Well I am upgrading from my regular 3DS XL, so I already have a charger
Hahaha!
| the_dengle said: I agree. I knew they were already doing this in Japan and Europe and I regret not being mad about it on principal before it became my problem. To those defending Nintendo's rhetoric, here is proof positive that the savings on the absent charger are being passed on to Nintendo, not to the customer. 3DS XL launch price in Japan (no charger): ¥18,800 See the problem here? In Japan and in the UK, the New XL was valued at the same price as the original XL. None of those models included a charger, so we can conclude that the value of the New XL in 2014 is equal to the value of the standard XL in 2012. In America as well, the New XL is valued at the same price as the original XL was, but there is something missing from the box. This means that, if Nintendo is to be believed, the New model is considered more valuable in 2014 than the XL was in 2012. But this is clearly not the case anywhere else in the world. In other words, Nintendo is lying through their teeth. No savings are being passed on to the customer in America. |
While this doesn't surprise me in the least, good on you for taking the time to do the comparison.
I don't get it. I really don't. I guess they save like $1 on each unit sold? I don't have any handhelds and am considering this one so that's kind of annoying.
| the_dengle said: I agree. I knew they were already doing this in Japan and Europe and I regret not being mad about it on principal before it became my problem. To those defending Nintendo's rhetoric, here is proof positive that the savings on the absent charger are being passed on to Nintendo, not to the customer. 3DS XL launch price in Japan (no charger): ¥18,800 See the problem here? In Japan and in the UK, the New XL was valued at the same price as the original XL. None of those models included a charger, so we can conclude that the value of the New XL in 2014 is equal to the value of the standard XL in 2012. In America as well, the New XL is valued at the same price as the original XL was, but there is something missing from the box. This means that, if Nintendo is to be believed, the New model is considered more valuable in 2014 than the XL was in 2012. But this is clearly not the case anywhere else in the world. In other words, Nintendo is lying through their teeth. No savings are being passed on to the customer in America. |
Please...PLEASE make a thread with this information. People need to know this, especially the ones blindly defending Nintendo. I feel a lot of people will miss this great post of yours.
UltimateUnknown said:
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I appreciate the information too but surely we don't need ANOTHER thread on this topic.
Eh, the thing about the Nintendo Color TV game not including a power cord bugs me. Like all 1st generation plug n' play consoles (Atari, Coleco, etc), they ran on D or C cell batteries by default and you could buy a dedicated power cord if you were h-core and burnt through too many batteries. Same as with the Game Boy or Game Gear. Very rarely did any of those things come with power cords.
They seem to neglect that fact in the story, but oh well. Not the first time a journalist bent the truth to make their point and wont be the last.
On topic: At first I thought it was a pretty dick move on Nintendo's part, but then I realized that if I bought a New 3DS, there would be 4 or 5 chargers in my house I could use with it. Sooo in conclusion, I couldn't care less about the charger thing but wanted to point out the Color TV thing.
8th gen predictions. (made early 2014)
PS4: 60-65m
WiiU: 30-35m
X1: 30-35m
3DS: 80-85m
PSV: 15-20m
| t3mporary_126 said: I guess Nintendo is Playing with Power. |
You made my night.
I don't have a 3DS, just a DS Lite... I'm planning on getting a New 3DS JUST because of Monster Hunter, so I'll have to get an adapter as well... I don't know how I feel about that, since I expect the product to have one.. But it won't. I swear I hate the 3DS and how the 3DS only owners complain and whine when Nintendo focuses on Wii U. I don't really want to buy one... So I'll get it used and Nintendo won't see any money from me aside of when I purchase new retail or downloadable games, but that happens once a year :D
E3 2014 was all about Wii U, and so will E3 2015, revenge! And this is the dumbest post I've ever wrote.
ONLY IN AMERICA PEOPLE WHINGE ABOUT BEING TOO LAZY TO PICK UP TWO BOXES 2 METERS APART FROM EACH OTHER.
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