So... shall we crown 3DS king of the 8th handheld gen ?

[Mensrea]

Otakumegane said:

Mensrea said:
3DS didn't win, Vita lost.

Nintendo really set themselves up for failure with the 3DS. All their early decisions were wrong, if the Vita had gotten the support promised, it would have been closer, but it got nothing, and continues to get nothing.

Nintendo finally pulls their head out of their rear this year, but now there is no competition. They've already won, and main rush of games is just hitting.

100% this.

In all logic the 3DS should've lost, but then it turned out that the 3DS just had a vastly better library. CoD on Vita being one of the worst reviewed games ever didn't help.

Really hope that Nintendo saw that software support on 3DS is what helped them and not the 3D thing.

I hope their next handheld goes for a no frills approach. The 3DS is proof that it's not the new gimmick that sells the console, it's the software. (at least for handhelds). I think they should revieve the gameboy brand and hardware mentatlity, and support it in the same way they have done the 3DS.  I hope in the future they see that as far as handhelds go, all they need is the software.