it would be considered a small success. considering the rise of the smartphones of course. but 3DS needed to slash one third of its price just 6 months after release. lost shit loads of money in the process, and most of its sales comes from those times when it was losing money.
also, the 3DS came after the most successful handheld ever, and if it sold just one third of the DS while also crushing the competition, it doesnt seam like it did a very good job at attracting the old DS users. its not like vita stoll any users away from it, it in fact crashed and burned, leaving the door open for the 3DS to do mega numbers, but it didnt.








