Heavenly_King said:
Well, I said the Vita thing, because I just wanted to say something as a PS fan :D . I really think the PSVITA has the chance to take the crown this time, but I really dont expect them to take the direction they are taking right now because of the VITA. My point of view is quite simple, and it is that I think there is something really weird going on, for them to adobt such drastic "economic politics" only 3 or so months after the release of the system. It is as if they knew they have and "EPIC failure" in the making, but nobody have notice it yet. I would compare more facts between the 2 nintendo handhelds, but I think there is nothing much to compare about the DS and the 3DS right now, aside the "not so great sales" in the first year, the name (lol), nintendo games and the possible escenario that the 3DS could eventually sell better. |
I think the figures in the thread explain exactly what the problem is - the 3DS is tracking at around half what the DS did. Now the DS was a huge success in the end, but it had a pretty so-so first year and wasn't until the DSlite that it 'exploded', so for the 3DS - it's successor after the DS sold so much - to be tracking so far behind is a pretty bad situation. I think it's worsened simply by the fact no one was really expecting it, at least not on this scale.
It's not just the 3DS that's causing the company-wide shake up at Nintendo though, Wii software sales have taken a steep decline, people are 'iffy' on the Wii-U and hardware sales are starting to consolidate for the PS3 / 360. Vita is probably a factor too (Mainly it's $249 price) but I think it's much more the 3DS's uncertain future that's the route of the worries.
