Prediction: NX will do better than N64 and outsell X1 lifetime...

[zorg1000]

Soundwave said:

zorg1000 said:

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.

Not sure if either of those numbers are great for Nintendo, lol. They need Japan to hold at 20 million Nintendo portables, if that starts to decline below that ... they have problems.

Ya, 3DS level sales for the portable is probably close to the minimum they can afford if they dont have a successful home console to go along with it.

My point was that you said Japan is basically what is keeping their handhels afloat which isnt true since it only accounts for about 35% of sales and has had a larger drop in the 2nd half of its life compared to the west.