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FloatingWaffles on 17 January 2018
Jranation said:
FloatingWaffles said:
Oh wow, that's a really creative and cool concept. I was not expecting that at all, though to be fair nobody really had any idea what to expect.

What i'm more curious about is how Kimishima thinks this will help Switch sell the 20 million units they want to sell in 2018, I guess it depends on how well they have executed the idea when it releases.

If they announce Animal Crossing and Pokemon this year, then it won't be too hard to reach

I agree with that, I think even if this new thing doesn't sell too well they'll probably still reach the 20m as long as they have the games to back it up. What I mean is didn't Kimishima say he felt this new way to play was going to be specifically one of the things to help Switch reach 20m this year though?

I can't really see how this new thing in specific will help with that too much, but again I guess it depends on how well the concept is executed when it launches and if it really takes off and becomes popular.



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Jranation on 17 January 2018
Errorist76 said:
Jranation said:
Nintendo not doing well with the price points...... they should have sold them individually for like $10 - 15. That was the problem with Mario RUN and 1 2 Switch.

If they only sold each level/world separately on Mario RUN, and each game on 1 2 Switch, I think it would have been more interesting.

The majority of the price is for (the cartridge ?! with) the game, not the cardboards.

Oh okay lol. I guess there are chances for Nintendo to sell just cardboards for a much cheaper price. 



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Teeqoz on 17 January 2018
MDMAlliance said:
Honestly people are not understanding where the price is coming from. The price is basically them charging $60 for the software and $10-20 for the cardboard/other accessories it comes with. With the way it seems to work, it looks like (and pretty much is confirmed) that doing things beyond what was shown in the trailer is possible. Price may still be a little steep, but it's not as crazy as you guys make it out to be.

The game(s) (honestly, is it one game with multiple cardboard models and modes, or is each separate?) better be a full fledged one with loads of content to support the price.



Brii on 17 January 2018

Funny how Nintendo announces two products explicitly directed at children randomly in January, separate from the normal game announcements, and suddenly people accuse them of going back to being a kiddy company. (just going by some comments in the earlier pages)

We still have Fire Emblem, Pokemon, Bayonetta 3, Metroid Prime 4, SMT 5, Dragon Quest 11, Dark Souls Remastered, Octopath, Travis Strikes Back, Valkyria Chronicles 4, Wolfenstien, and more coming for 'core' gamers.

The kids can have their toys without everything Nintendo did in 2017 being undone.



Jranation on 17 January 2018
FloatingWaffles said:
Jranation said:

If they announce Animal Crossing and Pokemon this year, then it won't be too hard to reach

I agree with that, I think even if this new thing doesn't sell too well they'll probably still reach the 20m as long as they have the games to back it up. What I mean is didn't Kimishima say he felt this new way to play was going to be specifically one of the things to help Switch reach 20m this year though?

I can't really see how this new thing in specific will help with that too much, but again I guess it depends on how well the concept is executed when it launches and if it really takes off and becomes popular.

Yeah who knows. It could be like how when I first played the Wii in the store I was amaze by how fun it is. This could be one of those where if it get shown live then it can attract a lot of people.  



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AlfredoTurkey on 17 January 2018
Kaneman! said:
I wonder for how many uses that cardboard lasts. Doesn't seem durable.

That's probably the entire point. Nothing better from a business point of view than a product that needs to be repurchased constantly. Just ask Duracell lol.



Errorist76 on 17 January 2018
Jranation said:
Errorist76 said:

The majority of the price is for (the cartridge ?! with) the game, not the cardboards.

Oh okay lol. I guess there are chances for Nintendo to sell just cardboards for a much cheaper price. 

I’m pretty sure they will...doesn’t seem too durable. I’m really curious what kind of MODS might happen though!



sundin13 on 17 January 2018

I did hear that Nintendo will be releasing cheap replacement sheets, but I'm not sure from where.

leedlelee said:
While the price point may not appeal to a lot of families, STEM clubs and after school programs will eat this shit up...
And Nintendo is very aware of this...
Speaking from experience, this is the kind of thing an after school program gets with a $500 grant...

Yeah, I'm interested in it just for the engineering and programming ideas alone. Building this stuff seems like a lot of fun.



Jranation on 17 January 2018
Brii said:
Funny how Nintendo announces two products explicitly directed at children randomly in January, separate from the normal game announcements, and suddenly people accuse them of going back to being a kiddy company.

We still have Fire Emblem, Pokemon, Bayonetta 3, Metroid Prime 4, SMT 5, Dragon Quest 11, Dark Souls Remastered, Octopath, Travis Strikes Back, Valkyria Chronicles 4, Wolfenstien, and more coming for 'core' gamers.

The kids can have their toys without everything Nintendo did in 2017 being undone.

 

I felt like thats why they did a mini direct before it, but for some reason people forgot about it....... lol. Well we have to wait until february for the big direct to wait for these people to calm down



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DarthMetalliCube on 17 January 2018

Wait.. so you actually use cardboard? I mean I know this is meant for children, but it still looks very cheap and offputting.



 

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