5 reasons 3DS is selling well

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#1 SuperFlakeman
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tl:dr; games

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#2 Yangire
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I don't really know what there is to talk about, I think people know this.

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#4 SuperFlakeman
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Mario saves Nintindo again.TheGuardian03

What does Sony have that can save them?

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#6 Shirokishi_
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So much room for discussion, I dont know where to start.

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#7 Badosh
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Dafuq? Where is Mario?
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#8 mexicangordo
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Please take out Sonic and Mario off the list.

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#9 deactivated-5afcc99c5544f
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It's selling because of the GAMES... (Not Skype, FaceBook, or Twitter... SONY)

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#10 turtlethetaffer
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The box art for Monster Hunter 3G is freaking badass.

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#11 Bigboi500
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1. Affordability

2. Games

3. Support

4. Size

5. Clamshell design is superior for portibility

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#12 nintendofreak_2
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1 and 3 are the only ones pushing sales. 2 definitely isn't and 4 isn't out yet. 5 is only pushing sales in Japan. That said, yes, games are the reason the 3DS is selling so well. That's pretty obvious.

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#13 deactivated-58b6232955e4a
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1. Nintendo

2. Nintendo

3. Nintendo

4. Nintendo

5. Nintendo

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#14 deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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That's a lot of Mario
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#15 Grawse
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Dafuq? Where is Mario?Badosh
This made me actually lol.

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#16 senses_fail_06
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tl:dr; MarioSuperFlakeman
Fixed
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#17 Blake135
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List made me lol =p Fat Italian Plumber saves Nintendo again.

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#18 carljohnson3456
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It's really amazing seriously how Mario still sells like crazy today. He's what? 20? 25 years old? And is still a cash cow. Just interesting because there is NO other franchise in the business like it. Not even Zelda IMO, just cuz whatever Mario is attatched to sells like crazy no matter how crap or awesome it is.
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#19 Raymundo_Manuel
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3DS has games worth buying a handheld for.

Simple as that.

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#20 Eponique
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Fire Emblem is actually selling systems :D

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#21 deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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Fire Emblem is actually selling systems :D

Eponique
So did Kid Icarus, Resident Evil, and Kingdom Hearts.
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#22 Eponique
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[QUOTE="Eponique"]

Fire Emblem is actually selling systems :D

charizard1605

So did Kid Icarus, Resident Evil, and Kingdom Hearts.

They should be on the list. And Senran Kagura and New Love Plus :oops:

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#23 Bigboi500
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List made me lol =p Fat Italian Plumber saves Nintendo again.

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Mario>everything else.

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#24 campzor
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i was going to come in here to say something similar..but with better games
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#25 madsnakehhh
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[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="Eponique"]

Fire Emblem is actually selling systems :D

Eponique

So did Kid Icarus, Resident Evil, and Kingdom Hearts.

They should be on the list. And Senran Kagura and New Love Plus :oops:

There is a new Love Plus? i wonder what's the reaction of the guy who married the first game :o

Anyway, yeah, if your system has great games instead of usless features, it will sell, no suprise here.

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[QUOTE="Eponique"]

[QUOTE="charizard1605"] So did Kid Icarus, Resident Evil, and Kingdom Hearts.madsnakehhh

They should be on the list. And Senran Kagura and New Love Plus :oops:

There is a new Love Plus? i wonder what's the reaction of the guy who married the first game :o

Anyway, yeah, if your system has great games instead of usless features, it will sell, no suprise here.

That being said, once you've bought said system, people love having useless features available. I never listened to music on the go until I got my DSi, and my 3DS still spends about 90% of it's time as an MP3 player. Living in a major city, Streetpass is one of the most entertaining things about the system, both for the built in games and for games like Kid Icarus. Camera is just plain useful, and Nintendo Zone updates are always fun to receive.
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#27 CaptainAhab13
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3DS has games worth buying a handheld for.

Simple as that.

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#28 deactivated-61cc564148ef4
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It's because it's quite cheap now

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#29 AtariKidX
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Only one reason....kids don't know to choose a good system.
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#30 deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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Only one reason....kids don't know to choose a good system.AtariKidX
That explains how those 1.2 million PS Vitas were sold :o
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[QUOTE="AtariKidX"]Only one reason....kids don't know to choose a good system.charizard1605
That explains how those 1.2 million PS Vitas were sold :o

That is old.....PSVita have sell 1.9M Worldwide.

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[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="AtariKidX"]Only one reason....kids don't know to choose a good system.AtariKidX

That explains how those 1.2 million PS Vitas were sold :o

That is old.....PSVita have sell 1.9M Worldwide.

No.

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#33 SuperFlakeman
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[QUOTE="AtariKidX"]

[QUOTE="charizard1605"] That explains how those 1.2 million PS Vitas were sold :ocharizard1605

That is old.....PSVita have sell 1.9M Worldwide.

