With the PS Vita's cheapest model scheduled to debut at $250, it would seem that dropping the 3DS's price would help Nintendo's cause. But would that really be for the best, or could it end up damaging the 3DS's image? GP investigates the situation and shares a unique perspective from a business angle.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"
Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”
Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever
Nice one ☝️
This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.
No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.
Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.
Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?
Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.
Danish from eXputer: "Nintendo has historically gone against player-made content and emulation of its games. This has done much to harm the company's image."
They need to stop announcing these mods and fan remakes until they're finished. Finish it, upload it, and then if Nintendo dmca's it tough shit. Once it's online, people can share it around, even if the original download gets taken down.
This is all coming from the mouth of short-sighted fandom and grifting madness.
No.... it wont. There is a clear defined reason why they don't. This is nothing new. Make your own shi7 from your own original ideas especially if you are trying to capitalize of it it. Duh.
Yeah, hire people that have zero respect or understanding for an established process. Wow. Yep. Totally makes sense.
I'd say so. The only reason I haven't bought one (since Ocarina was released) was that it is the same price as the Vita...
That and I've vowed NEVER to buy a system on the account of only one game... Although it is fricking tempting. However if they did release the Windwaker for the 3DS i'd be on that like a Monkey eating a banana
"Think of Apple, which sells its products at a premium price; wouldn't you consider them crazy to lower the price on one of their products (such as the iPad) only months after its debut?"
Erm...correct me if i'm wrong but didn't apple do just that soon after the release of the initial iphone even though sales were good?
one reason they did it was because the future of the company became intrinsically tied to the success of the product.
i wish nintendo would have went without the 3d and focused on the hardware. There may have been two analogs or something to set it physically apart from the original DS.
After trying it, i can say that people who dont care so much about specs (general consumer, woman, young people, older people), will look at the vita and say, it doesnt have 3d, il get a 3ds instead.
Personally i am a specs guy, but the 3d effect is really cool, so i decided to get a 3ds now, and a vita as well when its out.
I think the 3ds and the vita will both sell great, vita will do well with core gamers (guys in the age 15 ~ 35), and the 3ds will do well with the general consumer (woman, young people, older people (40 and up)).
i doubt that nintendo can drop the price much without loosing money on every hardware sale. they can probably only go as low as 179 and still make money on every sale, but anyways... a price drop so soon? its only been out for 4 months, they cant drop price that soon lol
it has been doing pretty bad though, averaging only 750000 sales/month since release, still trying to get past psp sales after release sales slowed. its had somewhere around 60-70k (worldwide) sales every week for quite a while, needs to get some games out sooner rather than later lol.