Handheld market is falling apart, if you guys want to sit there and call this a "lull" (lol) go ahead, but for what reason would it be lulling? The software releases have been fantastic. The price was only $250 for the first 4 months, lets stop dolling out this excuse, it's just sad at this point. With the 2DS, the system has never been more affordable. It's not just down from the DS era, it's way down from the GBA also.
Something is very, very wrong here and it's fairly obvious what the issue is, some people just don't want to admit it to themselves but they will have to eventually.
Honestly if I'm a parent and I don't have any real brand allegiance, screw the 3DS and Vita, lol. $40 games? And you want me to buy my kids a console so I can buy them $50-$60 games too? Is it really a shocker a lot of parents are just opting to download a few 99 cent games instead? Most households now have a tablet.
Nintendo is losing their market strongholds left, right, and center, their portable dominance has never been shattered like this.
