Blood_Tears said:
I preordered it for my 9 year old step daughter as part of a Christmas gift. I didn't want to have to deal with stock and scalper issues later on this year. I suspect that a good percentage of the sales will come from anxiety of having to get it asap before the 6 months is over and the collection is gone. Overall, it's a smart business move from Nintendo to increase their software revenue as they have little to nothing for new releases this holiday. Hell, they got my $90 CAD for it. Regardless of Nintendo reaping the benefits, it's still anti-consumer IMO by having a 6 month end date on it. Especially in a digital world where it will cost them next to nothing to keep their 1st party title on EShop for their customers to purchase. IMO, others are right by saying if MS and Sony did this the media backlash would be huge and anti-consumer articles would be written every day. Nintendo has seemingly got a pass on this one from consumers and the majority of the media because it's Mario. And that's fine, Mario is the face of gaming and many of us are here playing games because of Mario in the first place. I just hope that it doesn't start a trend of this type of release from anyone in the future as it's a slippery slope. |
As a PART off a christmass gift?
Your stepdaughter is lucky to have you !
