See now, this is a logical argument that I can understand. The one thought I had on the cost was from Nintendo’s standpoint, actually. Will Nintendo actually be able to sell enough of these units to make it in the green?
Because consumers don’t need the new 3ds. It’s a nice upgrade, and it’s a good thing. But they don’t need to get it, because 95% of all the games for it will work on the normal 3ds anyway. Maybe they’ll do some sort of trade in thing, trade in your ds and get some amount off the new one, in order to increase sales. But I do wonder what Nintendo’s tact is.
That actually is a pretty good point.
I think they probably will do that trade in thing. If I recall correctly they had that back when the DSI came out though I don’t remember that clearly.
Though whats also possible that among those games that will only be on New3DS is likely some sort of “KillerApp” that they believe can convince people to drop their 3DS for a New 3DS. Though i have no idea what that would be. Its to early for another pokemon gen (I think) and ORAS, and Smash are already coming out on the 3DS. Both of those would probably be the most compelling as far as people buying new consoles. I don’t think Mario, Link or any of Nintendo’s other IPs could really pull it off except maybe a new Mario Kart specifically.