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

[zorg1000]

binary solo said:

zorg1000 said:

Here are shipments for Gameboy Advance as of March 31, 2005 (4 years after launch)

Japan-15.55

Americas-33.37

Others-17.87

For comparison here are 3DS shipments as of December 31, 2014 (one quarter short of 4 years)

Japan-18.70

Americas-16.77

Others-14.93

3DS in Japan is slightly above GBA, 3DS in Others is slightly below GBA, they pretty much cancel each other out. The problem Nintendo is facing with 3DS is in the Americas, where it's barely over half of GBA in the same time frame. It's the same thing with Wii U where the majority of its decline compared to Gamecube is from the Americas. Nintendo needs to find a way to make their devices attractive to the American consumer again. I'm not sure how exactly they will do it, but it must be done.

So basically 3DS is down to one degree or another compared to GBA everywhere except Japan. They can't do anything about it because of mobile phone and tablet gaming. Simple as that. But if people want to keep dreaming that there is no decline because of mobile competition then they are welcome to their dreams.

Obviously mobile gaming has had a huge effect on handheld consoles but it's pretty shortsighted to say there's nothing they can do about it. Nintendo has made some mistakes and if they can learn from them and create a device with alot of hype then they have a chance to improve next-gen.