DS vs 3DS Sales Aligned Launches 1st year edition

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killeryoshis said:

silicon said:
To be fair the analysis needs more work.

For example. what was number of handhelds sold at the time of launch, and total Nintendo handhelds sold at launch.

What? You confuse me here

He probably means that while 3DS is not having overwelming numbers, it has a bigger predecessor, while GBA decreased a lot with the launch of DS (even when it was not selling that well). He's righe about the statement, but this is a positive thing for Nintendo as a whole, not for 3DS, since we're speaking of a comparison between the two handhelds.