What doesn't North America get about the 3DS?

[TheLastStarFighter]

Yakuzaice said:

TheLastStarFighter said:

You seem confused.  Look up the lifetime sales of DS in the US on this graph.  Note the point of release of Pokemon.  Note that the average weekly sales tripple at this point.  DS was doing good pre-Pokemon.  It was doing amazing post-Pokemon.  This was the way with the other systems as well, feel free to look it up.  Cheers.

http://www.vgchartz.com/tools/hw_date.php?reg=USA&ending=Weekly

When exactly do you think Pokemon came out?  Because DS sales certainly did not triple, even less so if we're talking about the average before and after Pokemon.

It came out in April 2007.  Look at the graph.  Set it for 2005 - present.  Look at the thickness of the graph in 2006, then look at it in 2007.  The graph ranges from 2X - 3X the thickness post Pokemon.  Even the Christmans period sales are double the previous year.  This continues until 2011.  I would call 4 years a sustained boost.

Nintendo handheld sales skyrocket post-Pokemon.  I can't believe anyone is actually debating this.