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MegaManX on 19 June 2014
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Michael-5 said:
RolStoppable said:

I already said that 3DS sales are dropping compared to previous Nintendo handhelds, so its sales don't help your case. Likewise, your assumption that systems have to sell a similar amount based on having the same amount of analog sticks doesn't help your case, because I've never made such an incredibly dumb claim. What I did say is that Nintendo sales decrease everytime they give their systems a more complicated appearance (with the SNES layout apparently being the upper limit that is tolerated). Since the 3DS is going to be Nintendo's worst-selling handheld, I can't be that far off.

You are really grasping at straws at every opportunity.

@ bold - Completely wrong

1. Wii was a lot more complicated then Gamecube, but sold amazing.
2. GBA sold better over the 5 years it was sold then GB did over the 13 years it was on the market, yet it was much more complicated.
3. Gamecube was simpler then the N64 (Two prong controller, disk based games, c-stick instead of 4 buttons, etc) yet sold less

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3DS sales are down mostly because of competition from mobile devices. Unlike 2006 when cell phones were still for the most part analog, handheld gaming was limited to gaming devices like Gameboys. It's not down because of a "more complicated design."

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You guys are also mentioning a "psychological barrier" for Nintendo consoles......well Nintendo handhelds get 3rd party exclusives, where the consoles don't because of many reasons:

1. many are sequels of NES-SNES RPG's, so it makes sense they appear on a Nintendo handheld.
2. New games are similar in style to these remakes (e.g. Golden Sun/Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy on GBA, PS1 remakes on PSP)
3. Nintendo didn't mess up with memory like they did with N64, so they are staying on Nintendo this time instead of migrating to Sony.
4. Handheld gamers are either kids (Nintendo) or more into Japanese genre games. Sony does largely depend on Western sales for their success and this is prevalent with the Vita's push towards the West. This is why 3DS is crushing the Vita.

Anyway, rant aside people don't develop for the WiiU because Nintendo lost the market a while back and is having trouble convincing people to play 3rd party games on their system again. Nintendo handhelds have never lost control and instead established themselves, this is why Sony is struggling with the Vita. Plus graphics don't matter as much on handhelds.

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Also 3DS is going to be Nintendo's 3rd best handheld. If you look at total sales 3DS will top GBA and if you look at annual averages 3DS is already above the GB/GBC.


Just responding to your last sentence, but there is no way the 3DS will surpass the GBA.  Going by the sites numbers it looks like by the end of the month it will be a 38 million difference.  It's been out almost 3 and a half years.  It's already started dipping below 100K a week and even if it could continue doing 100K with not a lot of big titles, hell let's say half a million a month (125K a week roughly) it would still take another 6 years and there's no way the 3ds has more than 3 years left.  Maybe with all the different handheld redesigns and a significant price cut it could get close but there's only a few more big titles that could possibly give it any signiciant surges.  No way does it pass GBA.