Was the 2DS and New 3DS a waste of time for Nintendo?

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mountaindewslave said:

spurgeonryan said:

If the goal was to just cause some brief excitement, then they succeded. 

Beyond that though the 2DS languishes. No one wants it, even for that price.

Then there is the New 3DS....two games so far were made especially for it?

Dont get me wrong,  I love the idea of both systems. One was for people who just wanted the games, no gimmmicks and no high price point. The other, was to fix the problem that the original 3DS was.

 

But in the end it is all down to more rush jobs by Nintendo.  If the 3DS and Wii U were not rushed in the first place....well then....yeah

 

Thoughts?

 

kind of a naive thing to ask

practically every single handheld console ever released has had revisions made and new versions released. it causes some news and excitement and pushes sales. if you genuinely think that Nintendo created the New3DS with the idea of coming out with a bunch of better, more advanced games to better utilize the system then you are being unrealistic

they made a slightly better version of the system and boosted otherwise declining sales a bit. the 2DS conceptually is kind of a stupid idea though, I would sort of agree, however I believe the 2DS actually has sold okay in Japan so I'm sure Nintendo does not regret that decision

at any rate if you watn to see a system with a lot of "why?" version releases, look at the PSP. there were a ton

 

the PSP had must as much in a longer amount of time