Why Is There Like Zero Attention About the 3DS Successor?

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spemanig said:

curl-6 said:

But here's the thing though; say you're a parent. Why spend $200 on a portable and $40 per game for your kid when you can just hand them your phone and let a free or 99c app entertain them?

Because the kid asked for it probably. Most parents aren't as cheap and shallow as you're making them out to be. If Nintendo markets it well, kids will ask there parents for one, and then the parents will get it for their kids because most of the time they love them and want to see them happy.

It's not cheap and shallow to be cost-conscious; kids are easily pleased and don't need the kind of requirements of a game that an adult core gamer does. In light of this, it makes sense to let them play free apps on Mum's smartphone rather than buying another $200 piece of hardware where games are another $40 on top of that each. Most parents have no problem saying no when a kid asks for an unnecessary new toy.