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oniyide said:
ill play devil's advocate and side with Ninpie...a little. Its not the skus that bother me, i already have my 3ds so i could care less, its the SPEED at which Ninty are making them that is raising my eyebrows. 3 different skus in less than 3 years. Has that ever happened before? I doubt it. and they get cheaper each time. so its like $250-130? in less than 3 years. Either Ninty isnt making the money they want off of the 3ds, its not selling as much as they want, or they are greedy. WOuldnt call it a cry for help though. ANd i wouldnt say it wont sell, thats not the point.



oh they are making money, think of it like this, US during holiday is massiv with sales, how do you get more money/appeal? Smartphones/tablets/etc are wat the mass consumers want, they rather buy $300-$500 for that stuff then a wiiu/ps4/etc. So with a $130 price point that targets kids(without parents wrry of health/break issues) and low budget consumers its a must buy especially with some gamers only wanting the handheld king! also since holidays you'll see 2DS being $99-$109.99 which looks f***ing good wen buying kids (weither it be your own,cousins,nephew/neice). This gives options for us all, less than 3 years have 3 models isn't a bad thing, all 3 have their own pros/cons! They next model should be 1 of 2. Either a pro model or a 2ds xl tablet (one screen) imo maybe 2014 or 2015! All i kno is 2DS will be big!



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tbone51 said:
oniyide said:
ill play devil's advocate and side with Ninpie...a little. Its not the skus that bother me, i already have my 3ds so i could care less, its the SPEED at which Ninty are making them that is raising my eyebrows. 3 different skus in less than 3 years. Has that ever happened before? I doubt it. and they get cheaper each time. so its like $250-130? in less than 3 years. Either Ninty isnt making the money they want off of the 3ds, its not selling as much as they want, or they are greedy. WOuldnt call it a cry for help though. ANd i wouldnt say it wont sell, thats not the point.



oh they are making money, think of it like this, US during holiday is massiv with sales, how do you get more money/appeal? Smartphones/tablets/etc are wat the mass consumers want, they rather buy $300-$500 for that stuff then a wiiu/ps4/etc. So with a $130 price point that targets kids(without parents wrry of health/break issues) and low budget consumers its a must buy especially with some gamers only wanting the handheld king! also since holidays you'll see 2DS being $99-$109.99 which looks f***ing good wen buying kids (weither it be your own,cousins,nephew/neice). This gives options for us all, less than 3 years have 3 models isn't a bad thing, all 3 have their own pros/cons! They next model should be 1 of 2. Either a pro model or a 2ds xl tablet (one screen) imo maybe 2014 or 2015! All i kno is 2DS will be big!

so...its greed. thats ok and fyi i was wondering if they are making money NOW on 3ds. and how much? 



oniyide said:
tbone51 said:
oniyide said:
ill play devil's advocate and side with Ninpie...a little. Its not the skus that bother me, i already have my 3ds so i could care less, its the SPEED at which Ninty are making them that is raising my eyebrows. 3 different skus in less than 3 years. Has that ever happened before? I doubt it. and they get cheaper each time. so its like $250-130? in less than 3 years. Either Ninty isnt making the money they want off of the 3ds, its not selling as much as they want, or they are greedy. WOuldnt call it a cry for help though. ANd i wouldnt say it wont sell, thats not the point.



oh they are making money, think of it like this, US during holiday is massiv with sales, how do you get more money/appeal? Smartphones/tablets/etc are wat the mass consumers want, they rather buy $300-$500 for that stuff then a wiiu/ps4/etc. So with a $130 price point that targets kids(without parents wrry of health/break issues) and low budget consumers its a must buy especially with some gamers only wanting the handheld king! also since holidays you'll see 2DS being $99-$109.99 which looks f***ing good wen buying kids (weither it be your own,cousins,nephew/neice). This gives options for us all, less than 3 years have 3 models isn't a bad thing, all 3 have their own pros/cons! They next model should be 1 of 2. Either a pro model or a 2ds xl tablet (one screen) imo maybe 2014 or 2015! All i kno is 2DS will be big!

so...its greed. thats ok and fyi i was wondering if they are making money NOW on 3ds. and how much? 



greed? how is it greed? anyway its been profitable i think since last summer? i dont kno how much they make though



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Why are people still so suprised about the 2DS? I saw this coming a long time ago, and it is clearly a step towards them releasing a Nintendo tablet in the future.



AnthonyW86 said:
Why are people still so suprised about the 2DS? I saw this coming a long time ago, and it is clearly a step towards them releasing a Nintendo tablet in the future.

Actually most people aren't surprised of its existence and launch, but just because it's so ugly!



Stwike him, Centuwion. Stwike him vewy wuffly! (Pontius Pilate, "Life of Brian")
A fart without stink is like a sky without stars.
TGS, Third Grade Shooter: brand new genre invented by Kevin Butler exclusively for Natal WiiToo Kinect. PEW! PEW-PEW-PEW! 
 


I think it's actually quite clever, they've got the price down to a point where it's very much in the impulse buy range.

My only wish was they put the controllers next to the bottom screen to make it slimmer and more gameboy esq. I'd buy one!



 

MohammadBadir said:
 

they removed the hinges because:

 


I don't think it was a big problem. I prefer this for the portability than the more solid design on 2DS.



torok said:

MohammadBadir said:
 

they removed the hinges because:

 


I don't think it was a big problem. I prefer this for the portability than the more solid design on 2DS.



one goood reason for the design↑