3DS is cannibalizing Wii U

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Michael-5 said:

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Soundwave said:

It's trending lower than the GBA too. Nintendo has not had handheld sales this soft since the 1990s before Pokemon was created. 

That's a big part of the reason why the "doesn't matter if Wii U bombs, like the GameCube days, Nintendo will just make money off their handheld" doesn't work and they are in fact posting operating losses (3 years counting now). 

GBA didn't have to fight Smartphone encroachment.

Compare 3DS to Vita...

Both the 3DS & Vita are selling worse then the DS/PSP.

3DS numbers aren't bad, but they are still 50% of DS #'s. Vita's doing bad because the lack of 1st party support. I mean I want a Vita and so far the only game I want is Uncharted (not a Killzone fan, and Resistance is meh).

Do you think franchise fatigue plays no role at all in 3DS's/WiiU's poorer sales?

DS and PSP were not under as much threat from smartphones, and PSP had Monster Hunter to fave its bacon.

Since software drives hardware, Mario fatigue has indeed resulted in it pushing less hardware in my view, yes.