Soundwave said:
Kaizar said:
Soundwave said:
Kaizar said:
Captain_Tom said:
To be honest I expect the 3DS and vita to sell about one third to half their predecessors, and then for this to be the last (Good) habdheld generation.
So that means:
3DS: 50 - 75 million
Vita: 25 - 40 million
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3DS is selling more then the DS for crying out loud, and the DS is like near 150 million, so the 3DS will easily get life time sales of at least 175 million.
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You're living in fantasy land if you think that.
Even Iwata has stated in recent financial statements, they're not happy with 3DS sales in the West. It used to be that DS sales in Japan were big, but the US and European sales would be 2-3x higher (which is normal as this is proportionate to overall population). But nowadays the 3DS in Japan sells more than North America and Europe combined.
Monster drop off. The 3DS is selling more like the PSP in the West than the DS, which took off like a rocket after DS Lite + NSMB.
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That was before March 30th sales.
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3DS is selling meh in North America and Europe overall. March 30th doesn't change that.
3DS isn't going to sniff the DS.
Smartphones and tablets have killed the Nintendogs/Brain Training side of things and there's only so many kids that even still want a handheld. Adults? Outside of a tiny group of vocal adults on gaming message boards in reality that's a no-go.
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The 3DS has sold 10 million in America while the DS at this point had only sold like 8 million in America.
The 3DS had skyrocketing sales in 2/9/2013.
Plus at this point of life spam the DS had already had Pokémon Diamond & Pearl, while the 3DS won't get animal crossing until June & Pokémon X & Y not until October. And there's Smash Bros. on the go.
FYI here's a list of 3DS games:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_3DS_games
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