Why are people saying the 3DS is selling badly?

[naruball]

AZWification said:

naruball said:

Look up the threads and articles about the ps3 being discontinued due to low sales. When the ps3 launched and the shortages ended, the doom was overwhelming. You might not have noticed if, perhaps, you were not a ps fan, but it was real. Even friends of mine who weren't anything close to gamers were telling all about how terriblly the ps3 was doing in 2008.

The sales are not awful to me, but they were bad considering how much better the wii and xb360 were doing and the sales of ps2 (as opposed to gamecube and xbox). They were bad since Sony expected much more from the console and they had to cut the price several times to the point of the company bleeding tons of money. You don't cut the price so soon if the sales are actually good. Neither Sony nor the gaming community saw the sales as good, so no they weren't good.

OK! Maybe you're right about the PS3, but the 3DS' situation is still nowhere as bad as the PS3's situation... :-/

Agreed. PS3 was bleeding money for years and it was a huge disaster for Sony. The 3ds on the other hand is making ninty money, so definitely not doing badly. My point was whether comparing a console with its predecessor is valid, which I think it is.