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Re:Pretendo: A free and open source server replacement for t... by raytopia on Monday September 04, 2023 @01:55PM (#37383064)
Your right the 3DS did great when looking at sheer numbers but when it "only" sold half of its predecessor I have a feeling that this helped Nintendo to end the handheld line.

At some point I need to write a blog post about how weird console numbers are when it comes to deciding what fails and what succeeds because you're a 100% correct the 3DS did great but because it sold less then the last gen it was a "failure".

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Re:Pretendo: A free and open source server replacement for t... by extraduder_ire on Monday September 04, 2023 @02:39PM (#37383485)
Handhelds, almost as a rule, outsell home consoles. Mostly because they're per-person rather than per-household, and also because they break and get replaced.

The explosion of smartphone gaming was probably the biggest contributor to canning the 3DS.

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Re:Pretendo: A free and open source server replacement for t... by burnte on Monday September 04, 2023 @01:58PM (#37383113)
> I have a feeling that this helped Nintendo to end the handheld line.

I think you might want to reevaluate this position seeing as their current console and multimillion seller is handheld. It CAN dock, but even then there's a no-dock model, the Lite, which is handheld only.

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