Switching out the 3DS
The Nintendo 3DS is by no means an unsuccessful handheld console. Over the course of its lifetime it’s sold over 60 million units worldwide, and its also played host to fastest-selling Nintendo game ever in the US with Pokemon Sun and Moon.
But there’s a consistent sense the dedicated gaming handheld is on the wane thanks to the rise of smartphone gaming. The 3DS’s sales are currently dwarfed by both those of the previous-generation Nintendo DS and PSP.
This has lead to speculation about the death of the handheld line, and now Nintendo has confirmed that, for the time being at least, it’s not working on a follow-up.
In an interview with Time the company’s president Tatsumi Kimishima confirmed that the company is not currently working on a dual-screen successor to the 3DS right now (although he didn’t rule out the possibility of one appearing eventually).
