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zumnupy10 on 27 October 2014
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Sentient_Nebula said:

I'm hearing smartphones cited a lot as reasons. The issue I have with this theory is that smartphones don't seem to have had a major impact on the 3DS.

Yes, the 3DS is selling less than its predecessor, but I think that's more to do with other reasons, such as confusing naming, lack of innovation, and being expensive (compared to the DS at launch).


They did, 3DS sales will probably be half or less than the DS.   The thing is, Nintendo had their franchises and Monster hunter to sell the platform.

 

 

gigantor21

In a market where the 3DS needed emergency measures to right itself in the beginning and probably won't even catch up to the PSP, a premium "console on the go" approach was pretty much doomed from the start. There was never a big enough market for the system to be successful outside of Japan, regardless of how Sony handled it.

 

This.  Sony should have aborted Vita plans as soon as they saw what was happening with the 3DS. 

Nintendo drastically cuts 3DS having all the japanese and Nintendo own frachises to count  and yet Sony chooses to follow a bad plan.  It was stupid really.