Dulfite said:
XL was a very logical move for Nintendo. The fact is the XL outsells the regular 3ds by a lot in N.A. and people who are going to upgrade (myself included) are probably willing the spend the extra bit of money to get the bigger screen. I had no interest in upgrading from the regular 3ds to the 3ds xl, but I DID upgrade from the 3ds to the New 3ds XL. There would have been a lot of lost profit if they had to market, develop, ship, and maintain two devices as opposed to just the one. And it makes it way less confusing for consumers than it could have been. We already have 3ds, 3ds xl, 2ds, and the New 3ds XL, do we really need the 5th? Again, the main amount of people upgrading probably would get the xl if they had a choice by a wide margin. Again, limited supply = more demand = more sales. Remember when no one and their grandmothers could finds Wiis anywhere in 2006? That created a MASSIVE amount of demand. Nintendo knows what they are doing. They are the master of profit in the gaming industry. |
So you repeating the statement of NoA regarding New 3DS, that american customers aren't smart enough to understand the different models, why europeans are. Do you really believe that? Also: changeable faceplates.
You don't create much demand with limited supply. People that were not interested in the first place, will not be swayed by limited supply. The Wii was a phenomenon, because of word of mouth. The rainfall-games sold not better than you would expect in the comparison europe<->america. Pandora's Towers nearly was the same in both regions, something you wouldn't expect, normally America is the bigger market.
