Why Does 3DS Not Sell Too Well In The West?

[Jumpin]

oniyide said:

Jumpin said:
MGS, Kid Icarus, Resident Evil are all fine series; but none of those are huge franchises - sales of games in those franchises are always limited to 3-5 million lifetime, tops; much fewer on handheld even. There hasn't been a huge franchise game released since Mario Kart that can do over 15 million lifetime. Of course, if there were like 20-30 RE/MGS caliber games, it might make up for it.

I think New Super Mario Brothers 2 should help out a lot

there are few games that will do 15 mil on any system. Surely, you cant expect 3DS to churn out one of those every other month. But looking at the sale for those games you mentioned i doubt they will even reach sales that the other games in the same series usually enjoy

The 6 big franchises that can are:
Super Mario Bros.
Mario Kart
Pokemon
Call of Duty
Wii Fit
Wii Sports
GTA used to be one

Only three of those are applicable for handhelds, although, the new 3D Mario Land title's success has been encouraging; it's not really a separate franchise, but it is a sub-franchise in a different sub-genre. 3D Mario games are picking up in popularity; and level based platformers are an excellent fit on handheld systems due to the short play sessions.