Media Create Sales 12/19 ~ 12/25

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BasilZero said:

 

You dont need to be a authority figure to see something so obvious as price gouging, just a smart consumer who doesnt blindly throw their money at their "Favorite" company.

I just cant see how 3DS was losing money , you would think a price cut would do alot more damage than a few units which werent being sold. I still feel Nintendo ripped off 80 extra dollars for each and every 3DS that was sold at the full price few months ago and before.

Its pretty obvious they price gouged it at high price since there were no direct competitors and finally lowered the price abit when a competitor actually came out.

It is not price gouging. It is called making a profit. It is not just the "build cost/cost of the components" of an item to find the total cost of something. They also have to make up for all of the R&D that went into putting it all together. Then there is manufacturing cost (actually putting it together), shipping cost, marketing cost, etc. that make up the real cost of something. Realistically all companies would like to sell their product at or above that cost in order to make a profit.

When the price was $250, Nintendo was making a profit on the 3ds hardware. Now after the price drop they are not making a profit on the 3ds hardware. The majority of people were not willing to pay $250 for a 3ds, so Nintendo responded by lowering the price. If the 3ds was selling great at $250 and Nintendo decided to RAISE the price higher, then that would be price gouging.