Lets End The Vita+Wii U Doom Threads Now! Post Lifetime Sales For Both and I'll Post It In The OP!

[Scisca]

RazorDragon said:

Scisca said:

Yeah, not gonna happen. DS had big sales partially because you could just buy an Acekart and play every single game for free. 3DS is not cracked, so unless it becomes hacked, it's not even going to get close.

There are 3D smartphones, but they aren't popular, caues you know... nobody cares about 3D! Even without glasses. And if you think somebody is going to buy 3DS to watch 3D movies then you're crazy :D

The sales of PSP show that Sony can't handle handhelds? Dude, PSP was a huge success. DS was bigger, but that doesn't change the fact it's a hit.

DS was one of the systems that sold the biggest number of software last gen, even with R4 and Acekard, so I guess your point doesn't apply here. Piracy probably didn't influenced a lot of people when they thought about buying the handheld, seeing as software sales on the DS were very high. PSP, though, was mostly a failure for third-parties, since few games on it sold well thanks to piracy.

The sales were big, cause the number of hardware sold was incredible. Still, I don't know a single DS owner who bought it to buy original games. Not that I know many of them, but those that I do know haven't even got a single original kart. But you're right that PSP was hit much harder than DS, maybe it's cause DS games were more kid-friendly and kids didn't care/know about/understand R4 or Acekart? They just got their parents to buy them the Pokemon game and that was it, while PSP was more targeted at core gamers, who are more capable of and interested in modding a console, since they knew what extra features they could unlock in a PSP by doing this. That could also be the reason why GTA: Chinatown Wars sold so poorly on DS - the target knew how to get it for free. It's just a guess though.

I just pray Vita never gets hacked. That would kill it in a single day. 3DS would survive just like DS did.