Japan sales: M-Create & Famitsu & Dengeki - week 22 (May 27 - June 2 )

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Vinniegambini said:

ijjawimisah said:

Vinniegambini said:
3DS needs a revision for the summer to help spur sales + momentum as their software release is rather weak going forward, except for MH4.

umm... pokemon? Not trying state the obvious but i think nintendo are banking on pokemon to carry them through until a new revision. The first pokemon on any system is a sales demon for the system itself.

Plus we got the xl last year, i don't think nintendo would make hardware revisions every year, even though i think they should consider it with the way tech is today.

Summer release is barren. Pokemon is October - Winter sched. Nintendo would be wise to release a new 3DS model in the Summer, near the release of MH4. 3DS YTD is below last year's - not good if Iwata wants to achieve its 18 million 3DS by end of Fiscal-Year - March.

kk now i see what you were trying to say... like i said i agree with you they should have a new 3ds every year but i doubt they will because of that old-school we make shit to stay i can keep a gameboy going for a decade mentality. I dunno but every time i play with my 3ds there are these little things i realize they could make better/cheaper with an annual itineration. Like who the hell uses all three cameras toss that out.

At most a price cut for the original 3ds, makes sense to me a 20$ difference for the xl is kinda absurd. that would help a lot, scary to think the original DS retailed at 149$