Why is Nintendo winning the handheld war?

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mountaindewslave said:

twintail said:
3DS launched before the smartphone buzz really hit its stride (something that really hurt the Vita). Couple that with Nintendo's staple handheld titles being released and Nintendo's being synonymous with handheld gaming, it is no wonder they are still able to sell.

Either war, winning this war has nonetheless still brought the side effect of Nintendo losing a large chunk of their previous market.

it is not exactly all smiles and sunshine for them as they look to the future.

3DS possibly going to sell similarly to the GBA which kind of discounts what you've said there about 'losing a chunk of their market'. of course they were going to lose a chunk of the DS market, that was an anamoly not the norm

Nintendo makes great handheld games. its as simple as that. most of the people I know who have purchased 3DS's actually did not do so for Pokemon, they did it for Mario, Zelda, Animal Crossing, Fire Emblem, Smash Bros, etc. lots of high quality games for the system

Last FY 3DS didn't ship even 10M. It's not going to sell 30M more now that the next hardware is almost here. On top of that, GBA did better than 3DS in the same time frame.