Sandinmygum the Stupendous wrote:
Just slightly PO about the price drop. That is a HUGE price drop for something that hasn't been out all that long. I bought it on the day they came out :p
To be fair, I recall a thread in which we encouraged you to wait. :P
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I also think Nintendo is like..going under lol. The 3DS doesn't really have the game support yet. This, imo, is Nintendo's fault. It is like they are making stupid mistakes because they can. . .
Nah, all companies have console releases that flop. This one just especially sucks for Nintendo, because they probably invested a lot more money into it than for previous models. But, honestly, it's not surprising that it isn't selling so hot. 3D alone isn't a big enough reason for most people, especially if they already have a regular DS. Maybe if (as lolgaxe suggested) they weren't releasing a new model every 3 seconds, the 3DS could have earned more hype.
And Nintendo's been trying really hard to get designers to sign up for the DS. But, the thing is, no one wants to design for a console with low sales, because then their expected sales drop. The price drop is a push to get people to buy them, so developers will design for them, so people will buy them. :P
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It COULD be awesome, and I think some day (hopefully soon) it will get there when more games come out for a wider range of choices to pick from.
Pirate side: My flash card works on it, so I still get to play all my fav mini/multi-game NDS games and not have to carry a backpack full of games.
The biggest problem is that, at the end of the day, it's still just a DS. It has a few really nice features that the regular DS lacks of course, but nothing major. ANY game a company wants to design for the 3DS could be more easily designed for the DS and see much, much larger profit margins.
And that original price was just stupid. I could have bought a Wii/360/PS3 for that price. :\
Frankly, Nintendo should have held off on the 3D stuff and just focused on developing their next handheld. I mean, you look at the 3DS and compare it to the handheld that Sony's going to be releasing and, well, there's really no contest. Why pay for one or two additional features when you could pay for a whole slew of new features on a next-gen console?