| Mummelmann said: The 3DS and Wii U will be the first time Nintendo sells less than 100 million consoles in total with handheld and home consoles counted, which is not terrific news seeing how much the industry has grown over the decades. Then again; even when an industry grows, some will take a hit now and then and it is nothing out of the ordinary and still a little ways away from a disaster. If the trend continues or even accelerates for the 9th gen; then it's a disaster. It really is fascinating that the sales are so consistent though, but if anything; these numbers show just how important the handheld division is to Nintendo and it doesn't take a huge amount of thinking to see why they have been focusing on the 3DS and still are with their Directs. |
Ya I don't they will make it, 3DS-65m Wii U-15m is my guess so 80-85m total. It's a massive decline from last gen but a modest decline compared to all other gens, so like u said not a disaster yet. Nintendo has made some foolish mistakes with 3DS/Wii U so if they learn from those mistakes, don't make brand new ones, and market their devices properly than I strongly believe they can return to the 100 million range.
Of course handhelds are important, but their consoles are as well, NES outsold Game & Watch, SNES outsold Gameboy on a consistant basis when they were both the primary devices on the market. N64 contributed to 1/3 of the hardware sales that gen. More like it shows how important Pokemon was to building and retaining their handheld market.
I'm really interested with what Nintendo's plans are for next-gen.
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