| Shadow1980 said: ... When you look deeper into the numbers, you realize that the apparent coincidence illustrated in the OP is just that: a coincidence. For various reasons, North America and Japan took turns shedding Nintendo market share over three generations. Games, release timing, duration of support, and other factors like price and marketing can make a huge difference. There was no trend, just an odd arrangement of different regional performances over a three-generation span. |
I'd still call it a trend. It's not a single reason and a straight line trend, but multiple headwinds compounded to depress sales in each region bit by bit.
The Wii U still has the same headwinds, and more (Japan playing less consoles, high price for Nintendo, low performance vs competition, delayed 1st party, worst 3rd party support in memory...).
