Nintendo says 3DS is accessible to a lower age demographic, looking to create games for that type of player

The 3DS has been around for quite some time now. It's getting a bit long in the tooth, and its role in the market has shifted over the years. The system continues to sell well, and Nintendo has no plans on abandoning it. According to Shinya Takahashi, general manager of Nintendo’s Entertainment Planning & development division, Nintendo is now looking at the platform a bit differently.

“As a platform that is now in its eighth year since launch, I think it has found a very interesting role for us. Which is that it’s accessible to a lower age demographic, and we’re able to focus a lot of software that’s really appealing to that audience on the Nintendo 3DS platform, which means that we can also look for software teams that are very well-suited to creating games of that type.”