Cold-Flipper said:
3DS is doing pretty well all things considered but could be doing much better. 3DS is #1 every week but only manages to slightly outsell PS3 which was released in 2006. Yes, it sells well and easily kills the Vita (its main competition) but at its current rate it will likely sell worse than any previous Nintendo HH. The DS had 6 full years as Nintendo's HH system. Say 3DS continues to sell 14 Million or so a year. It will sell about 84 Million lifetime. It will likely do more this year but less near the end, total sales are looking to be between 70 & 80 Million. Still great but could be much more. A price cut in Spring 2014 would be 3 years after launch and 2 1/2 after the first price cut. A small one will help a lot and the benefits will outweigh the lost $ on system profit. I disagree with the whole "smartphones killed HH gaming" thing. Yes, smartphones sell much better but what would you expect? A dedicated HH can still sell extremely well. The 3DS price is still higher than the launch price of all previous Nintendo HH's despite the massive $80 drop. The sales have a ton of room for improvement. |
The 3DS manges to outsell the PS3 2:1 every week, so that is a little better than slightly. The DS was just a monster but it's hardware was more limiting during it's time than the 3DS is right now. Thus, my second point is that the 3DS will last a couple of years longer than the DS did especially considering that it's main competitor is all but being shelved by the industry. That's why Nintendo needs to act now to avoid the same fate as the Vita!!! Sony took too long to make the Vita competitive and thus the system paid the price and headed towards obscurity. A price cut this September would greatly change the fate of the console and give it a fighting chance at being modestly succesful. (40-50mil units sold) A delay of doing that risks the system to going the same route as Sony's failing handheld; which is going to be much more costly to reverse it's fortunes than an early price cut!!!
