We need to talk about the 3DS

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Mensrea said:

Fusioncode said:
There's really not much Nintendo can do at this point. The handheld market has shrunk way too much at this point. Smartphones and tablets aren't going away. I don't even think the 3DS will pass the PSP anymore.

Ha? If you don't think the 3DS is passing the PSP, your crazy. A down week doesn't mean anything, 3DS is going to continue to get super solid support, and it's still going to sell really well. 

I think you need to actually look at the overall numbers. It is not selling as well as you think. 13 million last year, and that's probably its peak year, lets say 12 million this year (which may be very generous) and 11 million the following year ... that's not getting you far past 80 million at that rate. 

70k after a holiday season for a month like January indicates that all holiday momenteum has been lost (and Nintendo wasn't apparently happy with holiday sales to begin with).