Is this the year of the 3DS? - Nothing will stop it from being this years sales King!

[mjk45]

RolStoppable said:

mjk45 said:

spurgeonryan said:
It is always about the games price slash guy.

I want to know why the handhelds for all the units sold tend to sell way less software then their console brethren per unit , is it piracy or the demographic where you can have more than one handheld in the same house sharing the same games ?

There are various advantages for home consoles:

1) The gamers with the most spending power either own home consoles over handhelds or they own both.
2) The industry dramatically favors home consoles over handhelds when it comes to game development. A significantly higher number of appealing games (that are also more heavily marketed) naturally leads to more game sales on home consoles, regardless of the spending power of any given consumer.
3) Since most people's gaming time tends to be at home, even gamers who own both, home consoles and handhelds, will buy more home console games as that is what they will spend most of their time on.

It makes sense when you look at it that way.