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OceanJ on 09 January 2013
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the_dengle said:
OceanJ said:

Ah yes, Pokemon. That's the golden bullet that will propel sales in the West and break the downward trajectory.  We'll see.

Yeah and the fact the 3DS is tracking behind in Japan...is actually a point to my argument, not yours.

Thanks.

I think it proves the opposite of what you were saying, since you were all doom and gloom about the 3DS in the West and suggesting that Japan is holding the console up. The 3DS is doing very well...especially for a console that's not even 2 years old?...regardless of how it compares to the DS, the fastest-selling console of all time.

And yet it compares favorably. How bout that.

 

NintendoPie said:

What an absolute FAILURE!

OT: I hope that it pops up to the 2006 line when sales get put in.

If the 3DS can't even keep up with the DS at the beginning of the year, it has no hope of keeping pace for the year as a whole. The DS sold only 110k the first week of 2006, while 3DS sold 245k the first week of 2012. The 3DS should be able to build a healthy lead over the DS for the first 20 weeks... then NSMB is released, and all bets are off.

Actually I just wasn't paying attention to the thread and posted a response to the wrong thing. I'm happy for the global increase, and for the fact it's still outpacing the DS. But I still think it should be put in context.   it's true Japan saved the 3DS this year. 

  I hope Pokemon does help numbers in the West and that I'm wrong.