Weekly HW & SW 14th of feb. 3DS 423k. Zelda 860K, Evolve 600K. MH4U 300K

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Materia-Blade said:

platformmaster918 said:

Guitarguy said:

Wow at the N3DS sales... And people still say smart phone gaming is the reason the Vita is not doing well... Right...

That is definitely a contributing factor to the lower handheld segment overall.  Look at 3DS for proof.  It has a ridiculous market share but is still tracking FAR behind DS at this point with no reprieve in sight.  Same story for Vita and its predecessor.

The DS was a monster. A console being behind it means NOTHING.

Considering 3DS is unlikely to sell more than GBA, DS being a monster is hardly a relevant counter. And consider also that the 3DS fall off compared to DS will be far greater than the PS3 fall off compared to PS2. It is time for Nintendo fans to accept that mobile gaming has significantly reduced the handheld console market, permanently most likely. And when both players in the market suffer severe declines gen on gen that absolutely means there are external disruptive factors at play. If #DS declined gen on gen but Vita increased gen on gen then you could say handhelds are holding strong. But that isn't the case.

One week of large sales of a hardware upgrade (not just a superficial redesign) is what means nothing. If N3DS baseline falls back not not much more than what DS for most of 2014 (which it largely has done in Japan) then this week's sales will count for nothing in the larger scheme of things.