Why are people saying the 3DS is selling badly?

[Ninsect]

Smear-Gel said:

Ninsect said:

Smear-Gel said:

I'm unsure where I implied the 3DS isnt selling worse than the DS. I'm not blinding myself from facts or deluding myself or whatever you're trying to say.

 

I just think expecting a console to sell just like it's predesessor, when it's predessesor is the highest selling of it's kind of all time, in a market that's shrinking due to smartphones and tablets, is....silly.

I never implied any of that...

But okay, that's what you think and you give valid reasons for the declines. But if we didn't compare the sales we wouldn't know if handhelds were declining or not...What exactly do you have against the comparisons?

Why would you need to tell me 3DS sales are lower then and tell me to check it? Everyone knows that.

 

I dont hate comparisons, but some are just unfair, or a bit unrealistic, I think.

Everyone knows that because we can do the comparisons. I'm just saying that it's a fact that 3DS is selling a lot worse than its predecessor (and hell, it will end up being the worst selling Nintendo handheld). Now, we can look for reasons for the decline as well to make things interesting.

Reactions are relative to expectations and expectations are relative to historical sales. Basically, everything is relative. What defines the success of consoles otherwise?