3DS has surpassed PS3 lifetime sales in Japan
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EDIT: Somebody already said it.
-Pyromaniac-
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Jesus christ I forgot the 3DS has been out for 2 years. It feels like it came out a few months ago.
More games plz.
More games plz.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
I can see it happening at some point once....
1. Nintendo lower the price of the hardware to $100 - $130
2. Nintendo Markets the 3DS effectively as the DS successor
3. The price ceiling is established for games as $30 with variable pricing from $10 - $30.
4. More 3rd party games are released in the USA
5. The DS is effectively killed in the USA.
Maybe in gross numbers, it might...
But relative to market size, that would be a truly laughable notion
Don't be a Debbie Downer
BELIEVE IT!!
perfectchaos007
Member
Very impressive considering a mainline pokemon franchise still hasn't even been announced for the system. The 3DS COULD reach DS LTD levels by the end of its cycle. Not saying it will, but theres a reasonable chance...a 30 million unit lifetime doesn't sound so far fetch when you consider at least 2 more redesigns will drop and the system has 4-6 years left of life. And again, pokemon hasn't even dropped yet.
Magicpaint
Member
It should easily get past PSP.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Yeah, the 3DS has an impressive track record so far (in Japan), and it will be a very successful console when all it said and done. They haven't even released the 3DS Lite yet (hopefully with LED backlit LCD screens and much better battery life).
lunchwithyuzo
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20m+ and probably another 3-4 years in it. It still has Monster Hunter 4, Pokémon Gen VI and (likely) Dragon Quest XI ahead for it too.
It almost feels as if the west is falling back into that "I hate Nintendo" mentality that we saw back in the late nineties all the way up until the Wii.
MasterSheen
Member
It will probably have matched if not surpassed PSP by then. No way will it end its life under it.
What system ? 3ds?
More than 15-17 million.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
I agree with you about how gamers shouldn't feel that handhelds are a step down, but for now I think the masses have spoken, in the US at least, about how they want their gaming entertainment. Big, hyped, and cinematic
Nintendo seem to have the right approach as in 'graphics aren't everything' - and I think the Wii U pad is some kind of voodoo magic, I'm seriously impressed by it every time I use mine - but they still seem to cheap out too much and miss the mark and they make some really frustrating, obstinate decisions. It's like they see what's successful in the 'core' (i hate that word) game space, emulate it somewhat, but in a really weird overly simplified way that won't take off with established gamers. They create some innovative stuff but don't seem to think long-term and it hurts their chances of 3rd party content.
On that note it really sucks seeing no Wii U confirmation for many (any?) of those early 2013 games.
Will be interesting to see where stuff goes in the coming years - obviously not many people are responding to the Vita, Wii U could go either way but something like you suggest with off-TV streamed gaming is something I'd really like to see widely adopted. For my own, selfish needs. The Wii U is like my ideal Nintendo portable now, after being hugely disappointed by the 3DS. I only use my handhelds at home so it's like what I wanted from theirs in the first place.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
lol thats pretty funny.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
To be fair, I think this mentality was for Nintendo home consoles. Nintendo's portable consoles have always been the golden child of the West. It just so happens that they now have to share the spotlight with Android and iOS now.
Once a certain threshold is hit, I believe the 3DS can get to overdrive in the West, but it needs initiative from Nintendo to take some risks to get to that stage.
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Deleted member 17706
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Isn't the sales trajectory of the 3DS as good if not better than the DS comparatively at this point in its lifetime? In all regions?
MasterSheen
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In NA its outpacing DS but has fallen behind in Japan, not sure about Europe.
iLLmaticV3
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Looks like the Vita will definitely pass the Xbox 360 by the end of next year. Handheld dominance in Japan is astonishing, it even looks like the 3DS will pass the Wii by next year, also. And the PS3 numbers compared to the PS2 are astonishing. I expect handhelds to be the most popular in Japan for a very long time, considering the way most people in Japan commute to work/school. I'm just hoping the Vita picks up steam by Q2 2013, after Soul Sacrifice comes out.
chertipros
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Are you implying that Nintendo fans all gather up in a circle jerk when they see that a Nintendo product is doing well?
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And thank god for this. Japan is very much keeping the dedicated handheld gaming market alive, and because of this I thank you Japan.
