| Shadow1980 said: Why does everyone insist on comparing this generation to last generation, as if last generation was anything remotely close to normal? The DS had abnormally huge sales. At its peak its baseline sales were well in excess of any other dedicated gaming platform, even the PS2, and it sold more in six years than the original Game Boy did in twelve. The PSP was the first non-Nintendo handheld to be a commercial success; the next best-selling non-Nintendo handheld was the Game Gear, which sold a paltry 11 million units worldwide, and every other runner up sold far, far less than that. Between the two of them the DS and PSP sold some 236 million units, more than all other preceding handhelds combined. Looking at the actual sales data I fail to see how someone can honestly say the last generation of handhelds should be held up as some kind of standard. |
Game Boy Advance would've sold well above 100 million units had it not been ended prematurely.
Besides I mean regardless of reason where did all those 236 million DS + PSP owners go? Did 150 million of them just evaporate? Did they stop playing games or are a good portion of them content with their phones/tablets today? If that's the case then, it is very much at the heart of the issue.
