| Zero999 said:
3ds had a 6 month drought with lots of idiots saying things like "looks like the 3ds savior is in another castle, zelda didn't help, wich is next?". and another handheld with better visual quality and same price and suposed to be the mesias for sony fans was about to release. it's pretty similar actually. the differences are the extended drought for wii u as well as the competitors releasing for $100 and $200 more respectively and with less hype over them. |
Even if we start counting from the day it released in Japan it wasn't 6 months. There's also the fact that at its worst (before the price cut announcement), the 3DS sold 3x more than what the Wii U did last week. In fact, the Wii U hasn't sold that much since the first week on January. The 3DS also had room for a 32% price cut. The Wii U would also need to somehow outperform the Wii in Japan if it wanted to see 3DS like sales there. Since that isn't going to happen, even if it did see a 3DS like resurgence in the west, the overall effect would be diminished.
So really, the only similarity they have is a higher powered competitor coming out. Though even with that it is two competitors and they are launching in the holiday season. They also are both currently dominant in the two regions the Wii U needs to improve the most in. The DS was also far more prominent in the handheld market in 2011 than the Wii is in the console market of 2013. It stands to reason that a lower price and more Nintendo games are more effective at swaying a DS buyer to 3DS than a PS3/360 buyer to Wii U.
