Should Nintendo discontinue the DS line altogether (not 3DS)?

[Joelcool7]

oniyide said:

Joelcool7 said:

I think with 3DS dropping to 169.99$ that Nintendo should drop the whole DS line. Why bother selling DS at a loss or for barely any profit when they need to shift 3DS units. I doubt Nintendo will keep DS around much longer, and its in their best interest to drop it all together. I think it would lead to higher 3DS sales which would start to sway investors and at the new price with DS gone it should rape the PS Vita.

 

It still sells well, for all we know the investors are telling them to keep it around, and how do you know they are selling DSs at a loss?? I doubt that very much. I believe that they should drop DS soon, but a DS not sold doesnt mean a 3ds was bought

Well with the 3Ds dropping to 169.99$ Nintendo will need to drop DS prices drastically as well. Meaning either selling them at a loss or for very little profit on each unit. Why keep a product on the market that barely turns a profit when your latest product is capable of doing everything the older product could?

The DS continuing to sell just harms Nintendo. Nintendo needs to shift 3DS units to calm investors and to appease angry third parties who are cancelling games left right and center. Nintendo needs to make 3DS a success and they need to do so quickly. No investors won't care if DS remains on the market any longer, its not that profitable now that 3DS is selling so cheaply. It makes far more sense for Nintendo to drop the DS all together.

Nintendo is counting on software sales to bail them out now that 3DS is selling at a loss. If the DS continues to sell gangbusters at barely a hardware profit or at a loss then it isn't worth while for Nintendo to keep it on store shelves. An increase to 3DS sales will mean more software sales, both DS games and 3DS games can continue to sell.

It just doesn't make any buisness sense to keep DS on the market. Even if it continues to sell gang busters it doesn't make any logical sense!