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Soundwave on 24 November 2014
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ktay95 said:
Soundwave said:
ktay95 said:
Yeah we get it, the handheld market is fucking dying. Why do we need this conversation over and over and why do people keep trying to defend the 3DS' poor sales?? -__-

It's a worthwhile topic because really its Nintendo's core business.

So rather than talking 3DS shitty sales we should be talking about what Nintendo need to do to turn things around for the company.

Much more intresting then pointing out the obvious over and over


I'm not sure if there's a lot that can be done. 

The problem is when given a choice (which they weren't in the past), people are just fine with $1/free games on the go. 

No one is dying to play high quality video games on the go, it's like expecting a steak dinner when you're at a McDonalds, no one expects or even wants that. They are fine with a $2 burger made by a 16-year-old and some french fries.  

Smartphone games are cheap/free, extremely accessible (no buttons) for casuals and kids, and get the job as far as occupying people's time. 

Nintendo may have to accept that $40 games for starters is just not a workable price point for the mass audience, but I think that will be extremely difficult for them to let go. Iwata has railed against declining software prices for years now and Nintendo does not like to drop their software prices at all, but consumers are tuning them out in the process. There are other issues beyond that too.