Continued support for 3DS despite it’s sales

Continued support for 3DS despite it’s sales

Nintendo has been insisting on supporting the Nintendo 3DS in the future, with new software and limited edition hardware.

Support remains

In recent fiscal earnings report, the company reported a 65.1% decrease in Nintendo 3DS hardware sales (1 million units) on a year-on-year basis for the second quarter of 2018/2019, and 54.6% drop in software sales (6.27 million units) on a year-on-year basis.

Despite the massive drop in both hardware and software sales, Nintendo has promised to continue releasing new titles for the 3DS well into the future. They are also banking on the evergreen Nintendo 3DS library to move sales, and cater towards the younger audience.

We will continue to leverage the platform’s rich software library and its hardware install base to further expand sales of evergreen titles.

It seems Nintendo is unsure of the direction they should take in regard to the 3DS, so we will probably see the 3DS hanging around even beyond 2020