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Baron on 04 May 2013
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KHlover said:
Baron said:
KHlover said:
Baron said:
They would be failures.

It will mean both have lost market share compared to the DS and Wii.


The 3DS actually has a better marketshare than the NDS since the Vita is aman absolute failure compared to the PSP. Marketshare are the sales of a producgct relative to the sales of the opposing product. Marketshare of the DS: Somewhat over 50%, Marketshare of the 3DS: 87% I think, you can see it on the front page.

True, but shouldn't we factor in mobile platforms as well? I don't know the numbers for the amount of handheld gamers using an Android or IOS device though.


We could do that, but then it would be an incredible mess. First we would have to define who on these devices actually is a gamer. Does downloading one free game from the store make you one, should the system be counted? All the consoles tracked here are designated gaming devices, which smartphones are not. I don't think they should be tracked.

Fair enough. Designated gaming devices only then. That means, with 95 million 3DS's and a lot less Vita's, the market is shrinking so Nintendo isn't doing enough to expand the market like it did with the DS. It might not result in a loss of market share but it will still be a failure compared to what the DS did for Nintendo.