Soundwave said:
The bigger question is where is this market going and its been declining hard in the Americas and Europe, the second half of the 3DS cycle has not been strong in the West hardware sales wise. NX won't have the benefit of smartphones/tablets still being a relative luxury item for adults-mostly when it launches like the 3DS did. |
I'm glad you brought up the decline from 1st half to 2nd half of 3DS life, did you know that it has had a more sever drop in Japan?
3DS shipments in Japan
February 2011 to September 2013-13.33 million
October 2013 to March 2016-7.99 million
3DS shipments outside Japan
March 2011 to September 2013-21.65 million
October 2013 to March 2016-15.88 million
Thats about a 40% decline in Japan vs a 27% decline outside of Japan.
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