sperrico87 on 25 July 2012
| TWRoO said: The DS was a slow starter in the US, all those figures are before the DSlite launch which is when DS sales exploded. In 2007 the only month DS didn't crest 400k was January, and that was due to supply issues not lack of demand. Actually after January 2007, the DS didn't go below 350k in any month until after the 3DS launch. The 3DS doesn't have the equivalent of the 3DSlite in the pipeline as far as I know (instead they are making a bigger version?) I'm sure it will do well and globally I don't foresee many situations that will stop it passing 100 million in the end, but it isn't going to emulate the DS's success. |
The DS Lite helped, but hardware doesn't sell itself. NSMB was what caught the DS Lite on fire. Similiarly, NSBM2 and 3DS XL launching the same day is purely a genious move on Nintendo's part. It'll give them a real nice boost going into the holidays with Luigi's Mansion, Layton, and Paper Mario. Big, big holiday for Nintendo this year. Biggest I can remember in a long time.
