| eFKac said: For me it's more like Vita lost the gen, 3DS won't be anywhere near DS sales levels, it will do respectable numbers, but will be a dissapointment compared to DS. As for home consoles, yes PS4 winning would be my guess as well. Xbone will beat it by max 5 million units in NA, PS4 grabs the rest of the world, europe and Japan where Xbone is even more non-existent than the 360. |
You really need to keep in mind a couple of facts:
1. Disregarding pre-order laden PS4 and XBone launch weeks, the 3DS has been the top selling system every single week for months, and in fact for most of 2013.
2. The 3DS also happens to have, arguably, the best all-around line-up of software on any console, home or portable. It's going to most likely have the next Dragon Quest, it has Monster Hunter 4, it gets the lion's share of great rpgs over any other system including PC, it still has healthy third party support overall, and it's first party exclusives are second to none.
It's entirely possible that you're right, 3DS won't ultimately sell the DS' total numbers, but I do think it'll break 80 million units lifetime, which is a far cry from "disappointment". Also, do keep in mind that the system has only been out for 2 and a half years or so, and despite a slow first few months in 2011, it's inching up on 40 million pretty soon already. I like it's chances.
