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.
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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
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GBA had 3 years before the DS was released to succeed it, 3DS will need 6 years probably to get to 80 million at this rate (I'm not even sure if it ever will to be honest).
This is like saying "well we both finished a 1 KM race, so we're both equal" ... yeah ... not if I finished it in half the time you did.
