| Soundwave said:
Only about 26,000 this week in North America? And that seems to be the regular baseline for the console in North America (100-160k a month), this isn't an irregular blip it would seem but more of the norm. You can't say it "haz no gamez!". It now has Mario 3D Land, New Super Mario 2, Mario Kart 7, Kid Icarus Uprising, Zelda: OoT 3D, Brain Training, Nintendogs + cats, Professor Layton, Paper Mario, Mario Tennis, Luigi's Mansion 2, Fire Emblem, Style Savvy, Skylanders, Monster Hunter 3G, Kingdom Hearts, Metal Gear Solid 3D, Resident Evil (x2), Super Street Fighter IV, Castlevania, etc. It's gotten an $80 price cut. It's even gotten a hardware revision. Nintendo has released several color variants. People look at the 3DS' performance in Japan and gloss over the fact that compartively it's doing quite poorly in North America and Europe (though Europe is a bit better) compared to where the DS was once it got a good library going. Of course it's better than (lol) Vita, but an inanimate carbon rod would probably outsell the Vita in the West at this rate. |
My question is, why do you consider 25,000 a week in the USA as "selling poorly". I definitely don't consider that poor, but if it is, then what about the Vita selling >5,000 week...what would you consider that? Besides, the DSi still sells decently here so the combined total of the two was 39,136 in the USA for the week ending 4/06. The Vita/PSP has a combined total of 5,315. You have to remember that iPod Touches/Tablets/iPhone etc are very popular here too. Also, we tend to give more expensive items like the 3DS as gifts in the USA, with Christmas being the prime time for that. As for Japan, they have always loved their handhelds.
Stop hating and start playing.
