thismeintiel on 01 August 2016
To be fair to Nintendo, they hadn't quite realized the damage mobile gaming had done to the possible casual consumer. Very few did. We all saw the start with the initial poor performance of the 3DS, which caused Nintendo to drop the price drastically less than 6 months after launch. We continued to see it with the poor performance of the Vita. And the final realization was after the Wii U, which was Wii 2.0 (underpowered, but cheap, HW with gimmicky controller meant to appeal to casuals), failed to sell even half as well as the Wii. Which makes it very puzzling that Nintendo seems to be trying to reach that same audience with the NX. All I know is they might as well start the price at $169 this time.
