WW UP 23rd July

[Heavenly_King]

Some people are saying that if they release a pokemon, mario, kirby, etc, game for the 3DS, it will sell a lot. But that didnt happened with the N64 nor the Gamecube. Those consoles have those games and yet sales wise they were a complete failure. Most sales of this games overlap, so if mario, pokemon, kirby sells 20 millions each, it doesnt means that the handheld will sell 60 million, at most it will sell 35M.

The wii was selling a lot not because of the games, but because of the controller; so old people and/or moms who care not about mario or zelda bought the console. And that market is now saturated.

Stop fooling yourselfs by thinking that games are going to save the handheld (and will increase wii sales). If the 3DS succeeds it will be for other reasons, and not nintendo games.

If nintendo games were the solution, the N64 would have sold better than the PS1, and the gamecube would have sold better than the PS2 and yet that didnt happened. The PS1 and PS2 would have sold like crap according the previous statement because it didnt had any 20Million seller game; and yet that was not the case.

Nintendo consoles are quite different from other consoles in their user base; because they are only appealing to nintendo fans (and now to moms / old people), and not to a wide range of gamers. The PS brand has a high mix of users, the ones that buy God of War may buy uncharted or maybe not, the ones the buy Infamous may or may not buy Killzone; and so on. So if 20 games sell 2-2.5M, that means in this case almost 45M consoles sold.

Most people bought the DS because of the touch screen, and the 3DS has the same that is why it is not selling. And most people bought a Wii because of the controller, and the idea behind it (not being in the couch, and be "active") not for the games.

Well, that is what I think. I know nintendo fans will consider it far from true, but if you think about it, it makes sense :D.