zorg1000 on 05 May 2015
| spemanig said: No, they should have named them DSboy and Wiiboy. See how little sense using nostalgia baiting name branding is? Also, the 3D screen didn't boost the price up $80. The screen wasn't the problem, and they could have launched with it at $170 from the beginning. It's name had nothing to do with it's sales early sales. It was literally just the price and launching a new Pokemon on their old system while releasing a new one. |
It's not about nostalgia, it's about letting people know these are newer, more powerful successors and not revisions/accessories.
I know the 3D screen didn't boost the price by $80 but when they did the price cut in the summer of 2011, they said it was being sold at a slight loss at $169.99, so without the 3D screen it would probably have been sold at a profit at $169.99.
Delaying the launch by 6 months and getting rid of the 3D screen would have allowed them to sell it cheaper at a profit while also giving them a much better post-launch lineup instead of just a couple N64 remakes for the first 6 months.
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