Darwinianevolution said:
Again, by the time time BW came to the market, the DS was well above the 100m units sold. That was a time when handhelds were starting to see some pressure from smartphones. Nowadays, Nintendo needs as many system sellers to keep their system alive. Every original Pokemon game is almost guaranteed to sell around 14m, but its hardware-moving potential won't be really any good on the 3DS, that is almost reaching its sales roof. |
We never had a new pokemon gen releasing alongside a handheld. Could happen but never has. You said "Nintendo needs as many system sellers to keep their system alive", isn't that true for every console? And it doesn't mean the system sellers have to be there at launch.
