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pokoko on 10 March 2014
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superchunk said:
pokoko said:

The 3DS at $250 at launch was one of the biggest ripoffs this industry has ever seen.  That's fine with me, honestly, I can't blame a company for trying, but the margin they were going for with the 3DS was pretty much unheard of.  They were rubbing their hands together, thinking that, after the success of the DS, people would be lining up no matter what was dangled in front of them.  It was one of the single biggest instances of hubris and greed in the modern era of gaming.  It's easily up there with Sony expecting their fans to eat the cost of Blu-Ray so they could win the format war or Microsoft putting access to video services behind a paywall.  They were planning to shove the 3DS in sideways without any lube.

Now, if you want to say, "no, no, they're Nintendo, they wouldn't do that," go ahead.  Hey, maybe they were planning to put some of that money into a trust fund for their customers.  

Again. Had 3DS launched with actual games, $250 would have been fine. Personally, I would have waited for $200, but $250 would have sold well.

Apple products have far higher margins as do pretty much anything "audio" market related. Just sayin' margins do not prove or disprove the value to price ratio. The perceived value is what is important.

I don't like Apple so I don't perceive their high value. But I happily pay $350 to $400 for out of contract brand new Nexus phones. I happily paid $350 for a Wii U. If I bought a 3DS for myself, I'd happily pay the $200 for a Zelda themed XL. At that point I'm not considering the margin the company is making. I'm only considering what its value is to me.

"While the rest of you all have your lubed up asses, I'm sticking with Nintendo and its policy of hugs and high-fives."

Aah, I see.  So when Nintendo does it, it's not bad because you perceive it as not bad.  Like, if you think, "this is normal sex, not anal rape," then it's A-OK.

Now, I don't really have a problem with that, it just confuses me that you'd make a thread that's critical of other people when you're doing the exact same thing.