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Cleary397 on 12 May 2014

Outsold the competition by more than 5 times - still a failure - VGChartz Logic.

Nintendo will forever be criticized no matter how well their systems sell.



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ktay95 on 12 May 2014

Sales disappoint me. Mainly because the library also disappoints me. Maybe if it received DS like sales it could have had a DS like library. Instead we are left with an average line up of games that while I will enjoy oh so much but I wont find myself looking back at the 3DS in 10,15, 20 years time to play a bunch of hidden gems I never played when the console was still relevant.



ktay95 on 12 May 2014
Cleary397 said:
Outsold the competition by more than 5 times - still a failure - VGChartz Logic.

Nintendo will forever be criticized no matter how well their systems sell.

Outsold the competition by more than 5 times - has to be a success - Cleary397 Logic.

Last I checked the systems success and failure does not ride on the sales of the competitor but the internal goals of Nintendo themselves. 



Cheebee on 12 May 2014

Well, for a doomed system in a doomed market, I'd say it must be considered very successful.



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AZWification on 12 May 2014

If you take the DS out of the picture, the 3DS is doing perfectly fine considering how doomed the dedicated handheld market is!



                
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Pavolink on 12 May 2014

I doubt it will reach the GBA sales. I think it's fine, but maybe Nintendo expected to do better.



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prayformojo on 12 May 2014

It's a fine system, but I can't help but feel like it's completely antiquated. The tech in my iPhone 4S makes it feel like an artifact and that's a three year old phone. The UI is painfully slow, the graphics seem stuck between N64 and Gamecube, the online store takes forever to load and you can FORGET trying to watch Netflix on the thing. The only thing I really like about it is the game library but even then, are those games worth spending $40.00-$50.00 on? I guess it depends on who you ask.



PigPen on 12 May 2014
leyendax69 said:
Jet2014 said:
Who gives a dam it's still sold way more than vita everything nintendo does vgchartz twist into something negative

And everytime Nintendo is doing bad there is a need of bring Vita to discuss :P

OT: the sales are still pretty damn good for the times we are living. It guarantees at least one more gen for Nintendo handhelds.


How about the PSP Go?



cheshirescat on 12 May 2014

3ds could still pass gba by sheer will of being on the market several years longer. I think this year will be telling if it will achieve that or not though, if the 3ds has truly peaked things could get ugly.



softcoregamer82 on 12 May 2014

I would have liked it to beat GBA (still possible but looking less likely). Obviously it was never going to top the DS. I'm happy overall so far; yeah it could have been better, but it's holding its own against the mobile/tablet onslaught, which has affected home console sales as well. With Smash and Pokemon this year, it should be another good one.