zorg1000 said:
Handhelds are certainly more popular in Japan than the west but 3DS has still done solid numbers outside of Japan, about 37.5 million according to the most recent shipment numbers. |
The split for 3DS is 37.5 mill outside of Japan vs. 20 mill for Japan (roughly).
That's a monumental drop off from the DS and GBA which huge numbers in the West. GBA alone sold almost 42 million in just the Americas and that was with abbreviated life cycle too.
And likely there will be continued erosion of Nintendo's portable market in the West, the 3DS benefitted from launching just before cheapo tablets (such that a kid can have their own) started flooding the market. In 2011, all you could really get was an iPad, and an iPad was like $500, not too many 8-year-olds with that, but today you can get a kid a 7 or 8 inch tablet for under $100 that they can play touch games and watch cartoons on to their heart's content.
