Why has the 3DS so much quality titles?

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Conina said:

Mnementh said:

Nearly twice as many (38vs22 if I counted right), but the DS has thrice the installbase and was longer on the market. If all is said and done, the 3DS will probably end up around half the installbase of the DS, but the number of 85+-games will be a lot nearer to the number the DS has. So being sold THAT much less, but still has such an awesome library? Why that?

The DS also has 15x the installbase than the Vita, but less than double 85+ games (38vs24 if I counted right, Shovel Knight will push it to 38vs25 this week). If all is said and done, the number of 85+ games on Vita will be a lot nearer to the number the DS has. So being sold THAT much less, but still has such an awesome library? Why that? ;)

Easy question to answer.  DS had a really high install base, so a lot of shovelware made its way to the system to ride on the DS' momentum.  In reality, the number of systems sold will not directly relate to the number of critically received games developed.  The Vita may have less units sold, but it certainly has a demographic down that the 3DS doesn't have as much of a grasp on.  That's why you see many games on the Vita and not on the 3DS, despite the 3DS having sold many times more.