OceanJ said:
sethnintendo said:
Okay, I see your points but the 3DS didn't end down YOY (I believe I am correct). Sure it barely squeaked by on the positive side for 2012 but there really wasn't that much pushing it in Americas/Europe this holiday season. They released Paper Mario and a few other games. If they didn't release Animal Crossing in Japan then the 3DS would have been down YOY. If they released Animal Crossing WW then there would have been better numbers in Americas/Europe. Sure Animal Crossing in Japan is a bigger deal (for hand helds) but it has a decent following in USA and Europe. I fear nothing for Nintendo when looking at the 2013 line up for the 3DS
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You're right it was up YoY, from 13.25m to 13.75. But it's only 'cause 2011 was a handi-capped sales year. What I'm saying is at the rate it sold at in 2011, of 301k / week, if it saw a full 12 months of sales, would have sold 15,652,000 units...absolutely crushing this years sales numbers.
Weighted, 3DS is down big in 2012.
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Probably one can attribute this with a lack of big releases for the 3DS during the holiday season for Europe and Americas.
