Nintendo hardware shipments per year

[Teeqoz]

mountaindewslave said:

Teeqoz said:
I honestly doubt they'll b able reach 25 million in a fiscal year. The handheld market has shrunk decisively, not only since the DS days, but since the GB peak and the GBA days. The next Nintendo home console will most likely be up over the Wii U, but I don't think it'll be able to go further than a good 25-30 million (Which would be almost doubling the Wii U).

you realize the next Nintendo console has practically been confirmed to be a joint home console / handheld right? to expect it to do N64 level is just silly

the Wii U failed because it was the worst marketed and thought out Nintendo system in history, and it certainly didn't have a handheld directly integrated into it

I feel like a lot of people are missing the point of Nintendo connecting and essentially merging their divisions, they are going to unite their fanbase

There was a reason why I specified "The next Nintendo home console". If the next system is a hybrid, then what I said obviously doesn't apply, once again, hence why I specified home console. And no, it has hardly been "practically confirmed to be a joint home console / handheld". It has been confirmed that they want them to be more similar for more streamlined development across both platforms, but that hardly "confirms" this Fusion idea that a lot of people think it's going to be.

FYI, either way, I doubt they'll manage 25 million per fiscal year wether it's a fusion console or two separate (but related) systems.