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Soundwave on 01 June 2015
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the_dengle said:
Soundwave said:

To be honest I spend $250 for the 3DS this gen (bought it at launch) and $350 for the Wii U. That's a $600 hardware investment to (basically) play Nintendo games. 

The set up they have right now isn't cheap. 

If I'm spending that kind of coin, give me something reasonably powered. 

Buying consoles at launch? You walked into that yourself. I bought my 3DS for $160 and my Wii U for $225. I literally spent 35% less than you did for the exact same machines, and got some extra games thrown in for good measure.

From your perspective, the two consoles were underpowered, because you bought them. From mine, they were overpriced, which is why I did not. The difference is that I don't relate their power to their value, meaning the Wii U could have been twice as powerful as the PS4 and I still wouldn't have paid $350 for it unless it had an amazing lineup of releases that simply demanded a purchase.

Video games in general are not cheap which is why it's great to be able to buy a handheld and a home console for under $400 when the next-cheapest alternative is the PS4+Vita combo at $700. Next gen I want Nintendo to aim for that $400 combined price of both platforms, not $400 apiece.

PS4 + Vita is $650 for me both at launch ($400 for the PS4 + $250 for the Vita). So basically that was a whopping $50 more than I paid for the Wii U + 3DS. 

I don't even mind paying the price, but give my freaking money's worth. That's all I ask. I don't want a freaking super low resolution screen that the 3DS has. 

Yes, sure you can have fun experiences on 20-year-old Genesis too if that's what you want. Great games are great no matter what. But if I'm paying $500 for a hotel room, then it would be nice to have a robe and slippers in the closet and a few other amenities, not just a bare room with a rock hard bed in the middle and a fat tube TV from 1996. 

For a device I'll be using for hours and hours and hours for 5 years minimum, I don't have a problem dropping $300 instead of $200. The $100 is immaterial in the overall scheme of things. Just give my money's worth hardware. I think that's a reasonable ask. Don't fuck us as consumers. It's 2015. Give me a handheld that feels like it was actually made in 2015. 

I don't give two poops that 11-year-old Bobby might not be able to afford it because mommy & daddy can't buy one for him right away. He can wait a year for the price to go down, kids these days have too much shit anyway. I had to wait for the Super NES to drop in price before my parents would buy me one.