Rumor: OG 3DS getting price drop to $139 in 2 weeks; Blue 3DS XL w/ Mario Kart 7 for $199 coming (UPDATE: May just be discount?)

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the_dengle said:

Snovalo said:
3DS is selling great(better then the DS at the same time in the lifecycles -21 months-).

With a price cut, it will sell even better, possibly skyrocket. People need to stop propagating this myth that the gaming handheld market is declining.

Combine DS + PSP sales in 2006. Compare them to 3DS + Vita + DS + PSP sales in 2012. Let me know what you get, because I didn't do the math myself.

For added fun, compare software sales as well.

On the week of Novermber 17, 2006, the total was about 670,000 units of hardware and 2.6 million of software.

On the week of November 18, 2012, the total was about 656,000 units of hardware and 3.1 million of software.

I fail to see a crisis.