The official word from Nintendo is that “US day one sales numbers for Nintendo 3DS were the highest of any Nintendo hand held system in our history”. Nintendo has confirmed that they sold 400,000 units during the first two days in the US with similar sales figures in Japan. The fact that this declaration is qualified as being the highest for “hand held” devices...

The first quarter looks like it has been a sensational success for Apple and its iPad models. The total number of combined sales for the iPad 2 and the original device looks like it could reach almost 9 million units if we believe what some industry experts are currently saying. iPads have been selling like hot cakes since Apple first shifted 3 million in the under 3 months...

An email from Microsoft has suggested that a rapid increase in XBOX 360 sales over the festive period could result in a shortfall of the consoles in the next few months. The increase in console sales was predominantly down to the release of Microsoft motion based controller Kinect. In fact December saw Microsoft shift 1.9 million XBOX 360 consoles, a record for the device...