I hope that the Wii U can pull itself out of this hole.

I believe GBA sold at a faster pace than 3DS. Also GC was selling better than Wii U in the same time.

http://www.vgchartz.com/yearly.php/?date=2011&reg=World&date=2001&console=&maker=

http://www.vgchartz.com/yearly.php/?reg=World&console=&date=2002&maker=

Worldwide GBA and 3DS are very similar

Hmm it looks like. Then I don't get when people say it sold a lot in a few frame time.

Japan is what's saving the 3DS' bacon, in Japan the 3DS is the no.1 game platform, in the GBA days, the PS2 was still the "main platform" for gaming. Today console's had basically collapsed in Japan.

I agree, the 3DS's numbers have been average in the West, tho 2DS and pokemon might fix that for good.  Also Japan's handheld > console attitude is probably another reason for the PS4 delay in Japan.

3DS is tracking a few million behind GBA in America, Japan is making up the difference

GBA tracked faster than the DS no?

It just fell off rather quickly right?

By the same token, couldn't you say that the GBA is tracking behind the 3DS in Japan and that the US is making up the difference?

Soundwave, couldn't you say that Japanese GBA sales were average and that America saved its bacon?

What difference does it make when the Global total is pretty much the same?

Ya it was replaced too soon, if it had 2 more years as main handheld it would probably have reached Gameboy/Color sales.