the_dengle said:
You picked the more expensive Wii U model, so I picked the more expensive Vita model. My point stands, I hate to say it's your fault for buying the consoles at launch since it's Nintendo's fault for pricing them that high, but you knew how powerful they were. At the time you decided that power was worth what you were paying for it. Now you feel buyer's remorse. I don't care what's in your $500 hotel room. I want a $300 hotel room. Why can't that be an option? $100 is not immaterial, it's the price of two games -- $200 is less immaterial, it's the price of more than three games, and that's just for one of two platforms. We're talking about a difference of more than $200 between what you and I spent on hardware for the same machines, and still you're asking Nintendo to charge more for them so they can be beefier. Your last paragraph is pretty indicative of your generally exclusionary attitude, I don't think you give two poops about what anyone wants or might be able to afford, other than yourself. You don't mind spending more so you want more power, okay. Buy a PC. Buy a PS4. Buy an Xbox One. There are lots of high-end options for gaming machines. It's good for there to be one single more affordable option. You claim to want "a better product for we the gamer" yet you are dismissive of Bobby, who is no less a gamer than you are. The under-16 demographic is huge not only for Nintendo but for the industry as a whole. Saying "screw them, make a machine tailor-made to my tastes" is not a healthy message for the market. Honestly the way you condescend to other gamers is somewhat gross. I waited over a year to buy a 3DS and over two and a half years to buy a Wii U, would you like to tell me I had too much shit already and give me some patronizing schlock about mommy and daddy? |
I'm just saying it would be nice to have hardware based on the needs of adults, rather than every Nintendo hardware having to be anchored by the "well we have to make sure this will work well for little 10 year old Johnny".
If Android means that Nintendo can relax some of their restrictions that they always have to place on themselves because an Android tablet can more of a all purpose device than just a "toy" than great.
And even after price cuts it's not like what Nintendo charges today is cheap either. The Wii U + New 3DS XL run $500, so I could've saved myself a trivial amount of money for waiting 2-3 years. I don't have a problem paying the money I just want to make sure I get something worth the dollar price they're asking for.
I don't say "screw it" to audiences either, but does an 11-year-old really need a $500 XBox One for example on launch day? No. But he can get one in a year or two when the price scales down. As time goes on, the price comes down, this has been true for 30 years, so no one's being excluded.
Also I'm not speaking to you directly allegorically (not sure what gave you that idea as I would assume you're obviously not 11-years-old which is the example I used).
The fact is too, even kids today don't want electronics that are "toys". It's not the 1980s or early 1990s anymore, I think Nintendo just kind of needs to accept that. Making an Android tablet could be very smart.
