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Ganoncrotch on 16 December 2013
Augluae said:
The problem of the 3DS is the same as the Wii U, except it's not coming from the same reasons.

The 3DS has a very rude and ever growing and evolving smartphone game market to compete against.

But don't worry they are in the same bag of trouble as handheld: people are more and more interested in PC/Console games that mobile/handheld game because of the screen size, hardware and attraction limitation.

So the 3DS is the first handheld to have lost it appeals, sure, because it followed up on the DS which was a really bad idea, although the new 3D concept and very low priced made it a good sale for the first two years.


http://www.vgchartz.com/

should take a look on the front page when regarding the system having lost it's appeal btw, the massive thing wrong with your argument is the same issue that people had for ages with Soccer moms buying a wii, sure it's sales which could be a Xbox or a ps3 but those people wouldn't have bought a console if not for the fact that a lot of people happen to have a smart phone it's just their phone, sure they might buy some extra upgrades for a simple tap on the screen, basic type game, but these are not people who have choosen this type of gaming over owning a 3DS. 

But yeah, sells 666k last week and people talking doom about it, amazing.



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zorg1000 on 16 December 2013

Didnt they overship last holiday by quite a bit? That could be a big factor for the early part of this year. But anywho based off of sell thru this year will likely be 3DS peak.



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Eliseo104 on 16 December 2013
ganoncrotch said:
Augluae said:
The problem of the 3DS is the same as the Wii U, except it's not coming from the same reasons.

The 3DS has a very rude and ever growing and evolving smartphone game market to compete against.

But don't worry they are in the same bag of trouble as handheld: people are more and more interested in PC/Console games that mobile/handheld game because of the screen size, hardware and attraction limitation.

So the 3DS is the first handheld to have lost it appeals, sure, because it followed up on the DS which was a really bad idea, although the new 3D concept and very low priced made it a good sale for the first two years.


http://www.vgchartz.com/

should take a look on the front page when regarding the system having lost it's appeal btw, the massive thing wrong with your argument is the same issue that people had for ages with Soccer moms buying a wii, sure it's sales which could be a Xbox or a ps3 but those people wouldn't have bought a console if not for the fact that a lot of people happen to have a smart phone it's just their phone, sure they might buy some extra upgrades for a simple tap on the screen, basic type game, but these are not people who have choosen this type of gaming over owning a 3DS. 

But yeah, sells 666k last week and people talking doom about it, amazing.


No matter how much does the 3DS sells, if it does not sell like the DS, all these doomsayers are gonna be making thread after thread about "this is gonna be Nintendo's last handheld"(even if it sells 90m in it's life time).



justiceiro on 16 December 2013

I want to believe in PS4/X1 cannabalizing sales, but of not, well christmas will be tough. Remenber, the target for Iwata was to sell 18mil in this fiscal year, if he fails even at this, nintendo will be in a bad position yet again.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-27/nintendo-targets-domestic-sales-of-5-million-3ds-units-this-year.html



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gatito on 16 December 2013

I can't believe this thread. I mean, seriously?



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bosslug on 16 December 2013

Thread title: "Lowest selling year for 3DS yet?"
***in terms of shipments
What is this thread trying to prove



BuckStud on 16 December 2013
softcoregamer82 said:
The numbers were disappointing given 1) 2DS 2) Zelda 3) Pokemon 4) Lots of new bundles 5) some nice black Friday deals. I don't think Nintendo can do another handheld next generation. It has to be either a gaming smartphone or a hybrid to survive in the changing market (like the Wii U gamepad that you can take anywhere not just a short range or wii fi)
That is ludicrous.  The 3DS has outsold every other “video game” system nearly every week this year.  If this is the last gen for a Nintendo handheld, then it’s also the last gen for all the other systems.....right?


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BuckStud on 16 December 2013
Eliseo104 said:
ganoncrotch said:
Augluae said:
The problem of the 3DS is the same as the Wii U, except it's not coming from the same reasons.

The 3DS has a very rude and ever growing and evolving smartphone game market to compete against.

But don't worry they are in the same bag of trouble as handheld: people are more and more interested in PC/Console games that mobile/handheld game because of the screen size, hardware and attraction limitation.

So the 3DS is the first handheld to have lost it appeals, sure, because it followed up on the DS which was a really bad idea, although the new 3D concept and very low priced made it a good sale for the first two years.


http://www.vgchartz.com/

should take a look on the front page when regarding the system having lost it's appeal btw, the massive thing wrong with your argument is the same issue that people had for ages with Soccer moms buying a wii, sure it's sales which could be a Xbox or a ps3 but those people wouldn't have bought a console if not for the fact that a lot of people happen to have a smart phone it's just their phone, sure they might buy some extra upgrades for a simple tap on the screen, basic type game, but these are not people who have choosen this type of gaming over owning a 3DS. 

But yeah, sells 666k last week and people talking doom about it, amazing.


No matter how much does the 3DS sells, if it does not sell like the DS, all these doomsayers are gonna be making thread after thread about "this is gonna be Nintendo's last handheld"(even if it sells 90m in it's life time).

It will most likely have higher lifetime sales than the PS3...should the PS3 have been Sonys last system then?  These peoples arguments are so stupid and one sided it not funny.



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JoeTheBro on 16 December 2013

Doom!

Oh wait you're just looking at the numbers and making an informed prediction? Carry on.



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menx64 on 16 December 2013
Seece said:

*In terms of shipments


2011: 14.58m shipped
2012: 14.81m shipped


2013 so far

5.13m.

Meaning to beat 2011 it needs 9.45m shipped.

If we look at what has sold for the Q already, we have US at 1.22m, Japan at 1.03m and Europe (VGC figures, at 1.49m).

Hard to believe Europe of all places is 3DS's strongest region this holiday, there are no 3DS titles in the top 30 in the UK chart! Possibly overtracked a few hundred K.

Anyhow, it's predicting the rest of the years sales that's the tricky part.

Last year 3DS saw a very impressive uptick in the US, Dec was 150%~ over Nov sales. Using this same rise, the 3DS could see 1.9m?!! Hey, it could happen. I think a conservative estimate would be 1.3m - 1.5m however. It could shock us either way.

Japan is difficult too, it was much higher this time last year (211k vs 122k this year) anyhow, 3DS went on to sell another 1.26m. I guess 1m would be a safe bet despite being down yoy 50%~ currently.

Europe, below US for sure. So remains to be seen. 1m - 1.3m though.

Sold so far

US: 1.22m
Japan: 1.03m
Europe: 1.2m~

Prediction

US: 1.3m - 1.5m
Japan: 1m~
Europe: 1m - 1.3m

+ 10% for elsewhere (judging by US, Japan and Europe totals end of 3rd Q, VGC shows 90%+ sell through in those regions)

Gives you 7.4m - 7.9m sell through.

+1m~ for shipments/stock on shelves.

If 3DS did sell between 7.4 - 7.9m, it likely wouldn't ship the 9.45m needed.

Agree? Disagree?

How can this not be 3DS' top year so far with Pokemon and 2DS???


Interesting numbers. The only thing here is that since the 3DS and 2DS are selling well, nintento will probably have the chance to sell a very big amount of this consoles to retailers. I would not be surprised if nintendo is able to sell that 9.45 figure to retailers between the last reported quarter number and March. Selling to customers that another things though...



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