A POSITIVE bit of info for Dedicated Handhelds

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VanceIX said:

BraveNewWorld said:

VanceIX said:

Soundwave said:

The bottom line is Nintendo is selling less hardware and less software. Sony is virtually irrelevant at this point. 

This.

As great as your stats are, there is no arguing that the projected sales this gen is less than half of what it was last gen.

Last gen was an anomaly. I don't think we'll ever see sales of that scale, for all platforms, anytime soon. Until economies in other parts of the world (Brazil, China, India, etc.) strengthen more.

Hardware - Software
154.88 -- 815.24 - DS
101.00 -- 918.15 - Wii
82.77 --- 824.99 - PS3
81.28 --- 888.86 - Xbox 360
80.78 --- 295.25 - PSP

500.71 -- 3742.49 - All Platforms

I don't think it was an anomaly. Las gen was the first time 2 legitimate handhelds were released in the same period, and both saw strong sales. Then mobile phones came along, and handhelds are seeing a regression of sales not seen since 1983. I see no reason why sales wouldn't slow down further next generation. Nintendo and (maybe) Sony need to step up their game big time if dedicated handhelds are gonna survive another generation.

I suspect Sony will just design mobiles and tablets with Playstation in mind (either through Playstation Now or decent mobile hardware). I don't see them bothering with dedicated handhelds after Vita.

Nintendo, you can never really guess what they'll do!