Why aren't more games being made for the 3DS?

[Materia-Blade]

Hiku said:

Materia-Blade said:

"there have been a total of 3 games announced that I didn't already know were coming"

That's confusing but even if you know the game was coming, what does it change.

When I decide whether or not to buy a console, I look at the games it already has that interest me, and the games announced for the future. Then there's a third factor. Upcoming games in the future that are not yet announced, but that we can expect. For example, if after only two years on the market a console has 15 or so games released or announced that interest you, you wouldn't expect it to release or announce 0 new games in the years after that that interest you, right? (Extreme example.)
And in this case in particular I was comparing it a bit to the DS, and my expectations based on that as I found so so many games on that system that interested me.

So basically what I was saying here was, when I purchased the console, what it already had out and what was known to be on the way was looking very good to me. But after that, I was surprised at the pace it continued.

you also have to make up your mind if you're talking about general releases or only the ones that interest you. the 3ds is getting a good amount of releases and western localizations considering it's over 4 years old.

I'm mostly talking about me, though even in general it appears to get less releases than what would be expected in the past few years, for a system with so many units sold. There are even games being made that could be put on the console, but are skipping it. For example, Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is being released for every system including the Vita, but not the 3DS, where the first game in the series originated. That seems odd.

But the thread's title talks about games in general, not just the one's you like. can't really answer why there aren't many games you like being made.