People say "nintendo fans don't buy third party games" but it is a totally different ball game in the handheld market. That is why developers were migrating to ds and not localizing games on psp. It is both cheaper and safer on nintendo handhelds. Tales of abyss has had to be reprinted several times in europe.
Also if you actually compare games by the same developers/publishers you'll see games still sell better on nintendo. At least last I checked the charts. Dead or alive had sold more then sigma plus. Blazblue had sold more on 3ds. Even metal gear. As you pointed out ssfiv outsold umvc3 and sf x t COMBINED! But like I said that was the last time I checked.
I wonder what the problem is.
One more thing to complete my year = senran kagura localization =D
