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Soundwave on 13 September 2014
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WhiteEaglePL said:
Soundwave said:
WhiteEaglePL said:
Just wait until the holiday season....


For what ... exactly?

The 3DS had Pokemon X/Y, 2DS, and Zelda: Link Between Worlds last holiday versus basically just Smash Bros. this year and it still had a relatively poor holiday last year. 

I believe actually the 3DS has been in decline each successive holiday season in North America. 

This points to me that the successive impact of smartphones/tablets year after year are taking a harsher toll on Nintendo even when they release more and more games. 

You clearly forgotten about Pokemom ORAS.

 

However you seem to be understimating a lot of things too. Japan this holiday has more than 20 3ds and Wii U games.

Globbaly, they should be fine and depending on the advertsing and amiibo effect, wii U sales CAN reach 10mil global and 3DS will get mega boosts in EU/US from Pokemon. Plus japan with Monster Hunter, Bravely Second and More poke/smash.

I don't see Pokemon giving a big boost, most of the Pokemon fanbase should be on the 3DS by now after X/Y. Even with X/Y last year Nintendo still failed to meet their holiday sales expectations with Iwata specificly saying it was the worst holiday they've had in North America under his watch. 

They'll have a solid holiday in Japan, but that isn't really what this thread is about. 

Wii U is pretty much a disaster, I don't really see what the significance of hitting 10 million global is when its at a slower rate than any other Nintendo console (by a good margin at that). It's like getting a ribbon for finishing in 5th place.