Wyrdness said:
- Easily observable but people still thought otherwise because the central thinking of their argument is what I pointed out earlier they'd use the argument that fans are already on board the platform. - New Leaf is the seventh best sell 3DS game but it wasn't massive platform mover it caused a spike in Japan and then got to where it was through sales legs this is what people were expect with NH and why a significant number of people would have contested it being a massive system seller, they knew it would sell well but didn't think it move platforms that's why a lot of the "well it was always going to sell" is a hindsight adjustment. - FY ending March 2017 was the 3DS' 6th year of the 7m you reported 6.4m came in the quarter S/M released according to Nintendo's own figures the result was that FY ending March 2017 was up over the prior FY which goes against what you said about sequel's impact it sold a further 6.4m in FY2017 it's 7th year when the NS was out already selling well before dropping to 2.3m after that meaning as a platform that was already replaced went on to sell 12.8m after S/M despite being replaced by it's successor and in its 6th and 7th years during that time as well. |
_For me the basis of this "argument" is saturation. It's not debatable if it will happen, but when. Naturally some will be right, some will be wrong. I can't be held to the arguments of others who essentially made different assessments from me on that saturation point. I think I already addressed the topic of AC being a potential outlier, including its alignment with Corona. The only thing to outline here is that I don't expect many (if any) system sellers of the kind we've seen already going forward in the next 3 years and thus I don't think numbers will maintain their current level next fiscal year, meanwhile you and others in this thread feel the opposite. I will keep my eyes peeled for the next AC size system seller
_None of this counters my point. The specific quarter Pokemon Sun and Moon was released was actually down 1m compared to Q3 of the year prior. The point is simply don't expect returning franchises to boost or sustain hardware levels to that seen at the systems peak when said franchises first landed.
