Pokemon Black/White 2 Announced?!

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trasharmdsister12 said:

NintendoPie said:

The thing is though that, like D/P, it would really raise the sales for the weeks following it's initial release date. It would also raise the 3DS's overall sales for the year. It is a win win situation that Nintendo decided not to take. By putting out a Pokemon Game for the 3DS they get more money, then the 3DS' owners are happy because they have something to play over the Summer. Nintendo is either too lazy or they are blind to see the advantages of putting it on the 3DS.

Generating more revenue does not necessarily mean more profit for Nintendo. You have to remember the cost to manufacture all those 3DS eating a big chunk of the revenue that Nintendo gets from each sale. In other words, 1 sale of a 3DS at $160 plus a $40 Pokemon game (= $200) does not make Nintendo the same amount of money as 5 x $40 games on the DS. 5 x $40 (= $200) games net Nintendo more money. And considering the DS install base is ~9-10x that of the 3DS install base I'm sure Nintendo is well aware of taking advantage of this fact.

Furthermore a 3DS focused project would surely cost more money to produce given fans expecting something more akin to Pokedex 3D than what is there in Black/White. Releasing a higher cost game to a lower yield initial base is nonsensicle. It has become increasingly more important for publishers to earn as much money as they possibly can from the launch of a title in fear of losing out sales to the used sales market. Nintendo launching this title on the largest active device base in the gaming industry is not by mistake.

Finally, all of the supposed boost of a 3DS exclusive Pokemon title can (and will) still happen when the title finally does make its appearance down the road. And at that time the 3DS will also be cheaper to manufacture, possibly making Nintendo even more money in the long run (this depends on their price-cutting strategy). Be sure that Nintendo isn't looking at the short-term gain here, regardless of whether or not they should be.

We also have no idea what these enhancements for the 3DS could be. Maybe they'll entice us with enhanced 3D sprites/environments/effects? Maybe it will have some special connectivity for all of us to share online? Perhaps it'll come with some augmented reality features or integrate into other apps? There's still plenty of room to make it enticing for people to want to upgrade up to the 3DS to play this game.

Exactly. Releasing the next Pokemon mainline game in an unprofitable handheld with low userbase will be a wasted opportunity. As many others has mentioned, time and costs for development will be higher for the 3DS pokemon.

Wii and DS sales which means profit for Nintendo are declining pretty fast, while the hardware that generates losses is selling massive. Lets not forget the R&D costs for the unfinished Wii U and the expensive HD software development.

3DS will have more than enough software to push sales with 2D Mario, TC, AC, LM2, KI:U and 3rd party games, maybe MH4 or a new DQ  game. Let's wait for the new 3ds pokemon on another fiscal year.