Nintendo Worried People Aren’t Buying 3DS’ Magic

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axt113 said:

bazmeistergen said:

axt113 said:

bazmeistergen said:

axt113 said:

I think its time for Iwata and Miyamoto to step down and quietly retire (and take Sakmoto and a few others with them), they are no longer helping Nintendo, instead their direction is a danger to Nintendo's future and its shareholders, they clearly don't understand the consumer or the market.

They clearly know some consumers (as they are all different, it is impossible to know them all) and have sold the system to them. All products are explained through advertising and it is how these are shown that makes the difference. The 3DS needs to hit a critical mass and doing so in April was always going to be a challenge. Nintendo have a lot of cards left to play.

 Wii and DS were very easy for consumers to get, it required very little to get people interested, the 3DS shouldnt; need Nintendo trying to push consumers to use it and appreciate it.

You say they have cards to play, nothng they have shown indicates that they even understand the problem the market has withthe 3DS.

Easy to be critical, more tricky to do something about it. Tell me what Nintendo should have done to replace the DS?

I think the hardware is better, it does everything the DS does (and better) plus a load more. It's also doing much better than the DS did in its first month, by a large margin.

created an inexpensive handlheld with extremely high battery life, and launched with a bunch of old school games like 3D mario

I guess you mean 2D Mario? I think the console you are talking about is already available and is called the DS. No point releasing it again.

The thing about the Malstrom argument is it is unfalsifiable because it won't happen. If, indeed, he had a games company he would need to research the market to find out it is far more complex than the view he puts together, despite its usefulness.

The 3DS is making Nintendo money and that's important. We'll have to see how their strategy unfolds. I would argue that Iwata has much more detailed market information than does Malstrom, seeing as its his job to do so.