| loves2splooge said: I knew that the 3DS was a mistake. And I'm not surprised investor confidence is hurt after the Wii U unveiling. You can say, "Nintendo always sells at a profit!" all you want but if Nintendo stock goes to shit, certain Nintendo executives are gonna have a lot of explainin' to do to the shareholders. Business is not entirely about profit (and even if we look at profits Nintendo failed to meet their profit targets in the last fiscal year. That doesn't look good to shareholders) . |
I think it is very early to call the 3DS a "mistake" ...
It is a little too expensive (probably should have launched at $200 or included a game at $250), its marketing has been a little weak (shown it off to a lot of people, most didn't know what a 3DS was before they saw it), and it hasn't had a particularly good initial batch of software.
Now, the question are:
- Is the price of the 3DS a "deal breaker" or are people waiting for some games to be released that justify the price?
- When Nintendo begins to reduce the price will DS owners begin to upgrade to the 3DS in greater numbers?
- Will the increased marketing from game releases that are beginning to happen increase knowledge of the 3DS?
- Will the bigger/better games that are going to be released this year convince people to buy into the system?
- Can Nintendo develop some "touch generations" type of games that attract "casual gamers" or non-gamers to buy the system?
- etc.
Now, these are all unknowns at this point in time but it is likely that we will start to get answers to some of them fairly soon
