| leo-j said:
The biggest story here is the fact the Wii U is flopping.. nintendo's next gen console.. |
The Wii was their only console to ever do more than 9 million outside Japan and the Americas. Their handhelds on the other hand did 42 million, 23m, and 61m. We also haven't seen if software or price drops can affect Wii U hardware sales yet. I don't think it has much hope of a massive turnaround, but it still has a chance. The 3DS on the other hand has played most of its cards, and while sales aren't awful it really shouldn't be seeing large YoY drops at this point in its life. In comparison (not perfect, but to show general trends) the DS went from shipping 14 million software in Ja-Mr 2006 to 30 million the same quarter next year. If the 3DS is flat YoY it will only have about 8 million in an equivalent quarter.
