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Illusion on 12 September 2015
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Ryng_Tolu said:

2013 3DS Vita
January 145.000 35.000
February 189.000 38.000
March 230.000 33.000
April 113.000 15.000
May 115.000 16.000
June 225.000 27.000
July 150.000 16.000
August 131.000 29.000
September 209.000 38.000
October 452.000 25.000
November 770.000 70.000
December 1.100.000 95.000
2014
January 97.000 19.000
February 155.000 21.000
March 159.000 10.000
April 106.000 3.000
May 97.000 59.000
June 152.000 15.000
July 108.000 17.000
August 91.000 6.000
September 140.000 20.000
October 148.000 24.000
November 515.000 32.000
December 810.000 150.000


August 2015 NPD Results for the 3DS:  77,000

Nintendo needs to take very close note of these results.  The 3DS is down YoY by 15% after only having released the New 3DS model 5 months earlier.  

The movement to smartphones away from dedicated handhelds could be accelerating.  Hopefully, Nintendo doesn't use the 3DS's 60 million install base as a justification for not shaking up their next generation of portable consoles.  Nintendo needs a radically different concept to pull users back away from smartphones.

At this point, I am really starting to hope that the NX is a unified home console/portable device.  Nintendo can earn back it's lost revenue from having two hardware streams by focusing heavily on mobile gaming.  At this point, I am afraid that a separate handheld and console is not the way to go for next gen.  I don't think that dedicated handhelds will have the strength to buoy Nintendo in a year's time.