Would you trust Sony enough to buy a PSP 3?

[Kuksenkov]

Lawlight said:

Soundwave said:

3DS has still sold a respectable number, it will end up selling more than the NES, SNES, and many other "successful" platforms, while being a budget/kids portable mainly and that sector has been hit very hard by mobile, so that shows Nintendo can still survive even in very harsh conditions. Switch wisely is a more premium product so it has more cover from the smartphone storm. 

Think of it like an evolution where an animal is suddenly thrust into harsh (lets say) winter conditions. Well the Vita just died straight up, 3DS suffered and had some painful experiences, but it's alive and doing alright. The offspring (Switch) has evolved to have greater protection against this new harsh environment. 

The 3DS sales have overperformed because of the many revisions and being a budget portable. Those are ideal conditions and not harsh as you put it. Not all parents would be buying a smartphone for their kids, it's much cheaper to buy 2 3DS than 1 smartphone afterall.

 

Also, I'm not sure I would call the SNES successful by modern standards. Would you call the PS4 successful if it tapped out at 40M?

Dude what? The 3DS is by no means $30 bucks. You can get a fully functional smartphone with all the basic features included, for less than $100. The 3DS has remained at $200 for most of it's life time, with only the 2DS being discounted down to $80, and the 2DS isn't exactly selling out.

 

Heck, Vita is currently $200 as well.

 

Anyway, I would buy it if they library of games has some interesting games. Sony's first party offerings have been generic crap for the last few years, gone are Twisted Metal/Genji/Locoroco/Fat Princess/Siren. So I definitely wouldn't be buying their hardware for the first party games.