Is the dedicated handheld market really dying or simply returning to normal?

[Soundwave]

zorg1000 said:

Soundwave said:

You're seeing it right now. This year will be Nintendo's lowest shipment in handhelds in almost 20 years (lowest since before the creation of Pokemon). 

Sony's userbase went from 80 million users to 10 million maybe. 

This isn't a "maybe" any more. 

Yes but ur acting like a single generation of decline means that it will inevitably continue to decline which may not be the case.

The indicators right now are not good though. The 3DS keeps declining year over year no matter what Nintendo throws at it ... Pokemon, Animal Crossing, model revisions, 2D Mario, 3D Mario, Mario Kart, etc. etc. etc. 

I think this basically is the new baseline for Nintendo handhelds ... 6-11 mill handhelds/year.