Nintendo's 3DS price cut came as a surprise for one very big reason, it seems way too early. Even Nintendo in Japan has faced up to that. But it appears to have done so in an open and honest manner.
"There have been times in the past when we, Nintendo, have marked down the trade prices for our video game machines a certain amount of time after launch to further accelerate adoption of the hardware, but never in Nintendo’s history have we dropped a system’s trade price so significantly less than 6 months after launch", it says in a release outlining its Ambassador Program.
It then becomes seriously well behaved, "We are aware this may cause you, the loyal fans who supported Nintendo 3DS from the beginning, to lose trust in us, and this is not our intention in any way.
"All of you who have kindly supported Nintendo 3DS from the beginning are Nintendo’s most important customers. Although we may not be able to completely prevent you from regretting purchasing Nintendo 3DS early, we would like to express our gratitude to our special customers like you by offering 20 free downloadable games from Nintendo eShop."
Full thing is here.
"There have been times in the past when we, Nintendo, have marked down the trade prices for our video game machines a certain amount of time after launch to further accelerate adoption of the hardware, but never in Nintendo’s history have we dropped a system’s trade price so significantly less than 6 months after launch", it says in a release outlining its Ambassador Program.
It then becomes seriously well behaved, "We are aware this may cause you, the loyal fans who supported Nintendo 3DS from the beginning, to lose trust in us, and this is not our intention in any way.
"All of you who have kindly supported Nintendo 3DS from the beginning are Nintendo’s most important customers. Although we may not be able to completely prevent you from regretting purchasing Nintendo 3DS early, we would like to express our gratitude to our special customers like you by offering 20 free downloadable games from Nintendo eShop."
Full thing is here.
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gingineer 28 Jul 2011 12:37
1/3
xbox did that on the original one. dropped the price by £100 and gave 2 free games and a controller away.
deleted 28 Jul 2011 14:56
2/3
OOO free games, no point crying over spilt milk, ill just take my government cheese please....
realvictory 29 Jul 2011 12:17
3/3
Maybe they should have released more flagship games at launch. In fact, I thought they would have considered that a factor themselves, before reducing the price.
Even Ocarina of Time isn't as major a release as a Zelda game could be, because it's a port.
Even Ocarina of Time isn't as major a release as a Zelda game could be, because it's a port.