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thismeintiel on 13 February 2016
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hunter_alien said:
thismeintiel said:

Sad.  All we had is Sony saying PS4 YOY growth was impressive, which leads me to believe it's at 215K or more.  And for MS to bust out the hours of gameplay WW for a statement about US sales, leads me to believe sales are down quite a bit YOY.  Possibly 115K or less.  We already know Nintendo consoles are down, so probably means 65K for 3DS and 40K for Wii U.  It also means New 3DS was a failure at stopping the decline of 3DS sales.  Doesn't bold well with Nintendo banking on combining their HH and home markets when both are doing poorly.

Its a bit early to call the 3DS and Nintendo's handheld segment a de facto failure with no future prospect, when the system is 5 years old, underpowered and managed to sell 60 million units already. That said they need something and fast if they want to remain profitable and a seriosu player in the console race, this year. 2017 is way to late IMO.

 

OT: The PS4 is dominating. No real surprise here. Microsoft officially lost their last stronghold on a global scale IMO. With U4, PSVR and a dozen mid-tier exclusives this year, there is simply not much they can do to get back to #1 in the US IMO.

3DS will be their lowest selling HH ever.  That's not to say it's a failure, just that the HH market is on the decline and there's little Nintendo can do to stop it.  I mean, last gen we had 2 HHs that did really well.  The DS, with 154M, and the PSP, with 82M.  This gen, we have the Vita, which might make it to 20M, and the 3DS, which might make it to 75M.  The casuals have just moved on to phone and tablet gaming.  That's why I just don't see a console that appeals to the HH market of old will make a dent in the industry.  Especially when it'll be going against a PS4, a system it most likely won't be on par with powerwise, that is probably in its peak year(s), and will be $299 later this year.