Nintendo Now Incurring Loss on 3DS Hardware

[cyberninja45]

RolStoppable said:

gumby_trucker said:

RolStoppable said:
I doubt that it will be a significant loss, but Nintendo has noone to blame but themselves for conceiving such a poor initial strategy for their current generation handheld.

Was it really that bad?
I know times have changed but the original DS didn't start out any better... is this all because of smartphones or is there something else going on?

really, the DS had quite a few problems when it launched, not the least of which was being weird, making it difficult to understand who the product was aimed at...

Yes, it was that bad. If it wasn't, then we would read different news today.

The DS didn't start out any better, that is true. It was rushed to the market to prevent Sony from pulling off another PS1/PS2 on Nintendo (the PSP was scheduled for late 2004, so Nintendo had to act). That's why the DS launch lineup consisted of a N64 port and games like WarioWare which are really fast to make. But the vision behind the DS was correct and eventually the games that mattered got released. Look at the 3DS and you see games that do not belong on a handheld, certainly not on a Nintendo handheld. Nintendo has yet to announce a game that can save the 3DS from becoming a Nintendo fanboy system.

Smartphones may be more advanced than the mobile phones that spelled doom for the DS, but they still can't make a dedicated handheld obsolete, simply because they aren't built specifically for gaming. There are always people who want to see Nintendo being gone and they will use every opportunity. The smartphones only became the new focus because Sony (who was supposed to kill Nintendo's handheld business) got crushed so hard, so nobody is really betting on the PS Vita after the PSP got a beating.

Nintendo's biggest enemy is Nintendo and the 3DS shows it once again. Nintendo has the capabilities to rise to heaven, but in the same way they can send themselves to hell. Nintendo has a long enough history to predict what will work for them and what will not. The 3DS had increasingly selfdestruction written all over it the closer it came to its launch. There's a reason why it's constantly compared to the Nintendo 64 or the Gamecube.

I am not afraid of smartphones. I am not afraid of the PS Vita. I only have to fear Nintendo.

Nah, its way too early to analyze anything  for the 3ds's future, unless u have inside information. This price cut was just a direct response to vita's pricing, a price that surprised everyone. CASE CLOSED.