No.

Why are you linking to Netflix!

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[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="AtariKidX"]

That is old.....PSVita have sell 1.9M Worldwide.

SuperFlakeman

No.

Why are you linking to Netflix!

Oops, fixed :P
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#35 SuperFlakeman
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[QUOTE="SuperFlakeman"]

[QUOTE="charizard1605"] No.charizard1605

Why are you linking to Netflix!

Oops, fixed :P

Published28 February, 2012

Do you mean as in, the latest official numbers? Cus it is surely close to 2m ww now.

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#36 starjet905
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1. It has the "Nintendo" brand name. 2. It has Monster Hunter. 3. It has the "Nintendo" brand name. 4. It has Monster Hunter. 5. It has the "Nintendo" brand name.
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#37 tjricardo089
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Mario milked? Who? When?

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#38 deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="SuperFlakeman"]

Why are you linking to Netflix!

SuperFlakeman

Oops, fixed :P

Published28 February, 2012

Do you mean as in, the latest official numbers? Cus it is surely close to 2m ww now.

Oh, it definitely is. Except closer to 10 million is still what, under a ninth of what the 3DS has sold? Not even half of what the 3DS managed in its concurrent time frame following launch? I mean... how AtariKid can defend the device right NOW (not talking about its games, those are subjective) is beyond me.
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#39 crimsonman1245
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Yeah, im sure the moms are studying up on the game libraries of the Vita and 3DS and using that to determine their purchase lol.

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#40 wakefulness
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5 reasons . . .for me to poop on!

Ahhh, such an outaded joke! Hehe.:oops:

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#41 wakefulness
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Only one reason....kids don't know to choose a good system.AtariKidX

Haha. I kind of found that funny after imagining you as the pose yout avatar is in (i.e. hand on his chin).

Oh yeah, I sent you a request. I know you do not know me but, I have seen your name pop around the GS forums and would like to talk to you about stuff. Hope that is cool with you . . .

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#42 deactivated-5acbb9993d0bd
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Same games i have played for years... fun times.
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#43 SuperFlakeman
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[QUOTE="SuperFlakeman"]

[QUOTE="charizard1605"] Oops, fixed :Pcharizard1605

Published28 February, 2012

Do you mean as in, the latest official numbers? Cus it is surely close to 2m ww now.

Oh, it definitely is. Except closer to 10 million is still what, under a ninth of what the 3DS has sold? Not even half of what the 3DS managed in its concurrent time frame following launch? I mean... how AtariKid can defend the device right NOW (not talking about its games, those are subjective) is beyond me.

I searched google for the quarter report, 3DS shipped 6.67m in 2011 from launch to September, pricecut occured mid-August so that includes 6 weeks sales at the new price.

If we assume PSV has sold 2m as of May, PSV has to sell about lets say 4.5m units to match 3DS (3DS numbers are shipped..), which is 5 months.

To give a rough estimation, VGC says it's selling 65k weekly now, well that add ups to 1.3m so ~3.5m in total so best case scenario is PSV does half (this is not considering that it'll inevitably decrease in sales during the summer and a potential pricecut)

I hope my math and all is right, I'm really tired lol

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#44 GamingGod999
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  • Mario.
  • Mario.
  • Mario.
  • Mario.
  • An expansion of a Wii game.

K.

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[QUOTE="AtariKidX"]Only one reason....kids don't know to choose a good system.wakefulness

Haha. I kind of found that funny after imagining you as the pose yout avatar is in (i.e. hand on his chin).

Oh yeah, I sent you a request. I know you do not know me but, I have seen your name pop around the GS forums and would like to talk to you about stuff. Hope that is cool with you . . .

Ok.......i will add you as a friend.
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#46 RoccoHout
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The 3DS has plenty of other great games that don't have Mario in it :lol:

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#47 wakefulness
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[QUOTE="wakefulness"]

[QUOTE="AtariKidX"]Only one reason....kids don't know to choose a good system.AtariKidX

Haha. I kind of found that funny after imagining you as the pose yout avatar is in (i.e. hand on his chin).

Oh yeah, I sent you a request. I know you do not know me but, I have seen your name pop around the GS forums and would like to talk to you about stuff. Hope that is cool with you . . .

Ok.......i will add you as a friend.

Wth is up with all the dots?

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#48 gamefan67
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Wait Mario Tennis isnt even out yet and you put it abpve MH3G o.O
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#49 WTA2k5
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Wow this topic is so interesting.

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#50 markop2003
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The top reasons are that Nintendo and DS are established brands and people know the original DS has a lot of big games. A parent buying the system for the kid's birthday probably has no idea what games are available for it and a lot of hardcore fanboys would have bought it even if it didn't have an announced lineup at launch.