the_dengle said:
The Lite alone doesn't change everything, but it is the start of the change. Consider this: outside of launch week and the following week, the week of the price cut, the week of the XL launch, and the Holidays (Nov-Dec), the 3DS has never reached 150k sales in a single week in Japan. In 2006, the DS exceeded that amount 26 weeks of the year. It broke 200k 8 times before the Holidays even started. 3DS has to build and maintain its lead now while DS sales are weak -- and then it has to pray that its spring and summer lineup led by Luigi's Mansion and Monster Hunter 4 can propel it into the stratosphere. If sales are anything short of Earth-shattering, it will fall short. 135k is very impressive for the 3DS; I didn't anticipate sales that high. Dragon Quest certainly did its job. But 135k was a below-average week for the DS in 2006, even exempting the Holidays. 3DS needs nothing short of a miracle to have a snowball's chance in hell at this. |
Certainly, it will be an interesting year.
DS is truly a beast.
