Why would Nintendo make another Console after so many failed attempts?

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Vena said:

zero129 said:

Even in the handheld space Nintendos market from DS to 3DS has gotton smaller it seems.

This is a fallacy of using exceptions as the rule of the norm; no sane individual would say that what the DS did was normal or a generally applicable goal post.

Please stop.

To be honest the GBA probably would've sold 120 million or so if Nintendo had not discontinued it so early. Not exactly DS numbers, but not that far off either.