It now appears as though the Nintendo 3DS has sold more units than Nintendo’s legendary Nintendo 64 which launched in 1996. However, although the Nintendo 3DS has shifted more hardware than the Nintendo 64, the Nintendo 3DS hasn’t sold as much software, as the console has moved twice the amount of software sales. The next milestone for the Nintendo 3DS is to outsell the SNES shipments at 49.1 million.
3DS Hardware Shipments to Retailers as of September 30th, 2013:
34,980,000 units
N64 Hardware Shipments to Retailers as of September 30th, 2013:
32,930,000 units
3DS Software Shipments to Retailers as of September 30th, 2013:
122,420,000 units
N64 Software Shipments to Retailers as of September 30th, 2013:
224,970,000 units