DR2K
Banned
At this point I think Nintendo would rather go bankrupt than selling software at an affordable and reasonable price.
no. it's just that comparing home console numbers to handheld is like comparing COD sales numbers opening weekend to The Avengers opening weekend, or tablet sales to mainframe sales. It's means nothing.
Divisions? This whole thing confuses me. The 3DS is tracking AHEAD of the DS in the USA and BEHIND the DS in Japan and yet people want to argue the market is more divided? Granted the DS didn't take off in the USA until later but who is to say it won't happen this time around again?
Sure it means something. It shows how shittily the PS3 fared in Japan compared to Sony's and most people's expectations.
3DS has a long way to go before matching PS2 sales. Wii's should be reachable before the end of 2013.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
If its doing that good already imagine how much better its going to do once MH4 is out on the 3DS next spring 
staticneuron
Member
There is always growth. I never put forth the idea that the market contracted.
The GB+GBC = 32 million
The GBA+sp+micro= brought in over 17 million
The DS = 32 million
So the odd one out is the GBA series but like I mentioned before, many of them were on the market at the same time. They were competing with each other it is possible that some gamers skipped over the GBA series given the timing of the support ending for GBC and the date the DS was announced.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
I personally love handhelds more than consoles.
I mean you have Persona 3 Portable on the PSP and The World Ends WIth You on the DS ffs.
I mean you have Persona 3 Portable on the PSP and The World Ends WIth You on the DS ffs.
radioheadrule83
Banned
I wish it were doing better in the west. I'd like to see EA, Activision and Ubisoft treat it more seriously. And back in Japan, I wish Konami hadn't so blatently stiffed it with mgs3d vs trilogy... It deserves to see more and better quality games.
I'm glad it inherited some great teams from indie development and the old DS scene though.. renegade kid, wayforward, nicalis, shinen... And of course, good support from Level 5 and others is appreciated too.
I'm glad it inherited some great teams from indie development and the old DS scene though.. renegade kid, wayforward, nicalis, shinen... And of course, good support from Level 5 and others is appreciated too.
And cod shows how shittly the avengers did, and tablets show how shittily mainframes are doing?
or are you saying the PS2 after 6 years has outsold the ps3 after 6 years? cuz you know, you don't need 3ds numbers for that.
The odd one out is the GBA because it only had roughly 3 years on the market. That's the thing people tend to forget when looking at GBA figures. The thing was an absolute monster and was cut short only by how quickly the DS came along.
hehehe, niiice.
I wonder whether the DS should've been introduced later, or the GBA earlier?
Probably the latter actually, we were long overdue for a REAL jump, not just the GB with color, and the DS was probably partially a reactionary move to the PSP.
I know you're trying to be funny so I shouldn't be trolled, but of course the 3DS has sold more than the Vita. The 3DS has been out longer. Comparing the total number of 3DSs sold to Vitas sold isn't completely pointless, but it is pretty misleading.
Jaded Alyx
Member
Well that's a poor excuse to use in a thread titled, "3DS has surpassed PS3 lifetime sales"
jesus man, that is a bit extreme. 100$ entry point?
So you can have a table loaded with doritos and mtn dew nearby
Cant do that in the local park
I'm not even sure what you're talking about anymore. It's just a simple metric to demonstrate the continued shift in gaming in Japan over the last decade or so.
The 3DS quickly outpacing a poorly performing console relative to its predecessor shows this is how Japanese consumers are spending most of their time now.
The fact that a console which sold 21 million units existed is pretty damn impressive in light of your assertion that handhelds and consoles are completely separate marketplaces, which cannot be considered in the contexts of one another.
Poor choice, you can definitely have a dewfest in the woods or wherever your park is.
Now I'd like to see you pull that off on the bus.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Yea but 3DSXL compared to total vitas sold is still something.
H_Prestige
Banned
Not really surprising.
Jaded Alyx
Member
Neither is your comment.
No way man. Too many homeless here. Those munchies wouldnt last five seconds.
...nor would the 3DS.
metalslimer
Member
3DS XL has outsold Vita, and after the end of the month the gap between the two will be humongous. Anyway because of Japan Nintendo will never drop out of out of the handheld business and make games for iOS like some people seem to want. At the same time, people who say 3DS is fine in the west are crazy.