Easy to be critical, more tricky to do something about it. Tell me what Nintendo should have done to replace the DS?

I think the hardware is better, it does everything the DS does (and better) plus a load more. It's also doing much better than the DS did in its first month, by a large margin.

Considering that Miyamoto is behind pretty much all of Nintendo's multi million successes on the Wii and DS, please tell me you're not serious....   Without Wii Sports, I fear for what would have happened to the Wii.

Can't this forum go one day without someone creating a nintendo is doomed thread, it didn't reach the expected 4 million sales in less than two months and it's already being labeled the next PS3. And what's all this talk about the name being bad for sales, do people really have such a poor view of consumers that they don't believe consumers could do the proper research inorder to decide which game system is right for them. The 3DS is a nintendo platform meaning its first party software is going to be the main reason people buy it, mario, zelda, pokemon thats the main reason why people buy their systems, not motion controls, not 3D. I just feel all of this hate is due to the fact nintendo didn't launch with heavy third party support and alot of people feel betrayed, but once E3 comes around people will be singing their prase once again with OoT 3D, Star Fox 3D and the eshop.

I don't get why people are doubting Nintendo here. The DS did not do any better at this point in its life at all, and yet a year later it was darn near impossible to find one if you didn't already buy yours.  Slow uptake on a hadnheld is nothing to be concerned with.  Even when they launch with pretty big first day libraries it stil takes them a long time to build up killer apps because devs focus more on consoles.  Once the killer apps start rolling in the 3DS will start printing money just like the last two pieces of hardware they made.  And since 3rd parties are on board, they will roll in.  The thing is that it's hard to make a killer app when you've only know for 12 months that this piece of hardware is the one going to market.Once the teams that have known it for 24 months start releasing their games next year the 3DS is going to be a force to recon with.

I disagree with Iwata here, I think it's due to the high price tag, the lack of software (Ninty really should have had more software out by now) and it's lack of appeal to the expanded audience who made up the majority of Wii/DS. Once Nintendo rolls out some big games (Mario Kart/Super Mario/Kid Icarus etc), gets the price below $200 and has something for the expanded audience, a Brain Training perhaps, then we'll see 3DS spark off.

Im waiting for the games. I only have a useless game called pilot wings because I wanted to see how the 3D works on the games and not just the menus.

The funny thing is that people creating these topics KNOW that there are lots of 3rd party games on the way, and they are not out yet. They are just trying to get a chance to laugh at a console before it becomes impossible to laugh at it (ala DS, no one makes fun of it in any way because it has a giant library of games).

People also had trouble understanding all the awesome things that PS3 is bringing.

Then came slim $100 price drop and magic people understood and started rushing to the shops ;)

3DS also needs this magic $50 message to consumers I'd say.

3DS has no games, that's why it doesn't sell.

Cut the price, bring the games, and 3DS will be fine.