Intrinsic said:
You talk perceived value then wonder why cell phones sell better than consoles? A smartphone is pretty much bought by everyone. Everyone. Most people even buy them as fashion accessories. A console is going to only be bought by people that want to play games. For that specific reason. A 3DS is a console, albeit a portable one. And at $250 its not expensive for a handheld. Or for a gaming device for that matter. Cause its well under the impulse buy price point. Much easier for a kid to convince his parents to spend $250 for a games console than to spend $400 for a console. That's why the majority of the early adopters for home consoles are teens and adults while the majority of handheld console owners are pre-teens. And my "logic" specifically points out that comparisons should be made against similar platforms/devices. So we shouldn't even be comparing home consoles to mobile consoles (two completely different application scenarios) much less comparing a home console to a phone. So of you want to compare anything to anything, compare the PS4 to the XB1 or WiiU all in relation to their prices and with reference to how similarly priced home consoles performed in the past in relation to the different price points. But back on the 3DS front, its doing poorly now cause smart phones are beginning to directly compete with it, 5yrs ago you ask a 10 year old what they want for Christmas and they will say a 3DS, today they will ask for an iPhone. |
$250 is very expensive for a dedicated portable gaming system, especially in the current economical and social landscape - regardless of what you personally believe. It's why 3DS flopped hard after launch, and Nintendo dropped its price to $170. And make no mistake, 3DS was doing extremely poorly prior to its pricecut. That's not even mentioning Vita. You do not decide what's expensive and what's not, the market does. That's perceived value.
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