The financials behind Nintendo going 3rd party

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kinisking said:

RolStoppable said:

Smart devices aren't dedicated gaming machines. And since virtually every human being is going to own a smartphone at some point, you would have to say that Nintendo should quit handhelds if it is your opinion that smartphones are truly competing with handhelds. However, you have suggested no such thing and instead proposed that Nintendo should quit making home consoles. So either you don't consider smart devices competition or you think they aren't an actual threat. In any case, it means that smart devices and PCs are not competing devices like PlayStation and Xbox, and you know that, because you have argued from that angle throughout this entire thread.

before smart phones if kids wanted a handheld gaming machine -----> nintendo. Now ---> smartphone. Why? because the games are cheaper and it can do even more than a 3ds could for the children in the eyes of the parents. obviously not in all cases, but its the reason why the 3ds is doing much worse than the ds

Why do people always insist on just comparing to DS?

From 1989-2007 (4th/5th/6th generations) the Gameboy line sold just about 200 million units of hardware and a little under 900 million units of software. That's about 65 million units of hardware and 300 million units of software per generation, pretty much right where 3DS is headed.