I was right. 3DS sold > shipped

[kumagawa]

binary solo said:

bananaking21 said:

Fusioncode said:
3DS sales really fell off a cliff, Nintendo did a poor job keeping momentum going even though it had a fantastic first two years.

and thats the problem when you dont push new ips strongly. it already got 2D and 3D mario, mario kart, animal crossing, zelda, pokemon, and it will be getting smash bro's. but whats next? every major tittle on the 3DS seems to be a sequel. 

That is so it. They've milked those franchises so long people are just not interested. They are collapsing down to their core of support who will always love and buy those franchises. But even in the hanheld area that's not enough to sustain a viable console hardware company. Wii was a strange anomaly that gave a false hope about ongoing success. But worse it turns out DS was a bit of an anomaly too, which Nintndo could not repeat with 3DS. Where to from here for them?

I wouldn't call the DS an anomaly as the GB, GBA and PSP did sell very well it's just that handhelds have always had casual gamers, those who only ever buy 1 or 2 games ( I was a casual handheld gamer had a GB for Tetris only then sold it and bought a 2nd for Pokemon Red but they were the only handheld games I ever owned ).

That chunk of the audience uses smartphones now from those I know who bought DS's in my family it was for Brain age of all things.

I have a draw with 5 DS models and 5 copy's of Brain age were family members have broken them and given them to me to see if I could repair them (I only got one working again).