Nintendo 3DS owners are not buying games

Enterbrain (the Japanese company behind Famitsu that keeps track of sales data as well) has reported that in October, despite selling 304,000 units of hardware, just 122,000 games were sold; less than 40 per cent of new 3DS owners have bought a game.

[Venjense]

A more accurate title would be, "No Games for 3DS Owners To Buy"

N64 remakes don't really count as AAA killer app software.

[Tanir]

exactly, i was going to get a 3ds when the price dropped, but now im just going to wait a year or 2.

its pretty sad honestly. early adopters were really screwed over.

my bro is one of them and he refuses to admit it, and yet i laugh when he plays only regular ds games, and chats on it.

when the dual analog version comes out i will pick one up. i really wanan play labrynth, RE;revalations, and Kingdom hearts

[Brasi82]

I've got to agree with you there although the remakes are nice. I own 2 3DS games right now with Ocarina of Time and Super Street Fighter IV. I really wish that Capcom would put Marvel vs Capcom 3 on the 3DS.

[Bimkoblerutso]

I agree 100%. I loved playing OoT again...but the key word there is "again."

If SM3D Land is good (and it is supposed to be really, really good), it will literally be the first great original title released for the 3DS...that's almost 8 months after launch. That's absolutely ridiculous.

[josh14399]

I haven't played my 3ds since ocarina of time 3d.

[jacksonmichael]

Because there aren't any. What am I looking forward to for 3Ds games, even? Mario Kart 7 and Tales of the Abyss. Yeah. Not a great list.

[Cloudberry]

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Fortunately, I could buy it in the future with cheaper price, (hopefully) 2nd circle pad built-in, and more great games available.

At worst, the hacked version of 3DS would (or already?) available later...

[TruthbeTold]

Yeah, fake a pokemon game, and remakes? Other than Ocarina, no thanks. Just now coming out with Mario 3D land right as Skyward Sword, and Skyrim are also? Why couldn't they fill some of the past 6 months with a game like that? Also, early next year I'm buying Tales of the Abyss, which before the 3DS even came out, we were looking forward to.

When the 3DS came out, I was ready to spend lots of money on 3DS games, but there were few worth buying. That money for the most part has gone elsewhere, and while I'm glad I have my 3DS, it's no longer a priority for me in gaming. That's what annoyingly long droughts do. You look elsewhere for good games, and the money goes there accordingly.

[klecser]

You guys are really picky. Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars and Samurai Warriors Chronicles are solid launch titles. If they aren't your cup of tea that's fine, but if you avoided them without investigating the game play, then you haven't discovered how abnormally harsh some of the reviews of launch titles were. Third party support looks very good for 3DS. Sonic and Shinobi are getting great reviews. Heroes of Ruin and Revelations look like "must buy" titles. All of those are original games. I think a lot of people have convinced themselves of an inaccurate future of 3DS third party support by not doing their homework, a key skill for sound game buying for any system.

[Sarobi]

I have no excuse for not getting any game beside Street Fighter (which I'm not a huge fan of). I should have given some attention to buying a new 3DS game but.. right now my main focus is major titles coming to consoles

[AdvanceWarsSgt]

There just aren't many games out that appeal to the masses. I mean, save for OoT, SF, RE: Mercs, SF, and maybe DoA, what else is there to get excited about as a consumer? And if you're not a fan of remakes, that list shrinks to 3!!

[ndl1531]

sadly theres no good games . mine has been sitting there with zelda oot . looking forward to finally playing mario 3d land though . just bring on the games dammit .

[AdvanceWarsSgt]

I wouldn't say there are no good games, there just aren't enough to warrant a 3DS purchase for many other consumers.

[solidsnake222]

I was beginning to think I was the only one. I bought it when GameStop had the trade in for $99 promo and bought a couple of virtual games, but no actual games yet...

[MasterCornholio]

3DS owners usually only buy first party titles. So if theres no first party titles on the market the 3DS and its games will sell poorly. Everyone knows this.

But it really doesn't matter after the price drop and Mario the 3DS is doing great.

[GupX19A]

I bought my 3DS at launch and have three games: SWC, DoA, & OoT. Each one I've spent atleast 40 hours on so they've been worth it. My next games will be TotA and Revelations. The system itself is actually solid, though it is clearly limited in some aspects and I turn off the wireless which really saves on battery life when it's sleeping.

But yeah, it definitely needs more games because it seems the big release games are the same ones shown at E3 2010. The new Fire Emblem looks amazing though.

[ronin4life]

They didn't mention that this past week, upwards of 120,000 3ds were sold along with 340,000 super Mario 3ds land.
That's alot of games without consoles, which points to what analysts in Japan have stated: people that were buying 3ds systems in October were waiting for the big releases, one of which was super Mario.

[VampiricDragon]

you mean like how over 10 games have sold over 100k already?

more than the ds?

fact over lies.

[Chrono]

And yet they are bragging about their system.

[AWBrawler]

did it occur to them that some people got it and got DS games. My GF got Super Scribblenauts with hers