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Soundwave on 08 April 2015
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KingdomHeartsFan said:
zorg1000 said:


What major games did 3DS have when it was $250? Nintendogs+Cats at launch and Ocarina of Time 3D in June, is it really surprising people weren't spending $250 for it? If 3DS came out of the gate at that price with those 2 games along with Monster Hunter 3G, Mario Kart 7 & Super Mario 3D Land in the first 6 months than it wouldn't have been nearly as bad.

U make it seem like their are alot of people currently buying both devices, Gamecube sold 1/4 the amount of GBA and Wii U is currently less than 1/5 the number of 3DS, Gameboy sold 2x as much as N64 from 1996-2003, outside of Wii/DS, the last time Nintendo's handheld and console sold similar numbers was in the late 80's/early 90's. With them being the same price and offering the same library, perhaps we will see more similar sales between the 2, I think something like 20-30 million consoles and 50-70 million handhelds is an attainable goal, that gives Nintendo a total install base of 70-100 million to sell to.

Didn't the Vita launch at $250?  It had one of the best launch lineups of all time and look how that turned out.  People are not willing to pay console prices for a handheld.  They should be aiming for $150-200, closer to $150 so that entry point is low like with the DS.

That doesn't show anything, all that shows is that their handhelds sell more than their consoles.  That doesn't show the crossover between conoles and handheld.  There is no way they are launching a console and handheld at the same price.

Well people haven't purchased the Vita at any price ... so really that just shows that a Sony portable doesn't sell well in this day and age. PSP sold well at $250 though. 

And one of the "best launch lineups of all time" is hyperbolic ... it had a watered down version of Uncharted as a launch game and not much else along with a poor post launch to boot and mediocre third party support all along. 

If anything the move to mobile takes pressure off Nintendo, they don't need to neccessarily have a bargain basement priced handheld right from day 1 ... because their games on mobile will let them reach kids and casuals, so the dedicated portable if anything then becomes more of an upmarket product.