Is price a major factor in poor 3DS/Wii U sales compared to GBC/N64 & GBA/GC?

[zorg1000]

Soundwave said:

zorg1000 said:

Gameboy launched at $89.99 not $99.99 and 3DS is tracking ahead of the original Gameboy launches aligned as well.

Game Boy sales hit a pretty hard wall after about 1992/93 or so. Something like the Virtual Boy, which was a laughably poorly thought out idea wouldn't have been rushed out to market otherwise, but GB sales by the mid-90s were really crap. 

Game Boy was initially kind of like the first Nintendo wave where Nintendo itself was kind of thought of as a fad. But then the 90s settled in and it became all about the Super NES vs. the Genesis. 

FY ending March 1990-4.02 million

FY ending March 1991-8.06 million

FY ending March 1992-10.67 million

FY ending March 1993-7.80 million

FY ending March 1994-7.47 million

FY ending March 1995-5.58 million

FY ending March 1996-4.16 million

To me that seems like a pretty standard sales curve, peak in the 3rd year then have a gradual decline for the next few years.