d21lewis said:
sethnintendo said:
d21lewis said:
It was a marathon and not a sprint. Started slowly and overtook everything. Good for them. |
Did you bet on the turtle or the rabbit (like everyone else)?
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Time and again, when people were saying doom, I said just wait until Christmas. I think it would have been a great success, even at $250 if they had stuck to their guns. The upcoming library and the unique features were just too much to resist. At $170, it was an even bigger success. I don't think it will match the DS, though. The world has changed. Many people that bought a DS for Brain Age or Nintendogs can find a similar fix elsewhere. The DS isn't the sexy option it once was. Still glad it proved all the naysayers wrong.
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I too believed that christmas would be the turning point for the 3DS regardless of the doomsayers.
I do however believed mistakes were made with the launch price and poor software. The constant releasing of new DS hardware was probably another factor that put many off, as they decided to bypass the 3DS and wait for the lite or XL or whatever version.
The statement that there will be no updates to the 3DS for a while made many DS owners bite the bullet and upgraded from the DS.
Whichever way you look at it, it is how you come out that matters and Nintendo has pulled it off again.
Hopefully lessons learnt will give the wii u a better start and even better success.
