Fewer Games is Never a Good Thing

[zorg1000]

oniyide said:

zorg1000 said:

So how does that change anything? Obviously if specific games are what cause a system to sell well then the successor not getting those games will result in lesser sales.

As for 3DS not doing big numbers in Japan, its the 3rd best selling gaming device in history over there. And barely any of those game are on 3DS.

Literally everything you just said was either wrong or besides the point.

If its really the 3rd best selling device in Japan and still sold less than DS and GBA overall what does that tell you? Why stick to just Japan why no look at worldwide numbers? They show that the demand for these types of handheld dedicated devices have gone down. Their is no spin there the numbers prove it. Now what the reason is for the decline of these numbers is anyone's guess. 

this is why i hate disucssing with you, you always get side tracked.

The reason i brought up Japan was because of this quote, "MH moved to 3ds but that didnt exactly catapult it into big numbers". Considering that Monster Hunter is primarily a Japanese title (over 80% of sales happen in this region) than clearly when talking about Monster Hunter sales impact its only logical to talk about Japan, where 3DS did do huge numbers and Monster Hunter was a big part of that.

That should have been pretty obvious.

Like I said im my last post, the things you are saying are either incorrect or irrelevant. The main thing we have been discussing is whether or not there is a market for console-like experiences on the go. PSP showed there was a market for it but neither of the current generation handheld devices have recieved strong support from these type of games so its impossible to draw any conclusions from their performances.