zorg1000 said:
the market for such devices has certainly declined, im not going to deny that but its still a viable market that can be very profitable since its basically one company that completely owns it. Portable consoles will have sold roughly 80 million this generation with a pretty even balance between regions. going by this sites numbers, they have sold 13.7 million in 2011, 17.8 million in 2012, 17.6 million in 2013, 12.6 million in 2014, 10.0 million in 2015 for an average of about 14 million per year. Clearly there are people who still like playing on the go. |
This handheld generation started close to 6 years ago. There's 3 times more smartphone buyers per year now that in 2011. The average handheld sales for the 3DS has declined every year since 2012 and overall handheld shipments have averaged less than 8M per year in the past 2 years. The only reason the 3DS sold so many is because of repeat buyers of the different revisions and the very low prices.
I'm not saying there's absolutely no market. There is but it's a very small one.
