{"id":26031,"date":"2018-06-16T03:35:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T03:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/dedicated_handheld_systems_are_still_a_key_business_driver_for_nintendo"},"modified":"2018-06-16T03:35:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T03:35:00","slug":"dedicated-handheld-systems-are-still-a-key-business-driver-for-nintendo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/06\/16\/dedicated-handheld-systems-are-still-a-key-business-driver-for-nintendo\/","title":{"rendered":"Dedicated Handheld Systems Are Still A Key Business Driver For Nintendo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/dedicated_handheld_systems_are_still_a_key_business_driver_for_nintendo\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/dedicated_handheld_systems_are_still_a_key_business_driver_for_nintendo\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"3DS Image.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/the_3ds_is_still_a_key_business_driver_for_nintendo\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/the_3ds_is_still_a_key_business_driver_for_nintendo\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"3DS Image.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Despite the Switch gaining sales momentum over the past year, it appears the 3DS and 2DS are still turning a profit for Nintendo in America. According to Reggie Fils-Aim\u00e9, sales for these systems had an increase of 27 percent at the end of last year when compared to the previous December.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the current calendar year, sales for the 3DS and 2DS have increased by 10 percent. During the <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/reggie_fils-aime_says_nintendo_labo_has_labsolutelyr_met_company_expectations\">same interview with Forbes<\/a>, Reggie was also quick to dismiss the idea that the 3DS was beginning to clash with the Switch &#8211; explaining how the dedicated handheld device still served a purpose.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We see our dedicated handheld business with the Nintendo 2DS and 3DS as a key overall business driver here in the Americas. A couple statistics to put this in perspective. Last December, our 2DS and 3DS hardware business grew 27% versus the December the prior year. So far this calendar year, our 2DS and 3DS business is up 10% versus last year.\u00a0We believe those are a result of our focus on younger consumers and their parents; essentially for 2DS and 3DS to be the first gaming device for 5, 6, 7-year-olds.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Nintendo of America president reinforced his point about the company&#8217;s focus on younger consumers, noting how the 3DS had a large library of games and was a great way to engage audiences from an early age.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>From a parental perspective, our devices offer great value. There are over a 1,000 games, so you\u2019re certainly going to find something that your child will be excited about and from a Nintendo business philosophy, the 5-, 6-, 7-year-olds of today are going to be the 14-, 15-, 16-year-olds of tomorrow, and having them get a great experience with a Super Mario game or a Donkey Kong game or a Smash Bros. game on our dedicated handheld business is great for our future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, this is not the first time we&#8217;ve heard about Nintendo promoting the 3DS as an entry-level video game system. An <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/nintendo_says_3ds_will_keep_being_sold_unless_switch_becomes_a_one-per-person_system\">investor Q &amp; A<\/a>\u00a0last month revealed as long as there was demand for the device, it would continue to be sold. Based on the above-mentioned numbers, along with the recent game announcements for the 3DS, it doesn&#8217;t seem like it will be phased out anytime soon.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Tell us in the comments how you feel about Nintendo&#8217;s continued support of the 3DS hardware and software lines.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the Switch gaining sales momentum over the past year, it appears the 3DS and 2DS are still turning a profit for Nintendo in America. According to Reggie Fils-Aim\u00e9, sales for these systems had an increase of 27 percent at the end of last year when compared to the previous December.\u00a0\u00a0 In the current calendar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}