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F0X on 25 July 2012

Like every 3DS sales thread I've ever posted in, I shall say that the 3DS needs more Pokemon.



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DieAppleDie on 25 July 2012

wait, are you saying 3ds big hitters are already out?
Zelda?
Pokemon?
Smash bros.?



F0X on 25 July 2012
spurgeonryan said:
F0X said:
Like every 3DS sales thread I've ever posted in, I shall say that the 3DS needs more Pokemon.


You do not think that nintendo has saturated itself with Pokemon right now? Two games and some eshop apps kinda seem overboard.

I see it as an oversaturation of Pokemon games built for the DS. As such, the best thing is for the (main) series to move on to the 3DS, where (hopefully) it can achieve meaningful change and (likely) boost hardware sales.



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sperrico87 on 25 July 2012
TWRoO said:
The DS was a slow starter in the US, all those figures are before the DSlite launch which is when DS sales exploded.

In 2007 the only month DS didn't crest 400k was January, and that was due to supply issues not lack of demand. Actually after January 2007, the DS didn't go below 350k in any month until after the 3DS launch.

The 3DS doesn't have the equivalent of the 3DSlite in the pipeline as far as I know (instead they are making a bigger version?) I'm sure it will do well and globally I don't foresee many situations that will stop it passing 100 million in the end, but it isn't going to emulate the DS's success.

The DS Lite helped, but hardware doesn't sell itself.  NSMB was what caught the DS Lite on fire.  Similiarly, NSBM2 and 3DS XL launching the same day is purely a genious move on Nintendo's part.  It'll give them a real nice boost going into the holidays with Luigi's Mansion, Layton, and Paper Mario.  Big, big holiday for Nintendo this year.  Biggest I can remember in a long time. 



 

camaro52391 on 26 July 2012
DieAppleDie said:
wait, are you saying 3ds big hitters are already out?
Zelda?
Pokemon?
Smash bros.?


I'd say MK7 and Mario 3d land were big hitters, but 2d mario and pokemon sell like hot cakes. Zelda and Smash Bros should be great games but they never sell as much.



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TripleMMM on 27 July 2012

Wow, I tought 3DS would just behind DS sales records but I see I was wrong...



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retroking1981 on 27 July 2012

Once the 3DS sales align with the DSlite launch the 3DS will never beat the DS again apart from big release weeks



kitler53 on 27 July 2012

this thread just makes your other thread look even more ridiculous.  3DS sells ~5M units in 16 months but wii U could do 5M in a month and half (or less)...



happydolphin on 27 July 2012
spurgeonryan said:
darkknightkryta said:
I think it'll be more interesting to compare the second/third years. The DS really exploded those years, pulling 400k a week... in the off seasons.


All of those big games that hit Japan early this year and over the next few months will be hitting ( hopefully) the West over this next year or so. So this could be the case for the 3DS as well. Plus the XL, Mario, Animal Crossing, Mansion, Paper Mario, and whatever else. It will be exciting to see.

You're absolutely right, the 3DS was blessed a year earlier than the 3DS. Year 2 holiday season will be explosive in the US.

As for why it's not destroying the front page (@darkknightkryta), it's because the 3DS is not performing in the West. That's not unusual, since the 3DS was not performing incredibly until only its 3rd year (2006). So, the 3DS is also expected to lag the Japanese success by a year, however the trend may be catalized due to big software released and remodel 1 year earlier. Since holiday 2012 will essentially be year 1.5 for the 3DS, the explosion trend will be pre-emptive by half a year sooner than the DS in terms of years from release.

Expect big sales this holiday season.



happydolphin on 27 July 2012
kitler53 said:

this thread just makes your other thread look even more ridiculous.  3DS sells ~5M units in 16 months but wii U could do 5M in a month and half (or less)...

They follow very different curves. But yeah, I don't expect the WiiU to sell 5M either. I'd say 4m.

The Wii sold 3m in a month and a half upon launch, so 4-5M isn't hoping so hard.