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kopstudent89 on 16 August 2013
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Carl2291 said:
Soundwave said:

I'm pretty sure the 3DS is well below the GBA in North America too for the same time frame. In North America for equivalent time frames it is often below the PSP too.

For example, July 2007 (2 years + 4 months for PSP) vs. July 2013 (2 years + 4 months for 3DS) is 214k for the PSP vs. 141k for the 3DS.

So it's having some trouble even keeping pace with the PSP in North America month to month. Japan is what keeps the 3DS beasting.


Its quite amazing how phones and tablets came out of nowhere and shit all over the dedicated gaming handheld.

At least the 3DS at least, is still posting healthy software and hardware numbers. There is still room for at least 1 handheld gaming device.

Edit - Just seen a post on GAF with the totals after 29 Months.

GBA was at 16.3 Million
DS was at 10.35 Million
3DS is at 8.85 Million
PSP was at 8.14 Million

That GBA number is incredible.

I'll say also that the industry has become MUCH MUCH more holiday centric. 360 was posting lower year sales than GBA but was breaking records on Black Friday for instance. November and December have become much more important for sales than they ever used to be.

Of course it doesn't explain the fact that the DS posted 400-500k/month in the US at its peak.