Have to admit, that was a good one.

I wouldnt be surprised.

I think this bodes well for Nintendo long term. The 3ds is going to end up in the same situation one day. The fact that something like the ds can still sell well despite being so under powered tells me that there is still a massive market for this type of product so long as the price is right. I don't think that the existance of an ipad or ipods in a home acts a warding symbal against brining ds or 3ds systems into those homes as well. Once kids already have an ipod there is still next christmas where you can't get them an ipod again... insert a 3ds! The fact is that you can't buy your kid an ipod every Christmas and kids always get bored of what they have and want something different. Obviously there is also an adult market for this product as I bought one too. But i'm talking about the expanded market for this product which is going to be largely kids.

I know what I was a kid it didin't matter that I already had an N64 and a PS1.  I wanted a gameboy and a PC as well. And once I got those things I wanted more again.

Did they?

I don't think confusion plays any part in it.  In a country where the unemployment rate is near 8%, there will always be a high number of parents looking for the most affordable gift for their child.  When shopping the electronics section and seeing a 3DS for $169, or a DS for $99 or less, a good number of them will opt for the cheaper device and therefore be able to have more money leftover for other gifts.  When you look at the 3DS sales worldwide being over 600,000 units, nearly doubling the DS, I don't see where people are claiming that Nintendo dropped the ball.  Of course the DS got a sales spike on a major shopping holiday.  That's a no-brainer.  Will that be detrimental to Nintendo or the 3DS in the long run?  Of course not!  I find it funny that if Nintendo hadn't kept the shelves stocked with DS's this holiday season, that there would be a good number of people on this site accusing Nintendo purposely killing-off their most successful handheld ever.  Nintendo sold over a million units of hardware between their combined handhelds and consoles.  I don't see anything negative that can be taken from that.  With over 23 million 3DS's sold in less than 2 years, I wonder what # they will have to hit before people accept that it is a successful successor to the DS.

I don't know man, but you can't add in the world wide sales for Black Friday. This is a US thing so I'm just pointing out sales in the US and DS beat out 3DS surprisingly. I mean if it is just about one being cheaper than why did Vita outsell PSP by such a huge margin? I'm not saying anything negative about this for Nintendo, they stand to make some decent cash on DS still it is just wierd and if confusion plays a role in this it is just funny.

The DS is good enough for most parents who only want to give their kids a videogame and don't spend too much on it. Also, it's true there's a lot of confusion, but there are a lot of people too who know very well the differences and simply DON'T WANT 3d for their kids. There's a serious concern in most parents that something may happen to their kid's eyes, it doesn't matter how many times you explain them they're not willing to pay more for something that may be harmful. I think this is the main reason the 3DS won't be as popular as the DS.

556136 to be exact.

Well they do look the same....you can't blame them.

So the PSP and Vita , but they have different names.

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Or it could just be that DS > 3DS. Not to mention cheaper