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oniyide on 10 June 2015
zorg1000 said:
oniyide said:

i remember when people swore it would boost 3ds sales a lot


Cool? Pretty much every game, revision, price cut, etc. has people claiming sales are going to skyrocket for any platform.

I actually made a thread back when it was announced asking if it would be a Gameboy Micro, Gameboy Advance SP or Nintendo DS Lite type success. Some said it would have little affect on sales, some said huge, and some said somewhere in between.

I don't know what type of response ur looking for......they were wrong?


come on a lot more people were more vocal about it boosting sales than the other way around, which is why i brought it up. Not looking for a response just reminding people



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radha on 10 June 2015

- I want nintendo games
- I dont want the gamepad
- I dont want to pay for the gamepad
- I nintendo is forcing the gamepad on me

Thats the situation im in, Im kind of pissed at nintendo for creating this conflict for me. I would buy a Wii U without a gamepad for what could be actually a good value for a 6 years old tech ~ US$200



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bretonf on 10 June 2015

Yes, the gamepad was a mistake...

But now it's too late to remove it and make it cheaper. Many games use it (even if it's not very useful most of the time, it seems) and would have to be patched one by one in order to work without it.



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zorg1000 on 10 June 2015
oniyide said:
zorg1000 said:


Cool? Pretty much every game, revision, price cut, etc. has people claiming sales are going to skyrocket for any platform.

I actually made a thread back when it was announced asking if it would be a Gameboy Micro, Gameboy Advance SP or Nintendo DS Lite type success. Some said it would have little affect on sales, some said huge, and some said somewhere in between.

I don't know what type of response ur looking for......they were wrong?


come on a lot more people were more vocal about it boosting sales than the other way around, which is why i brought it up. Not looking for a response just reminding people

And as we have seen countless times, people who hype up things on forums aren't exactly representative of the overall market. Who was it claiming 2DS was going to be a super massive success? Probably the same people who hype up any and every product Nintendo makes.



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Ljink96 on 10 June 2015

Nintendo has always been priced the lowest. I don't see how that would affect their sales. Still, 3DS and Wii U are the lowest priced out of the competition, the same way it has always been. Then again, 3DS was $250 at launch...the same price as a Wii, and Wii U was $350 wasn't it? Yeah, price may have a bit to do with it bu not much.



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Ljink96 on 10 June 2015
bretonf said:
Yes, the gamepad was a mistake...

But now it's too late to remove it and make it cheaper. Many games use it (even if it's not very useful most of the time, it seems) and would have to be patched one by one in order to work without it.


As much as I love it, the GamePad killed the potential of the Wii U.



oniyide on 10 June 2015
zorg1000 said:
oniyide said:


come on a lot more people were more vocal about it boosting sales than the other way around, which is why i brought it up. Not looking for a response just reminding people

And as we have seen countless times, people who hype up things on forums aren't exactly representative of the overall market. Who was it claiming 2DS was going to be a super massive success? Probably the same people who hype up any and every product Nintendo makes.

im talking about the people who were hyping it on THIS site and there was a fair amount. You dont have to tell me these forums arent representative of the ovearall market, i know that which is why i thought those predictions were ridiculous. That should be explained to the people who keep making out there predictions. Not that most would own up and take the crow anyway



oniyide on 10 June 2015
Ljink96 said:
Nintendo has always been priced the lowest. I don't see how that would affect their sales. Still, 3DS and Wii U are the lowest priced out of the competition, the same way it has always been. Then again, 3DS was $250 at launch...the same price as a Wii, and Wii U was $350 wasn't it? Yeah, price may have a bit to do with it bu not much.


i dont think it matters what the competition is selling at. I dont think people are willing to spend past a certain amount for Ninty systems. anything pass 300 seems to be a no go for home consoles. same with portables pass 200



Ruler on 10 June 2015

Yes n64 and gamecube were way more cheaper and more powerfull than the competition



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Soundwave on 10 June 2015
oniyide said:
Ljink96 said:
Nintendo has always been priced the lowest. I don't see how that would affect their sales. Still, 3DS and Wii U are the lowest priced out of the competition, the same way it has always been. Then again, 3DS was $250 at launch...the same price as a Wii, and Wii U was $350 wasn't it? Yeah, price may have a bit to do with it bu not much.


i dont think it matters what the competition is selling at. I dont think people are willing to spend past a certain amount for Ninty systems. anything pass 300 seems to be a no go for home consoles. same with portables pass 200


I think it depends on the hardware proposition. 

If Nintendo fans were strictly all about price, then the lower price Wii U basic should've outsold the more expensive one. The more expensive $199.99 3DS XL also pretty always outsold the 2DS and the $169.99 regular 3DS. 

The truth is too, $99 for a handheld, $199.99 for a console was never going to be feasible forever. Just like you can't go into a supermarket and expect to pay prices from 1989 for food (a Big Mac cost $2 in 1989, today it's $4+) you can't expect to get much of anything electronics wise for that cost these days. 

$99.99 for the Game Boy in 1989/1990 adjusted for inflation today is $191 just about ... so just a little shy of the 3DS XL and more than the standard 3DS. 

People were willing to pay hand over fist for the Wii at $250, the extra $50 on the Wii U is not the issue. Demand is the issue, not the price.