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Soundwave said:

The handheld industry has shrunk big time, forget comparing with the DS, it's a good deal lower than the PSP at a similar point in their life cycles (roughly 2 years into launch, same month of May used for comparison):

3DS (May 2013) - 114k

PSP (May 2007) - 221k

Just for those who are curious DS sold 430k+ that May 2007.

Yes it's nice that it barely eeked out the 7+ year old 360 as people are turning their attention to its successor, but it's not neccessarily something to throw a party about either. 3DS is struggling to increase momenteum year over year, and the portable market in general is really hurting in North America.


Are you sure you're not comparing US numbers with WW numbers? NPD is only the US market.