Iga_Bobovic said:

Dvader said:

Uhhh not sure how to feel about 3DS price drop. They had to do one but thats a big one and really soon. I feel ripped off. Can I get a rebate?

Why do you feel ripped off? You bought it for 250 because you thought it was worth that price, right? If not why did you buy it in the first place?

Early adopters get the best hardware and shit in exchange for the risk of getting shafted with something. A pricecut, lack of software, hardware failures. He shouldn't feel ripped off.

Unless...he wasn't totally convinced of the 3DS being a worthy purchase to begin with.

Iga_Bobovic said:

SteelAttack said:

Iga_Bobovic said:

Dvader said:

Uhhh not sure how to feel about 3DS price drop. They had to do one but thats a big one and really soon. I feel ripped off. Can I get a rebate?

Why do you feel ripped off? You bought it for 250 because you thought it was worth that price, right? If not why did you buy it in the first place?

Early adopters get the best hardware and shit in exchange for the risk of getting shafted with something. A pricecut, lack of software, hardware failures. He shouldn't feel ripped off.

Unless...he wasn't totally convinced of the 3DS being a worthy purchase to begin with.

But if you are not convinced why buy it in the first place?

Many reasons. His work asks him to be on the move constantly. He had disposable income and wanted something to keep him entertained. He was curious about the technology.

SteelAttack said:

Iga_Bobovic said:

SteelAttack said:

Iga_Bobovic said:

Dvader said:

Uhhh not sure how to feel about 3DS price drop. They had to do one but thats a big one and really soon. I feel ripped off. Can I get a rebate?

Why do you feel ripped off? You bought it for 250 because you thought it was worth that price, right? If not why did you buy it in the first place?

Early adopters get the best hardware and shit in exchange for the risk of getting shafted with something. A pricecut, lack of software, hardware failures. He shouldn't feel ripped off.

Unless...he wasn't totally convinced of the 3DS being a worthy purchase to begin with.

But if you are not convinced why buy it in the first place?

Many reasons. His work asks him to be on the move constantly. He had disposable income and wanted something to keep him entertained. He was curious about the technology.

We will see his answers soon, but so far I feel no sympathy. For 2 reasons:

1) I am a sociopath and incapable of empathy

2) This always happens, you pay the price for being an early adapter. Buying stuff because of promised releases or hype does not make any lick of sense. Buy consoles and handhelds for game you want to play right now, not games that are coming in teh future.

Iga_Bobovic said:

GG you have a wrong view what discussions are about. They are not about changing peoples viewpoints, if you go into discussion with that goal you will only get disappointed. People do not like to change their viewpoints, they are stubborn. No the point of discussion is to insult people in a sarcastic way, to make them feel bad. To ensure the first thing they think about when they wake up is your beautiful insults. To make people feel lesser about themselves, and therefore elevate your own ego to godhood. So spill it boy. Cry havoc and let slip the insults.

Dvader said:

Uhhh not sure how to feel about 3DS price drop. They had to do one but thats a big one and really soon. I feel ripped off. Can I get a rebate?

Did you feel ripped off for paying $250 for the Wii? $600 for the PS3?

I bought an Xbox 1 for $300 back in the day, then they cut the price to $200 a month later. Did I feel ripped off? Not really, because Halo was worth it. I HAVE felt ripped off buying a good amount of software this generation for $50 or $60 though.

As far as I can see, the only reason to buy a 3DS right now is a revamped version of an old N64 game. Not exactly what you want to be trying to sell new cutting edge hardware with, even if the game is awesome. Nintendo should have waited until better software was available. I hope they don't have this issue with the Wii 2, though since nothing besides Zelda and a few RPG's are remaining they should have had plenty of time to get software ready. And I'm thinking that's why the 3DS is lacking; they're focusing more on getting major games onto the Wii 2 since their console success is much more fickle than their handheld business, they probably feel they can afford to slack a bit in the handheld area.

If that's really the case, then it's almost an incentive to pick one up now.

Bloomberg Japan said:

Bloomberg Japan reports today that the new 3DS price point means Nintendo will incur a loss on every system sold. At a press conference in Osaka today, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata justified this by saying that such major moves were necessary in order to improve fiscal performance next year and beyond.  

Nintendo slashed the price of the 3DS earlier today worldwide. In Japan, the system was cut from its launch price of ¥25,000 to ¥15,000. Early adopters who paid the initial price will be given access to 20 free Famicom (NES) and Game Boy Advance Virtual Console games, some exclusively.

In addition to the price cut, Nintendo announced lowered earnings targets for the year. A SMBC senior analyst told Bloomberg that 40% of the lowered revision was due to the 3DS price cut. An analyst as Securities Japan expressed surprise at how quick the price cut came.

The Securities Japan analyst suggested that investors might rush to sell Nintendo stock, although he doesn't believe the stock will drop below 10,000 yen. Nintendo stock ended the day at 14,000 yen, up 0.1% from the day prior. On the 27th, one day before the price cut and earnings report announcements, the stock had temporarily dropped to 13,770 yen, its lowest point since December 2005.

During earnings periods, Nintendo usually holds a Tokyo press briefing the day after its Osaka press briefing. It's likely that will get more information there.