padib said:
I admit this is personal experience and not statistical evidence, but my nephes and niece, every time they come to my house, they say "Je veux jouer à Mario", though they could easily get my mom's martphone to play Shark Tank instead. I also think thatthe smartphone craze is slowing down now. I've personally noticed the enthusiasm dwindle. This leaves Nintendo room to prove their pudding so to speak. Once people disconnect from Angry/Flappy birds and Candy Crush and taste the Nintendo games and their quality, imho it should create a counter-trend. |
Apple is going to sell 170 million iPhones alone this year. Nintendo probably will struggle to sell 11 million 3DS'.
That doesn't obviously iPad/iPod Touch or Android devices either, but every time I got to an airport, and I travel a lot for work, the amount of kids playing on their parents iPad/iPhone outnumbers the amount of 3DS' I see by 10:1 easily if not more.
There isn't going to be a counter-trend here, the smartphone is a real part of people's lives and the first computer interface most kids are getting these days. I see 3 year olds that can operate an iPad. Like radio, TV, it's just a game changer for society. Saying the smartphone is a "trend" is like saying the internet is a trend (and some actually did argue that in the mid-90s).
If I was a parent who really didn't give two craps about video games (even if I did), I think I'd be quite thrilled that the kids are occupied playing some free/$1 game rather than having to buy all of them $40 game cartridges. I don't think parents are protesting here and the kids aren't either.
In any case thought the 3DS turns 5 years old on Feb 2016. It needs to be replaced, it's definitely no DS.
