| Dunban67 said: rapidly shrinking customer base |
Only if compared to DS/Wii, which were by far the most successful handheld and console Nintendo has ever released.
NES+Game & Watch-about 100 million hardware, 500 million software
SNES+Gameboy (89-96)=about 100 million hardware, 500 million software
N64+Gameboy (97-03)=about 100 million hardware, 500 million software
GC+Gameboy Advance=about 100 million hardware, 500 million software
Wii+DS=about 250 million hardware, almost 2 billion software
See how Wii/DS aren't really the standard for which we should compare Wii U/3DS?
Wii U+3DS (lifetime estimate)=80-90 million hardware, 400-450 million software
Nintendo this generation will be down 10-20% from their pre-Wii/DS baseline, this is while being the most expensive generation they have ever had and having horrible advertising/marketing (3DS mistaken for DS revision & Wii U mistaken for Wii add-on). If they can fix these problems next generation than it is completely feasible that Nintendo returns to their 100 million hardware & 500 million software baseline.
When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.
