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Comparing figures from different eras might be important to shareholders and analysts, but it can also be misleading. The figures suggest that not only was the 3DS a misstep for Nintendo, but - coupled with the terrible sales of PS Vita - evidence of a handheld market in serious decline. More significantly, the 3DS will have sold less than half the number of units that its predecessor, the DS, managed. The 3DS did manage to sell slightly more software (378 million units) than the Game Boy Advance (377 million units), but the GBA was also only on the market for just over three years before Nintendo launched the DS, which quickly became the platform holder's focus. The 3DS will end its life as the worst performing Nintendo handheld its 75 million lifetime sales place it behind the Game Boy Advance, which managed 81.5 million units over nine years.
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Because, in this case, the numbers don't really represent the full picture. So with its era coming to an end, it's worth evaluating just how well the 3DS performed. "It's worth evaluating just how well the 3DS performed, because the numbers don't represent the full picture"
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These are all titles that have performed strongly, critically and commercially, on 3DS during the last generation.įurthermore, rumours persist of a new, cheaper Switch model designed to be Nintendo's new entry-level gaming device, which is a role the 3DS has held since the Switch launched in 2017.
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Indeed, Nintendo's portable teams all appear to be working on Nintendo Switch games, with new titles in the Pokémon, Animal Crossing, Luigi's Mansion and Fire Emblem franchises, plus an isometric Zelda adventure. Although Nintendo expects steady sales from the 3DS family of products during its next financial year - to the tune of 100,000 console sales and 500,000 software sales - there are no plans for any further first-party games.