Nintendo games: no longer a value in forum dweller eyes

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padib said:

Ruler said:

Yeah but the PS4 has Sony games so what is your point?

The 3DS launched at 250$ and even that was overpriced to many hence why they doped the price very early.
If this is a handheld and console hybrid why is it priced like a current gen console? Thats the main issue for many people. 

My point is that Nintendo games are the value of a Nintendo system. You can't say Sony's PS4 is the same price and it has Sony games therefore it is a better value. The types of games are so vastly different, their pedigree so different.

It's like as if you bundle all the movies made by one actor, say Leonardo Dicaprio, and all the movies by Steve Carell and say "Hey, they're the same price but Leo has more movies so it's a better value to buy his bundle."

It doesn't work that way.

But it does work that way in the real world of market economics. Its great that you find Nintendo games a better value to you, and its your right as a consumer to target the experience you want. But that does not change the fact the market as a whole has strongly spoke on the fact it prefers more power, access to having 3rd party games besides 1st party games, and robust online options as being more appealing. So seeking niche options is fine and your right, but its not others moving the goal posts at all. Only one moving the goal posts are those defending the value of niche markets as being more valuable than the market has decidely shown.