3DS Game Sales

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MrT-Tar said:

From my memory, the DS saw it's U.K release in March 2005 (however I had mine before as my Uncle picked one up while on business in New York a few months previously).  Before and immediately after launch, the critical and commercial reception wasn't that good, worse than that of the 3DS; the PSP was far far more anticipated.  Similarly to the 3DS, things changed towards the end of the year when Mario Kart DS and Nintendogs arrived.  However, if I recall correctly it wasn't until the summer of 2006 that the 3DS hit full momentum and turned into a sales beast, when the DS lite, NSMB and Brain Training arrived.  From then, the DS powered on and on, overtaking the PS2 and becoming the country's best selling platform, I think.

As I brought up in a recent Galaki thread, I get quite a few streetpass hits while out walking in London (usually hit the 10 limit, sometimes several times in a row), I also see quite a few (but not loads) of 3DS' being used on the London Underground and other rail services around the capital.  However, this is dwarfed by the amount of DS and to a lesser degree PSPs I see.  From this I infer that smartphones haven't reduced people's percieved values of handheld games that much, however, they have greatly reduced the percieved value of a handheld console and therefore one's incentive to 'upgrade' to a 3DS or PSV instead of continuing to occasionally play on their DS or PSP.

I also refuse to believe Smartphones have totally taken the market. (iPhone and Android were both around in 2008; a time when DS sold greatly.)

Basing off what you have written, I would say that the 3DS will get quite the boost this Hoiday. Around the world the world that is. We're a getting the 3DS XL revision (DS Lite) and we're getting NSMB2 (NSMB.) Those two things reflect the time when the DS started selling. I think we might see an increase YoY after the Holiday for the 3DS in all regions. Hopefully I'm right.