| haxxiy said: I mean, for all we know the market was saturated with DSs (just like it happened to Endgame in just a few weeks of colossal box office numbers). Both it and the PS2 had successors released after a similar timeframe. |
PS2 was nowhere close to DS sales in the equivaent time frame. DS had sold 150 million units by its 7th birthday (roughly), the PS2 was at 120 million at 7 years.
Nintendo simply discontinued the DS because they wanted to force people to buy 3DS systems.
If they really wanted to they could have kept the DS for like $89.99 for several more years and gotten to 175 million.
In my view if you can't hit 150 million in a 7 year normal product cycle, you're not the legit king, you're just a paper champ because DS did it so it is possible.
Last edited by Soundwave - on 05 May 2023
