Train wreck on 20 January 2014
As for the external factors, this past year the 3DS had every advantage for sales to rise in all territories.
Pokemon release worldwide, Animal Crossing western release, Japan top 10 that included like 8 3DS games, A New Zelda release, a brand new Monster Hunter game that its main rival in the same space is not getting, a cheaper remodel...internal execution that was on a level of 8...9 or even 10 yet Nintendo still had to cut its software and hardware numbers for the console for the year.
There was no way he could have held on to that belief after this past year.
