based on what? people are paying 200$ all over the place for the 5 year old 3DS in stores, and nearly as much for used ones of the new model online. You are probably the same exact person who would claim that Nintendo couldn't have priced the NES Classic Edition over 50$ and still sell them, yet they sent out like 200,000 of them at that price point and they all sold out and then people were paying $200+ online for them. obviously that's a big undershipment but still

   there is no way in hell a Nintendo handheld + home console combined system does poorly, even at 300$. too many people are interested in the two markets and two many people are interested in getting a combined library. Its an unparalled thing in the past, people will be buying a system where they can get the mainline Zelda and Mario games AND get the Pokemon and Monster Hunter games on the same system (potentially obviously it will occur)

In fact its already almost been confirmed that BOTH the new Open World Zelda AND a new mainline 3D Mario will be out near launch for the system. Nintendo will probably have trouble keeping up with demand. Launching under 300$ is practically guranteeing them lost money, I mean look at the Switch launch reveal (and frankly the Breath of the Wild response). Unparalled positivity from mass casuals compared with practically any other system

Its almost as if some of you naysayers are trying to make something be simply because you want to save 50$ or whatever when the vast majority of people are not going to stop buying it for that difference when people already spending 250$ for special editions of the 5 year old 3DS currently

So you're telling me that 3DS flew off the shelf when it was selling at launch? Because I recall it struggling until it dropped $50 in price.

It actually sold fine at launch it just didn't sell DS numbers, it sold 7 or so million before the price cut, 3DS never really struggled in the beginning it just didn't sell what everyone expected, even the price cut didn't change much it just gave the platform a spike for 2 weeks. 3DS sales really took off when the software began flowing starting with SM3DL and MK7.

Estos carteles de GAME UK afirman que 'Zelda: Breath of the Wild' para Wii U se lanzará en marzo - https://t.co/CPi1YJzoOt pic.twitter.com/AN3lf7kjuv

— Nintenderos (@Nintenderos) December 30, 2016

Yes, but they need to get an even bigger jump than that. This right now just doesn't feel in your face enough.

The great giant awakens

Nintendo's fault is the entire idea of including a tablet contoller not just confusing people by making hem conider that wii u is an uprgade/peripheral to wii...

The gamepad adds 80$ in manufacturing cost and 110$ in price,  it led  Nintendo to money loss in the first two years of wii u and curtailed the margin for gaining, made price cuts without bleeding money impossible and it didn't caught the interest of consumers! Nintendo took the high risk again to have something way different and innovative, which is good though, but it's bad when that it's not being done rightly, unlike swiitch which  is what wii u should be.

Wii u would cost 250$ without the gamepad, nintendo would earn more money, more people people would buy it as it would be more affordable and by now its price could have fallen to 169$...

See switch costing 250$ ( with the dock ) , fairly  less than wii u, while it's considerably more powerful and provide more gaming ways than it and Nintendo profitting in a much greater extend, just becaue there is no additional expensive gaming component.

That will come in time, after Jan 12th. Also, farewell friend....

The launch is about 3 months away so it's better to spread awareness

hahaah

 it's just his alternate account banned because he finally retieved the access to his old one today....