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d21lewis on 27 October 2012
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KylieDog said:
Viper1 said:
KylieDog said:
wvelting said:

How exactly has the 3DS not been a success?  The DS released in the US in November 2004 and in Japan in December 2004.  After 18 months, it shipped 21.27mil units worldwide with over 20mil sold.  The 3DS released in Japan in February 2011 and in the US in March 2011.  After 18 months, the 3DS shipped 21mil with more than 20mil sold worldwide.  So the DS was a success, but the 3DS is a failure?


All successful products drop price heavily soon after launch then give away free games to say sorry to people.

You mean like the PS3?

 

$100 price cut 7 months after launch plus multiple free game offers.

Why bring PS3 into this?  Trying to play fanboy?  It has nothing to do with the topic and sounds like trying to start a console war.

...but since you did, lets rip that weak argument apart.  You know the difference between a 16% price drop (PS3) and a near 50% price drop (3DS) I assume, the 3DS dropped in almost half the time, Nintendo offered 20 games as compensation to early buyers, and no Sony did not give free games away to people who already bought a PS3 as a way of saying sorry.

Damn, Jill.  What did Wesker do to you?

 

But yeah.  You're right.  The best deal (at the time) I could find on a PS3 after the "abysmal" 2006 launch was a $500 80GB PS3 w/ Metal Gear Solid 3.  Not even close to being the same situation.