Okay lets see how bad this gen is doing compared to Nintendo's previous worst gen.
First 2 years are treated as launch period due to scattered launches.
Gameboy Advance shipments
1st year - 1.07 million
2nd year - 17.09 million
3rd year - 15.65 million
4th year - 17.59 million
3DS shipments
1st year - 3.61
2nd year - 13.53
3rd year - 13.95
4th year - 12.24
Launch period GBA ships 1.02 million more
3rd year of release GBA ships 1.7 million more
4th year of release GBA ships 5.35 million more
So GBA has shipped 8+ million more than the 3DS in the same time period.
Gamecube shipments
1st year - 3.80 million
2nd year - 5.76 million
Wii U shipments
1st year - 3.45 million
2nd year - 2.72 million
While this is really early days the fact that the GC had shipped 3.39 million more even though it's launch was slower is not a good sign.
