UltimateUnknown said: Yeah I wonder where all the doom and gloom analysts went. I'd love to hear some more about the 3DS situation now. |
Sure. Do you want it from me, or would you rather hear about it from Iwata?
The 3DS is doing fine in Japan, and nowhere else. Comparing its sales, immediately after a hardware revision, to those of systems that are 6+ years old doesn't impress me much. Comparing its sales figures to the anemic early sales of the DS didn't impress me when the 3DS launched, and it doesn't impress me now.
If the 3DS continues to outpace the DS a year from now, I shall gladly eat my serving of crow. But the fact remains that it's selling far less than Nintendo thought it would, even after a very early 33% price cut, and that they're publicly worried about that.