So Handheld Has No Future? GBA vs DS vs 3DS Analysis (Franchise Sales Comparison)

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tbone51 said:

How so? If There is no Vita successor than it'll already go down and besides GBA was 80mil, compared to this gen's 60mil+ so far. Only looks bad when you compare it to last gen, most of it being down because of the vita.

Nintendo Can still do 30mil+ on HHs and achieve huge Software sales on many titles, hence why i said it does have a future :)

3DS software sales and tie-ratio are way lower than DS, even factoring the difference in install bases. 3DS tie ratio is worse than even PSP and Vita.

The look of the situation isn't bad just because of Vita. It will end doing 25% to 30% of the PSP sales, but 3DS will be around half of the DS sales. Both of them suffered a massive contraction, with Vita suffering a worse one because PSP was more similar to a smartphone than DS.

That handhelds will have a future, we know. But how they will be relevant, it's a big question. The recent Tegra X1 showing, including ports of Crysis 3, RE5 and Metal Gear Rising may start a trend of AAA games on mobile devices. Decent controller add-ons can make this a reality. I still think that a handheld phone hybrid could be the next big thing.