Nintendo has a realistic shot at returning to #1 this fiscal year - RESULT: Nintendo back on top (21.45m), Sony second (19m+)

[Teeqoz]

Johnw1104 said:

Teeqoz said:

The 3DS shipments still baffle me. The moderate decline in hardware sales hasn't sustained an equally moderate decline in software sales. Are people just grabbing 2DS XLs for cheap and then buy two-three games?

Did they clarify anywhere which models were selling? The New 2DS XL is fairly inexpensive and otherwise pretty cool... I know they've said it's still being purchased for young kids (it's certainly durable enough to warrant that), so maybe that 2DS version that's extremely cheap is also still selling?

Really, though, it just seems like there's a huge spike in hardware sales every time there's a new Pokemon game (even if it's barely "new"). There's not much reason for Nintendo to abandon the platform, so it will probably be around longer than most assumed.

Out of the 5.86 million total shipped so far this fiscal year, 2.45 million were NN2DS XLs, 1.77 million were N2DSs, and 1.63 million were NN3DSXLs.

I'm still expecting 3DS hardware to plunge on 2018. The ever decreasing software sales make it inevitable. We only have four weeks of Media Create, but so far, the 3DS is down 50% over last year. And this year it won't have Dragon Quest or Pokemon to help it either.

Basically, I think the release of the 2DSXL managed to postpone the collapse in 3DS hardware sales by a year, but it'll happen this year instead.