Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - 27th March - 2nd April

[zorg1000]

Shadow1980 said:

zorg1000 said:

The most likely reason for 3DS hold and DS quick decline is the software in the last months around 3DS/Switch launch.

Pokemon Black/White released in Sept 2010 and was huge but from Oct 2010-March 2011 there was a few games that sold in the 300-600k range.

In that same time frame for 3DS had Pokemon Sun/Moon in Nov which has done over 3 million, it also had Mario Maker in Dec & Monster Hunter in March which have done over 1 million along with a few games that have sold 300-600k.

3DS lacks any truly noteworthy releases in the next few months so if sales continue to hold pretty well than your theory could be correct but i suspect we will see it start to fade in the coming months.

Well, the thing is, almost without exception when a system's replacement is released it has an immediate and pronounced effect on the system it's replacing. It's not just handhelds. Home consoles exhibit the same behavior, regardless of other variables like games. The only exception was the PS2 in the U.S., and that's obviously due to the PS3's high launch price. The PS3 didn't have an effect on PS2 sales until it was cut to $400.

So, there's only two possibilities in regards to the 3DS: Either it's a PS2-like situation and the 3DS needs a price cut, or the market isn't viewing it as a replacement for the 3DS but rather for the Wii U. In either case, if Nintendo really puts in the effort to show that this a hybrid system meant to replace both the Wii U and 3DS, then 3DS sales will likely start to drop.

idk, can you show me a system that had a similar amount of big sellers release so close to the successor?

Also compare Q1 2011 sales of DS to Q1 2017 sales of 3DS.

DS-355k (27k/week), 3DS-430k (33k/week)

I dont think its unreasonable to assume the legs of the big holiday titles Pokemon & Mario Maker along with the release of Monster Hunter in March are the cause of the 20% increase over DS in Q1 2011. I think next quarter is where we will really see the effect.

3DS averaged about 20k/week in Q2 last year so if it stays around there than i suppose you are right.