TheMisterManGuy said:
Soundwave said:
For as long as they want. They're selling the NES and SNES still.
3DS/2DS is perfectly suitable for kids looking to get introduced to all the main Nintendo IP. If those NES/SNES games are still fun to play today, then 3DS/DS games will be fun for years to come.
A 6 year old doesn't need a $300 game system, or even a $200 one.
It's a good kiddie platform. Nothing wrong with that, they need their first game system at some point too. There are hundreds more perfectly good DS back catalog titles they could offer on 3DS via the eShop too.
They don't even need to release new games for it, turn it into a digital platform and make all the GBA/DS/3DS games available on the eShop. Just keep selling the system.
|
That's a nice short-term plan. But eventually, more kids are going to want a Switch over it, especially once Pokemon comes into the picture. Nintendo can sell the 3DS for quite a while, but eventually sales will decline even further and they'll need to retire it.
|
When kids get to age 9-10 then they can move up to a Switch, I really don't see why a 5 or 6 year old needs that. The 3DS has perfectly fun versions of virtually every Nintendo IP that teach every kid all they need to know about those IP, as they get older they can "switch" up if that's what they want to do.
But the Switch, even a die-shrunk, smaller version is probably years away from being sub $200.
