| Landguy said:
Now you are comparing the only entrant in the handheld business to 1 of the 3 entrants in a different console market? The comparison should have been the WiiU. Sales of the 3ds have been slow the last 2 years. Handhelds are a thing of the past. They will always exist(at least for the next 10 years) as a niche product. People need to accept that the phones and tablets have eliminated a real need for the MAJORITY(opposite of NICHE) of people to buy a handheld. I have 4 different DSs in my home, so I am obviously not one of them(I also have 5 tablets). This only makes sense. The XB1 is not the whole console market like the 3ds is the whole handheld market. Game developers don't have to develop just for the XB1, they can develop for all 3 consoles if they wish. The argument really is about whether the proposed handheld/console mix will sell like a old school Nintendo handheld(75 million +) or a normal Nintendo console (20-25 million). My theory is that handhelds launched today would be lucky to hit 40 million+ in a good scenario. Consoles (as proved by the XB1 and WiiU) are lucky to hit 30 million. So, a hybrid doesn't mean that you combine the sales, I think you only get a fraction of both buyer groups because both groups normally cross over and there will be some that are put off from the combo from either buying group. That's how I arrive at 25 million... |
Hey don't lie now, you know there are two handhelds. 
And the point is you cannot say the 3DS is more niche when it sells more.
That's normal, 3DS is already 5 years old. Sales eventually slow down for every system, that doesn't mean the market is dead. No doubt mobile has hurt the handheld market, but the 3DS still managed 60 million which is far from dead. Mobile will never have traditional Nintendo games, so there's always going to be a market for Nintendo to sell hardware to.
