These numbers can easily be met with indifference.
The holidays will be here sooner than we think; I guess it is good that Nintendo is finally dropping their next console because this generation is pretty much done with at this point. At this very same time next year, MS and Sony will have some truly poor sales unless they create a price cut in the Spring, and even that will be short-lived.
In August, Nintendo is banking a lot on the 3DS XL and NSMB2's shoulders to sell the 3DS. Outside of Japan where there is weekly consistent support, the USA has nothing pushing 3DS hardware sales right now. I'm not concerned for the long-term because the holidays will be very kind to the 3DS from 2012 to 2014, but Western teams don't release many handheld games, which causes an overexaggeration of the effect of iPhone Apps and such against the handheld market.
Vita has no true system seller until at least 2013; Call of Duty and Assassins Creed were not the answer, and if they want to regain market foothold, it needed to be this year....Last year at least the 3DS had 2 Marios and a Monster Hunter to keep it up worldwide.
Leatherhat on July 6th, 2012 3pm. Vita sales:"3 mil for COD 2 mil for AC. Maybe more. " thehusbo on July 6th, 2012 5pm. Vita sales:"5 mil for COD 2.2 mil for AC."
