Can 3DS outsell PSP (lifetime)?

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Cheebee on 13 January 2014

pezus said:

Cheebee said:
I can't imagine it won't, unless Nintendo somehow cuts the life of 3DS short like they did with the GBA (which had only been out for 3.5 years when they released the DS). However, somehow I don't see them releasing a successor to 3DS in 6 months or so...

Also, PSP isn't going to sell any worthwhile numbers this year and beyond, and I don't think we'll be seeing a true successor to 3DS until Q4 2015, at the very earliest.

You do know Q4 2015 is not even 2 years away, right?

What is your yearly breakdown for 3DS' sales?

Obviously. :P

That why I said 'at the very earliest'. Also, that's assuming 3DS doesn't simply stop selling overnight around that time. I'm not going to do a breakdown, as I'm on my phone and I'd have to check past sales numbers, but I figure 2014 sales will be close to 2013's, probably a bit lower, then a few million less for 2015, and then increasingly less the years after that. However, I'm expecting 3DS to sell very well for years, especially as its price gets reduced (and maybe we'll even see another redesign, I mean, DS had 4 versions).

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Captain_Tom on 13 January 2014

KingdomHeartsFan said:

The real question is what would have to happen for 3DS not to outsell the PSP.

2013 will have been it's peak, and I think it was...

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Mnementh on 14 January 2014

pezus said:

Mnementh said:

Seece said:

The current trajectory being the 3DS being down YOY in shipments (every Q this year). That is what I meant, I already explained that in the thread.

So you used a different data-point, that still has 3DS above PSP in current shipment and shows only sloght decrease so it still stays above yearly shipments compared with PSP in it's prime years. Weak data to project a trajectory that let it sell worse than PSP. But, let's wait and see.

As I don't think Pezus will bump it if 3DS overtakes PSP, but only if it falls short, I will bookmark this thread too. And for the record: I personally have no idea about the outcome.

I probably wouldn't bump it either if it doesn't pass it lol. I will forget, I assure you.

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sales2099 on 14 January 2014

We have at least 42 outright trolls on this web site????

:P but seriously how could anybody actually pick PSP as an answer.....

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Teriol on 14 January 2014

pezus and seece lol good combination of bias in this thread, only this guys can do a thread like this about the market leader system who beats everything month by month.

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sales2099 on 14 January 2014

pezus said:

sales2099 said:
We have at least 42 outright trolls on this web site????

:P but seriously how could anybody actually pick PSP as an answer.....

Nice of you to make a post that will be fun to quote in the future. I think I've explained myself well enough, unlike you.

I do not need to explain myself because it is so evident given 3DS momentum and PSP peaking long ago, legs or not.

Hey if you wanna dig this up in 3 years be my guest

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sales2099 said:
We have at least 42 outright trolls on this web site????

:P but seriously how could anybody actually pick PSP as an answer.....

what do you spect? pezus and seece, lol this guys are twins trolltwins hahahahahah

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Mandalore76 on 14 January 2014

Easily.

PSP 1st 3 years - 32,385,115
3DS 1st 3 years - 42,440,159

I fail to see how the 3DS is supposedly going to struggle to surpass something it is already out-trending by over 10 million units. It may not be nearly on pace with its predecessor the DS, but that's not your question. Your question is whether it will overtake the PSP, which I think it is clear that it will do that and more. Combine that with the fact that in it's first 3 years, the 3DS has sold almost half of the PSP's lifetime software sales, I see no reason for why the 3DS won't cruise past the PSP's lifetime hardware number.