoles, rather than the number of boxes shipped to stores. Such high levels of 3DS has achieved after a significant price reduction in July 2011, with 25,000 yen ($ 250) to 15,000 yen ($ 169). On this measure, Nintendo went after the start of the new console sales figures were much less predictable.
Nintendo 3DS appeared in Japan February 26, 2011 March 25, 2011 in Europe and 27 March 2011 in the United States. The main feature of the console is the top screen, which is able to display images in 3D. At the moment, the number of consoles sold worldwide is 16.1 million copies.
