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Conina on 31 March 2014
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fatslob-:O said:
leyendax69 said:

Handhelds never have had high software ratio. 3ds and Vita both have almost the same according to this site (3 if I'm not wrong) and they sell a good amount digital.

As for Wii u, right now is not so high because the big games are not out yet, but it will most likely end up with similar ratio to snes and n64. That's the most it can get with almost zero 3rd party support. Responding to your question, their sales are not horrible, are good enough for them to make profit.

That's not good. The GB and GBA had an attach ratio of well above 4! Oh believe me when attach ratio is smaller an increment makes a huge difference.

But GB and GBA had no digital sales whatsoever, not even cheaper games like DSi Ware or VC.

I expect Vita and 3DS to have a much higher share of digital sales than the home consoles, because it's much more convenient to have many games on the handheld itself than to carry around the handheld AND a bunch of modules. The convenience gain on home consoles (you don't have to change the discs) is much smaller.

Most of my buys for the Vita are digital (discounts for new releases for PS+ members, PSN sales with great discounts, many smaller titles without a retail release, PSP games, PS1 classics) and dozens of titles via PS+ subscription.

And I would love to go all digital with 3DS, too. What holds me back there for now: usually higher prices than the retail versions and no good account system... my only digital games for the 3DS are the ones I got for free (Super Mario 3D Land & Luigi's Mansion) and games without a retail version (Ace Attorney 5, Pullblox and Attack of the Friday Monsters). But many others have no issues with the price differnces and the account system and prefer digital 3DS downloads already.