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the_dengle on 26 November 2012
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pezus said:
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.

Why not add the Gameboy to the DS+PSP numbers? I believe it was even outselling PS3 for extended periods.

Because VGChartz doesn't have records of GBA sales anymore, and that would just be overkill anyway. There's no denying the handheld market has shrunk. Nintendo fans can turn a blind eye to it because the 3DS is pretty much matching the DS, but DS sales are shrinking faster than 3DS sales are growing (compare 2011 to 2012), the PSP is dying down, and the Vita is going nowhere. The remnants of Sony's handheld market have migrated to 3DS or mobile, especially in Japan.