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Mr Khan said:
Euphoria14 said:
NiKKoM said:
3DS sales forcast cut by 5.4 percent to 17.5 million units....

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-24/nintendo-cuts-forecast-on-lower-demand-for-3ds-stronger-yen.html

Mobile is killing dedicated handhelds


Everyone knew this for a long time now. Hopefully the remaining doubters will begin accepting the fact that iPhones, Andriod phones, Windows phones and tablets all are gaming devices as well.

But not in direct competition. This argument has been held countless times, and yet the obvious analogy has not been enough to quiet the skeptics.

doesn't really matter if they are in "direct" compitition.  if someone buys a smartphone or ipod or tablet and that affects a purchase decision for a dedicated gaming device...  that compitition errodes the market. 

anyhoo, losses aren't that big in the lead up to the wiiU launch.  i'm sure there is a lot of money tied up in R&D and manufaturing right now.  the real test will be to see nintedo's finacials after the wii U launch.  they need to be at least someone profitable in the next 2 quarters i would think to turn around their stock price.