Why Mario Kart 8 didn't save the WiiU

[Michael-5]

MegaManX said:

Michael-5 said:

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.  

3DS is at 43 million right now after 3 and a quarter years and 2014 is the first year where YoY sales will be down right? All that means is that over the next 3 years it's going to sell another 40 million or so, plus 4-6 years there will be a small tail end of sales. DS was around for 7 years, so if anything 3DS is only half done.

You can't look at weekly sales because 3DS sells just sas much as it does in November/December as it does the rest of the year. 3DS has been consistantly selling 12-14 million annually so I belive that 3DS will end at about 52-53 million this year, 64-65 million at the end of 2015 and then it only needs another 14-15 million to top GBA.

I'd be surprised if 3DS didn't top GBA, it's doing a lot better then the 360 was and the 360 topped GBA.