Approximately 2.7 million packaged games for the Nintendo 3DS were sold in Japan in 2018. The number of download games sold for the platform during that year was significantly smaller. The Nintendo 3DS was released to the Japanese market in February 2011.
Sales volume of Nintendo 3DS games sold in Japan in 2018, by distribution type (in million units)
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Japan Arts Council. (March 27, 2020). Sales volume of Nintendo 3DS games sold in Japan in 2018, by distribution type (in million units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 15, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190436/japan-sales-volume-nintendo-3ds-games-by-distribution-type/
Japan Arts Council. "Sales volume of Nintendo 3DS games sold in Japan in 2018, by distribution type (in million units)." Chart. March 27, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190436/japan-sales-volume-nintendo-3ds-games-by-distribution-type/
Japan Arts Council. (2020). Sales volume of Nintendo 3DS games sold in Japan in 2018, by distribution type (in million units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190436/japan-sales-volume-nintendo-3ds-games-by-distribution-type/
Japan Arts Council. "Sales Volume of Nintendo 3ds Games Sold in Japan in 2018, by Distribution Type (in Million Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190436/japan-sales-volume-nintendo-3ds-games-by-distribution-type/
Japan Arts Council, Sales volume of Nintendo 3DS games sold in Japan in 2018, by distribution type (in million units) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190436/japan-sales-volume-nintendo-3ds-games-by-distribution-type/ (last visited May 15, 2024)
Sales volume of Nintendo 3DS games sold in Japan in 2018, by distribution type (in million units) [Graph], Japan Arts Council, March 27, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190436/japan-sales-volume-nintendo-3ds-games-by-distribution-type/