File this under news that isn't too surprising- Nintendo has sold through their initial shipment of 400,000 3DS units in Japan despite releasing the new handheld just yesterday. You have to wonder why Nintendo didn't allocate more units for launch, but I clearly no expert at the logistics of launching a product worldwide within the span of a month. Not even a couple million would have sufficed so Nintendo does have eventually have to draw the line somewhere- but 400,000 does seem a bit low. In the meantime they can reap the benefits of having a product that is in high demand and the talk of the town. Artificial shortages worked wonders for the DS and Wii, why not try it again? I expect a similar consumer reaction when Nintendo's newest handheld is released in the United States on March 27th.