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mountaindewslave on 10 June 2015
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Soundwave said:
mountaindewslave said:


already established that GBA sales declined drastically after its initial release, there's no debating that. no one is arguing that it didn't sell well its first year or 2, but obviously it slowed down considerably

3DS price point (for the current newest version throughout its run) has been 200$ (or 199$) everywhere. that has not changed, at least in the USA. not sure where you're shopping finding it 169$, unless you're referring to older models. current regular top model would be at the 200$ range at all major US retailers, sometimes with a game packaged in

also the 2DS is hardly a comparable, besides maybe the Gameboy Pocket (which was superior to the Gameboy in some ways, especially size) I can't think of one way in which the 2DS has advantages over the 3DS, hence its price point


GBA sales actually peaked in 2003 I believe with the release of the GBA SP. The SP was a huge seller (figures because you could actually play the damn thing without having to be directly under a light source at all times). 

If you're saying sales slowed after that, well no shit, that tends to happen when you have your legs cut off from under you with a successor released. 

If Nintendo released "4DS" 3 years into the 3DS life cycle it would wither up and die at 50 million LTD. 


I hear what you are saying, but if supposedly the GBA was capable of much greater sales ( and you're talking tens of millions) it's hard to believe Nintendo wouldn't have held the release of the DS for a bit

based on DS sales we can obviously tell that at that time the handheld market was much larger than now, most likely due to less usage of advanced mobile phones and things of that nature

GBA sales versus DS sales definitely indicate that Nintendo was not properly getting involved with the market. you can't spin it both ways, Nintendo released the DS and it sold huge-  despite being released not THAT long after the GBA. GBA sold well but arguably it was not really saturating the market that well based on the DS's performance starting in 2004 and onward

what I'm pointing out is that the GBA sold well due to the time and place, that  it was certainly easier to sell handhelds in the early to mid 2000s than it is today. the 3DS may not be matching the GBA in terms of sales pace, but it is doing extremely well when you consider price point and the competition that handhelds now face from mobile gaming