ZhugeEX said:
Mainly thanks to new models being introduced this year. Software sales are down considerably in the U.S. for the Nintendo 3DS. When this year is said and done I'd be surprised if this year of sales in the U.S. was notably higher than the prior year. Also it's worth noting that sales are very low in the U.S., especially if you compare to DS and align launches. |
Yep but does that somehow discredit sales? Like they don't count because it's from a remodel?
This is true but at the same time this year was lacking in notable releases compared to 2014. It started strong with the Zelda+Monster Hunter combo then it had small, relatively unknown titles like Fossil Fighters & Codename STEAM, Xenoblade 3D is just available on a small fraction of the overall install base. Summer had no notable releases then the last few months of the year consisted of mid-size spinoffs of popular franchises like Happy Home Designer, Triforce Heroes, Super Mystery Dungeon.
2p14 wasn't amazing but it started with Bravely Default which did pretty well then it had new installments of well known characters like Yoshi & Kirby then Tomodachi ended up being a surprise big hit, then the holidays had Smash Bros+mainline Pokemon which are 2 of Nintendo's biggest franchises.
Being lower than previous handhelds doesn't make 3DS dead.
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