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Ryng on 02 February 2018
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Teeqoz said:
Johnw1104 said:

Did they clarify anywhere which models were selling? The New 2DS XL is fairly inexpensive and otherwise pretty cool... I know they've said it's still being purchased for young kids (it's certainly durable enough to warrant that), so maybe that 2DS version that's extremely cheap is also still selling?

Really, though, it just seems like there's a huge spike in hardware sales every time there's a new Pokemon game (even if it's barely "new"). There's not much reason for Nintendo to abandon the platform, so it will probably be around longer than most assumed.

Out of the 5.86 million total shipped so far this fiscal year, 2.45 million were NN2DS XLs, 1.77 million were N2DSs, and 1.63 million were NN3DSXLs.

I'm still expecting 3DS hardware to plunge on 2018. The ever decreasing software sales make it inevitable. We only have four weeks of Media Create, but so far, the 3DS is down 50% over last year. And this year it won't have Dragon Quest or Pokemon to help it either.

Basically, I think the release of the 2DSXL managed to postpone the collapse in 3DS hardware sales by a year, but it'll happen this year instead.

Looks like a reasonable prediction. At least in Japan 3DS should have a big drop. In the west it may still surprise, right now 2DS and 2DS XL looks still strong, but i still expect a big YOY drop.