Lawlight said:
TheWPCTraveler said:
Lawlight said:
Why are people thinking that 3DS sales will be flat YoY?
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Nintendo New 3DS and its exclusives (Xenoblade being biggest so far), price drops for older models (I believe a $30-50 drop apiece should reel in firesale-chasers), and a stronger line-up of games in 2015.
Well, I'm still doubting that line-up, but I expect more announcements next year. They already have Q1 and Q2 releases lined up in there, after all.
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The New 3DS didn't help the decline in Japan so what makes you think it will in EU/NA? 2014 was a better line-up as well sales-wise.
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It actually helped alot in Japan.
According to Media Create, week 1-40 (pre-N3DS) in Japan was 2013-3.2 million, 2014-1.6 million. 3DS was down 50% YOY thru the first 3 quarters.
Week 41-51 (New 3DS launch-now) is 2013-1.5million, 2014-1.4 million. New 3DS caused it to go from down 50% YOY in Q1-Q3 to pretty much flat in Q4.
If that's not helping the decline, then I don't know what is.
