Japan Sales- Switch Year 1 vs 3DS and Wii U

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zorg1000 said:

Miyamotoo said:

Yes, but that baseline would be only until Splatoon 2 in Q2.

You need to take in account that DS and PSP were last handhelds before smartphones.

im gonna stick with a 30k baseline from April-June would be "meh". Not horrible, but at the same time not very impressive.

3DS post-price cut and in 2012/2013 was able to exceed a 40-50k baseline so DS/PSP being pre-mobile is not the reason.

I would say though even 2012/13 is a long time ago now. 

In 12/13 there weren't nearly as many cheapo tablets for kids, tablets were still mainly a luxury device for adults only, in 14/15/16 you start to see the rise of $99-$150 tablets.