Why's The 3DS Selling So Poorly In North America?

[Soundwave]

oniyide said:

Soundwave said:

oniyide said:
Vita bashing aside, people dont care. Its really that simple, they might be content with thier smart phones or lost interest in portable gaming. I cant think of anything else. everything you put down is a good, thing, That is a decent library of games even if some are old ass ports. Pokemon should do something for it come fall, but i dont know how long that will last.

True I think a lot of people are in denial about the absolute collapse of the handheld industry in the West and kinda gloss over this because the 3DS is selling well in Japan, so everything must be OK. But it's still sluggish in the West.

The Vita at sub-5000 this week is just ... wowza.

you dont have to tell me, man. I see whats happening, for the same reasons that Gamerace just pointed out. Japan has always been big on handhelds much more so than in the west. DS was kind of an anamoly IMHO and we are just seeing numbers go back to hwo they were pre DS era. IMHO thats a good thing, that keeps the no name cheap devs away and let them make their nonsense for phones. Let the bigger boys make games for 3DS/Vita, the audience who actually cares about video games.

It seems to me like none of the Western "bigger boys" are bothering with either handheld period. It's almost like a Japanese specialty product being sold in a Western market to a niche audience.