Analysis of Nintendo hardware/software per generation & region

[zorg1000]

freebs2 said:

zorg1000 said:

Haha wow, u summed my 6 posts up in one little graph

One thing I find really interesting is that despite Nintendo home consoles consistantly declining, the total hardware & software sales remained roughly the same.

That's a big reason I feel Nintendo should unify their handhelds and consoles.

Yes, actually it feels like Nintendo install base didn't get smaller from their 1st to 4th gen, it's more like they shifted preference from home consoles to handleds. The only true decline is the one we see today (sadly).

I agree they should unify architecture, unifying consoles... I'm not sure. Keep in mind many Nintendo home consoles owners are also Nintendo handleds owners. If you unify everything on one console and this console happens not to be attractive enough to draw new users, you might just lose sales.

I get that their is a risk in losing hardware sales but I don't it's necessarily a given.

Take Apple products for example, u might say why would anyone buy an iPod/iPad if they have an iPhone? Well millions of people each year are cross buying those devices so there is the chance people could do the same for Nintendo handhelds and consoles dispose sharing the same library.

Someone may buy the handheld and play the more handheld centric titles like Animal Crossing or Pokemon then buy the console variant to play the big, epic console experiences on their big HDTV like Zelda or Xenoblade.