They thought the same with the 3DS, and had to cut the price due to poor sales. Hopefully something similar happens this time around. They’re excluding a massive amount of people who can’t afford the system and its games, particularly in these times where normal people keep getting poorer.
I’d hope that that happens but in my experience a lot of people just bitch about stuff being more expensive while spending money on it anyway (I’ve done this before as well). And that sends a wrong signal because then others start doing it too. Just look at all the major streaming platforms and their account sharing crackdowns. So many people crying about it and the end result was still record profits for those companies.
I mean there’s peeps spending thousands on GPUs that really aren’t worth it. The latest console at tenth of the price doesn’t seem to be something they’d skip out on…
Sorry, it let me see it when I clicked on the link. Here’s the archived page:
https://archive.ph/RoaEN
Nintendo cuts 3DS price amid poor sales - July 28 2011
Nintendo is slashing the price of its 3DS handheld game console by up to 40 per cent just four months after its launch, with poor sales leading to a Y25bn ($321m) quarterly loss.
They thought the same with the 3DS, and had to cut the price due to poor sales. Hopefully something similar happens this time around. They’re excluding a massive amount of people who can’t afford the system and its games, particularly in these times where normal people keep getting poorer.
I’d hope that that happens but in my experience a lot of people just bitch about stuff being more expensive while spending money on it anyway (I’ve done this before as well). And that sends a wrong signal because then others start doing it too. Just look at all the major streaming platforms and their account sharing crackdowns. So many people crying about it and the end result was still record profits for those companies.
You’re annoyingly right.
I’ve been careful to stick true to my bitching though. I’ve cut all but one streaming service and supplemented with piracy.
I’ve had a switch since the pandemic and my kids love it, but if I have to move systems to keep getting new games, we’ll be alright.
I mean there’s peeps spending thousands on GPUs that really aren’t worth it. The latest console at tenth of the price doesn’t seem to be something they’d skip out on…
switch ambassador program incoming 🫠
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Sorry, it let me see it when I clicked on the link. Here’s the archived page: https://archive.ph/RoaEN
Nintendo cuts 3DS price amid poor sales - July 28 2011 Nintendo is slashing the price of its 3DS handheld game console by up to 40 per cent just four months after its launch, with poor sales leading to a Y25bn ($321m) quarterly loss.