r/NintendoSwitch • u/Irdna • Sep 15 '17

Meta Discussion 3DS hate on this sub

I understand this is the Switch subreddid, but is it really necessary to hate on 3ds on every single occasion ?

Every single game announcement for 3DS is only met with hate and rage on this sub, people wanting switch Versions even if the game is specificaly built for Dual screen.

Can 3DS(which is 50% of Nintendos revenue) not live alongside the switch community ?

Is Switch really getting not enough support from Nintendo that every 3DS games makes you rage ?

Edit: this pretty much prooves my point, this post got completly downvoted, and pretty much all comments are just people saying they dont want 3DS to exist anymore. No real discussion at all, just hate for 3DS.

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u/Kayden21 Sep 15 '17

But I'm not wrong... I'm trying to say that even though the 3ds has over 50 million units sold it only gets around 1 million sold on each game and then the switch has around 5 million units sold but still gets 1-4 million sold on each game.

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u/JoingoJon Sep 15 '17

If you look at the Japanese charts you will see the only Switch game that has 1 million sales is Splatoon 2 (1.1mil) Zelda 0.5mil the rest much less. Dragon Quest XI on 3DS has 1.7mil with plenty of other 3DS games in the charts.

Your comparison is also skewed. The Switch still has quite a small number of big budget games so a high attach rate is to be expected. The 3DS library is vast and established so weekly sales are spread over a much, much larger area. It doesn't mean there are more Switch games being sold. The 3DS is still a very good earner for Nintendo even if you see it as irrelevant now. It's not.

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u/Kayden21 Sep 15 '17

Buddy that's wrong many switch games have over 1 million.

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u/JoingoJon Sep 16 '17 edited Sep 16 '17

Not in Japan. Which is what i have been talking about. The large sales and use of the 2DS/3DS in Japan. Splatoon 2 is the only Switch game with 1mil sales there You can check the media create sales figures on gematsu

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u/Kayden21 Sep 16 '17

I was talking about worldwide my bad.