Nintendo was never doomed

[DélioPT]

Wyrdness said:

DélioPT said:

How GBA reaching HW and SW levels as fast as it did when compared to 3DS or 3DS+Vita, isn't relevant?
You have two machines against one and even then they needed more time to sell as many systems as GBA.
Heck, even if you take out the 15 million consoles GBA sold after DS came out, GBA still kicks 3DS' ass easily, HW and SW wise.

There are a lot of titles that can spur sales a week, maybe two, when they come out, but that's not what we are talking about.
We are talking about those games that sell a lot of HW and can even raise the bar for HW sales for weeks and weeks; those type of games that people wait to come out before they buy the console.

Nintendo were the ones who claimed it's not a successor to both Wii U and 3DS, they even said they aren't thinking about a successor for 3DS - something they haven't said about Wii U - and when they market it as home console gaming on the go, exactly how do they see it themselves as a portable? What did they say that makes you think that? Because all signs point at them treating it like it's a home console (with portability).

 

It's not relevant because as the market goes this gen has surpassed that one in total units sold it's like saying one athlete got to the halfway point faster despite the other crossing the finish line first, it's null and void, if you tak the 15m away from the GBA like you say it falls below the 67m of the 3DS :/. GBA's time was during a monopoly and no mobile, today's era had competition and mobile yet still beat that gen out in total units moved.

Those are some of the titles I've named and along with the first party titles the library will do just that.

Nintendo also said DS is not a GBA successor you know why? Because that's known as PR, did the DS replace the GBA? Yes, you know why? Because PR plays to consumers much like a politician plays to the voter and Nintendo said NX at the time is not a traditional successor to both platforms, Nintendo markets it as a console as part of PR to have console premium prices for a portable device and that's what it comes down to.

So you think it's ok for the 3DS to outsell GBA's 67m by taking more time?
I'm sorry, but we really won't agree on this.
3DS took more time to reach that number... waay more time. Why? As you said: "today's era had competition and mobile " And this was my main point.

3DS taking more years (7, right?) to reach the same numbers that GBA pulled in 4 years, is not a good sign. 
Even if one day 3DS manages to outsell the GBA it will be because it didn't have to compete with 2 new devices like the GBA had in 2005.

Maybe Nintendo marketed DS as a 3rd pillar because if that message resonated with gamers, they would be selling not one but two devices to people.
Which would mean that people would spend more money (on their 2 devices), thus raising revenue/profits.