July 2016 NPD Thread! Hardware and software up!

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Aquamarine said:

In my opinion, WIU, 3DS, PSV, 360, PS3, and Wii are all completely dead.

But I don't look at consoles, I look at markets. You have the Home Console market, the Handheld market, the PC Retail market, the Accessories market, and the Toys / Plug-and-play Market.

Generally, in the USA, the retail Handheld market has been very slow. 3rd-party games are increasingly rare on handhelds, Sony has completely abandoned the Vita (just shy of discontinuing it), and Nintendo will abandon the 3DS the instant NX releases.

I don't really care about dying markets or super-tiny publishers. That's why I don't tend to comment on super niche games from some random Japanese outlet that launch to like 25K.

My personal interests lie with the big drivers of the retail market....which in 2016 have been the console industry. That's why I've been showing a vertical slice of the console industry. It's taking a holistic approach to data sharing as opposed to just satiating console warz.

July 2016 is an interesting month because Pokemon Go completely invigorated Handheld sales and for the first time in a long time the 3DS is relevant, so I'm checking to see if I can comment on that or not.

I dont understand how 3DS can be lumped in the same category as PS3/360/Vita/Wii/WiiU. Hasnt it sold more than those 5 combined this year?

But regardless, thank you for trying to get 3DS numbers this month.