Animal Crossing New Leaf Generates more Revenue than all of Rovio (Angry Birds)

[naruball]

sethnintendo said:

naruball said:
Wasn't there a thread yesterday about mobile games generating more revenue than handheld/console games in Japan? Am I wrong, did people not read that thread or are we choosing to believe and disregard whatever we want?

I'm sure the 3ds will be fine for now and I'm happy New Leaf is making so much more money than mobile games, but let's not kid ourselves. Handhelds have been affected by smartphones and it shows. It's just not cool having a handheld any more. Almost all my males friends had a psp and only one of them got a psv. Several also had a nds and kept showing it off and I've only seen three strangers holding a 3ds since it came out. It's all about iphones, Galaxy's etc. Unless handhelds make a comeback, I don't see them doing as well as internet people think or hope.

You might not see them out in public as often but there was also a study (I can't find it but I'll show you links to sites asking where you play your 3DS and you will see a majority play it at home) on where you play your hand helds at and a majority of the % was at home.  So unless you start knocking on doors and going into people's homes then you might not see an accurate representation of the consumer base.

 

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/997614-nintendo-3ds/66210578

Where do you mostly play your 3DS? - Results (305 votes)

At home

83.93%

256 votes

On the go

2.62%

8 votes

50/50 - At home / On the go

13.44%

41 votes

http://www.nintendolife.com/forums/3ds/where_and_when_do_you_play_your_3ds

I'm seeing most responses saying at home.

Thanks! This is quite interesting actually. But my point is that when a product becomes popular, sales skyrocket regardless of features (or in this case games). People don't buy iphones because they are the best phones on the market, but because they're cool and their friends have them. Of course there are quite a lot of hard core or well informed consumers who buy something because they really want it. But the majority of sales come from the general public. The general public made the wii a success and the lack of interest from the gp in wiiu has had catastrophic results so far. If you look back at old threads, you'll notice just how sure gamers were that the wiiu would be a success because of certain games, especially a 2d Mario. But at the time, the wiiu is not a cool product, so only the hardcore fans want it, but they aren't many. Same with the vita.

Why do you think gamers play 3ds games so much at home? While I'm sure there are many reasons, the 3ds not being perceived as something cool to own or play in public might have someting to do with it. And this sure as hell affects sales. Part of the reason I bought a Game Boy Colour was because everyone had one at school and I wanted one too. 

If you look at twitter, all teenagers talk about is smartphones. I think that the reason apple products which are not mobile (i.e. you can't carry them with you and show them off) such as macs (not laptops), apple tvs, etc don't sell that well is because they don't wanna pay a premium price for something they can't show to their friends.

I remember 2 years ago playing with my psp while waiting for the bus, and most of my teammates were staring at me like crazy. It's just not cool any more to game in public, while checking fb 24/7 or candy crush is.