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mountaindewslave on 10 June 2015
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Soundwave said:
mountaindewslave said:


the DS was released because GBA sales were drastically slowing down after like 2 years. you can spin it your way, but the reality is it can easily be spun the other way- it was not a great handheld at the time in comparison to some of the competition of the mid 2000s (PSP being so graphically superior that the DS update/release was totally necessary)

the 3DS does pretty well, it could potentially sell over 70 million

people have to be realistic, when we're talking about a handheld system that costs a couple hundred $$$ and the fact that a set of games and accessories are going to cost a couple $$$, something like 70 million sales in 5 years potentially is fantastic

 

bear in mind that a GBA cost 100$ or less practically throughout its ENTIRE run. even when inflation is adjusted, the 3DS is way more expensive. the point I'm indicating is that price indicators do matter. if the 3DS was price at or was capable of being priced at a GBA price who knows how many it would sell

even the DS was much cheaper, at 150$ at the start and then 130$ for the majority of its life. 

the 3DS is extremely expensive compared to comparable Nintendo handhelds in the past, every single one, regardless of inflation. it's something that needs to be kept in mind, because obviously the question of quantity vs price shows up and if you sell 50 systems at 200$ rather than 100 systems at 100$ it's a very similar situation in terms of pure hardware revenue

Actually I think you're selling the GBA fairly short. 

Do you know what the fastest selling game platform in US history is from launch? It's not the SNES, Playstation, Playstation 2, DS, Game Boy, or even the Wii. It's the GBA. Its sales were monstrous here out of the gate. GBA would've easily crushed 100 million LTD if it had been given a normal life cycle, I don't think you will deny this because it's plainly obvious. 

Also inflation adjusted the GBA is $133, which is about the price of a 2DS and not so far off from the regular 3DS price of $169.99. 

The 3DS is not "extremely expensive" compared to past Nintendo handhelds. Like I said a Game Boy in 1989/90 is $190 with inflation, that's a whopping 10 bucks shy of a 3DS XL and more expensive than the 2DS and vanilla 3DS. 


already established that GBA sales declined drastically after its initial release, there's no debating that. no one is arguing that it didn't sell well its first year or 2, but obviously it slowed down considerably

3DS price point (for the current newest version throughout its run) has been 200$ (or 199$) everywhere. that has not changed, at least in the USA. not sure where you're shopping finding it 169$, unless you're referring to older models. current regular top model would be at the 200$ range at all major US retailers, sometimes with a game packaged in

also the 2DS is hardly a comparable, besides maybe the Gameboy Pocket (which was superior to the Gameboy in some ways, especially size) I can't think of one way in which the 2DS has advantages over the 3DS, hence its price point