I love how N-haters conveniently forget select portions of gaming history in order to maintain their N-hating fan boy delusions.
The DS, the 3DS's predecessor, didn't exactly light the charts initially, despite being the successor to the legendary GBA, until the first wave of Nintendo juggernauts, most notably Nintendo Dogs, were released.
You guys can wish and pray that Nintendo doesn't release another ground-breaking, record setting game like Brain Age or Nintendo Dogs for the 3DS, but it'll all be in vain, because it's going to happen, and in 5-6 years, we'll be right back here - snickering at the unspectacular showing and the imminent demise of 3DS's successor.
And even if the 3DS proves to be dull in comparison to the DS - Nintendo made so much money this cycle that they can afford to suffer three dismal generations of Gamecube-like mediocrity, and still be well off.
Face it, ladies, Nintendo has this gaming thing on lock.