zorg1000 said:
Soundwave said:
Wasn't really a huge surprise to me but I can understand some people losing it. Zelda being delayed is like the straw that broke the camel's back for a lot of people.
Nintendo fans get great Nintendo games, but they also put up with a lot of sh*t from Nintendo.
Outdated hardware that's generally a generation behind Sony/MS (and isn't cheap either, $300 for a Wii U and $200 for a 3DS XL comes out to $500 just to play Nintendo games), poor to basically non-existent third party support, poor online services (Wii U is ok, but Nintendo still insists on things like no online voice chat, many games don't have online support at all, etc.), long periods of droughts without big releases, they were patient with Nintendo after a very poor first year for the Wii U, etc. etc.
Kinda like the battered housewife who will always defend her husband no matter what, but then he goes and does something so bad that she just loses it, lol.
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Ya $500 to get the full Nintendo experience is just too much, in 1998 it cost $200 to get a Gameboy Color+Nintendo 64, in 2003 it was $200 to get a Gameboy Advance SP+Gamecube. Adjusted for inflation that's still only in the $250-300 range to own both devices in the 5th or 6th gen.
This is really why Nintendo just needs to go ahead and completely unify their devices, u only need to buy one device to get the full experience.
So maybe they won't make as much money from hardware but at the same time that frees up people to buy more software along with Nintendo entering new business ventures like QoL/Amiibo/Mobile/IP licensing that can easily offset that.
Who wouldn't want a $199 Nintendo device that can get 3DS 2013 level support every year?
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I bought both the Wii U and 3DS at launch, so I paid $350 + $250 ($600) for both pieces of hardware, lol. At least Nintendo had the decency to give me some Ambassador games when they price collapsed the 3DS.
