Conegamer on 28 April 2012
| Joelcool7 said: A 299.99$ price tag is the cheapest Nintendo can afford to sell the console at. A 349.99$ price tag is fully plausible if the hardware is 2.5-5x the power of 360. Also 3DS's price is hardly the reason for its failure, the lack of software was a major blow. Had Nintendo launched with at least 12 first party titles in the launch window and all 30 announced third party games launch window then the hardware would have sold considerably better. Of course hardware costs did play a role but if Nintendo had the software my bet is 3DS would be slightly less successful then DS was in its first year. Nintendo's choice to use Nintendogs as a flagship title with only Pilot Wings and a new IP to support it and very few third party titles let alone many of high quality, was a dire mistake! I suspect Nintendo will have no problem selling 10-million WiiU's at 350$ let alone 300$ if Nintendo has the kind of first and third party lineup we expect. |
This is very true, but it depends on whether or not it continues to sell after the early adopters have picked it up, and can appeal to both 'hardcore' and 'casuals' (no matter how incorrect the term is), or whether or not only the Nintendo loyal will snap it up.
Personally, I'm intrigued, but I'm waiting to see what games are on it, as well as the launch price. If those two things don't add up, then Nintendo will have to wait for my money 
