Nintendo responds to why regular "New" 3DS is skipping North America

Iwata is in charge now why is everyone blaming Reggie for every dumb thing Nintendo does?

I have a hard time believing they will release the XL and then release a smaller version later. Seems like a weird choice but is it possible this is something that stems from US retailers? Maybe they told Nintendo they don't want so many SKUs this time around?
 
RadioJoNES64 said:
I can understand that the smaller models tend to sell a lot less in comparison to the big XL models, but they should of really provided some option of getting the smaller version. If they were really concerned about low retail sales, they could have produced a small number of the normal N3DS and sold it through the Nintendo online shop.
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Ding ding ding, winner. And I'll be surprised if that doesn't happen soon.
 
Okay, I might be a Nintendo hardcore fanboy but this shit is FUCKING RIDICULOUS. We never get anything, yet we are supposedly your biggest market?

Nintendo, FUCK YOU.!!!
:( I guess still thanks for releasing games here...
 
L95 said:
Ugh. It's very shallow of me, but faceplates were the big draw for me. I'll just hold off for the next console.
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Whatever reason is fine. Some people want faceplates, colored buttons, smaller form factor etc. it's whatever you like. The fact that we can't even buy one here even tho it's available for other regions is frustrating and disappointing.
 
Green Wiggly said:
Thanks Reggie.
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You do realize that Iwata is the CEO of Nintendo of America, right? Reggie is basically just a powerless figurehead. He's here to shout memes at fans and maintain positive PR.

Aquamarine said:
When we look at Mr. Kimishima's history, we can see where his priorities lie:

1) Worked for 27 years at a bank in management positions
2) Worked as Pokemon Co.'s CFO

It's clear that finance and business administration are his strong suits. Presumably, Kimishima was great at running the day-to-day operations of Nintendo of America.

By taking more of a back-seat / COO role in the company, it avoided any potential clash with Iwata, and it allowed the subsidiary to maximize efficiency in logistics / localization / sales. In terms of running things Iwata-style, Kimishima being a passive CEO out of the spotlight allowed Iwata absolute control.

See this photo?

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From left to right:

1) Joel Hochberg, president of Rare Ltd.
2) Chris Stamper, co-founder of Rare Ltd. and project lead on many classic Rare games
3) Frank Ballouz, NOA executive
4) Howard Lincoln, senior vice president (eventually chairman) of Nintendo of America
5) Minoru Arakawa, founder and president of Nintendo of America

This is a photo taken at the legal signing of a contract made between Nintendo of America and Rare Ltd. in 1986 where Rare Ltd. would produce games for Nintendo arcade systems.

Where's Hiroshi Yamauchi? He was back in Kyoto, uninvolved in this deal. That's right---Nintendo of America signed a game development contract with Rare Ltd. without the oversight of the Kyoto office.

Can you imagine the modern Nintendo of America going to Warner Bros. to commission an exclusive Batman game for the Wii U? Or what about even for a simple GTA V port?

It's unthinkable to imagine today's Nintendo of America making game-development-related business deals without Iwata / NCL involved---Iwata becoming NOA's President / Chairman solidifies that. Iwata has buried himself within every facet of Nintendo that getting rid of him would be harder than you might expect.
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There've been several reasonable responses to this pointing out things like limited shelf space, the 2DS as the budget version of the system, the quiet discontinuation of the standard 3DS since the 3DS XL's release, all potential factors in NoA's decision.

Not to mention the fact that the decision makers have the sales data and no one here does. So they know, or at least think they know, which version will sell the best and are putting all their effort behind that version, instead of paying probably double the production cost to produce two different versions.

You don't like it, that doesn't mean it's stupid.

Heck, I don't even like it, that still doesn't mean it's stupid.
 
TheSlySoul said:
Ok, so we know NoA is completely responsible then.
People were quick to blame NoJ. NoA is ran by complete dummies.
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It might be a number of things.

Manufacturing issues, retail shelf space issues, they might have metrics to tell them that the only the 3DS XL is worth selling in North America as opposed to other regions. Perhaps the 2DS is already selling well enough that they don't feel the need to bring over both the New 3DS and New 3DS XL.

I don't know, I don't work for Nintendo, nor am I defending them--but there's obviously a reason why they chose to do so. They didn't do this for shits and giggles.

They may even release the regular New 3DS before Christmas 2015.
 
My subjective opinion should be more of a factor than you objective numbers Nintendo.

Chindogg said:
Yeah this is bullshit. Stupid decision all around.

Just sell the damn thing as an Amazon exclusive or on the Nintendo page so inventory can be handled directly. If it's going to be niche, at least provide it for those who want it.
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I'm sure some day Amazon will sell Nintendo hardware again but it's not now. But yes, they need to expand their web retail presence.
 
bomblord1 said:
Market research says the demand for "smaller" 3DS's is tiny. (look at XL sales vs normal after it's release). So they don't release the smaller variant.
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I think it's that plus retail not wanting to stock 3 models of 3DS any more. 2DS and XL is a good set anyway. Hopefully they make a "New 2DS" at some point.

Plus no way retailers would go along with stocking 60 kinds of faceplates.
 
Nintendo makes different systems at different price points for a whole range of consumers, and New Nintendo 3DS XL simply expands those choices even further.
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NOA: Expanding choices by taking them away.
 
krizzx said:
I don't see the problem though. XL is better.
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Choice is nice, the XL is too big for some people, the display has a denser distribution of pixels on the smaller unit, and Nintendo of Japan made a big deal out of those customizable faceplates and sold a lot of people on the idea of them, which the XL can't use.
 
Scooter155 said:
There've been several reasonable responses to this pointing out things like limited shelf space, the 2DS as the budget version of the system, the quiet discontinuation of the standard 3DS since the 3DS XL's release, all potential factors in NoA's decision.

Not to mention the fact that the decision makers have the sales data and no one here does. So they know, or at least think they know, which version will sell the best and are putting all their effort behind that version, instead of paying probably double the production cost to produce two different versions.

You don't like it, that doesn't mean it's stupid.

Heck, I don't even like it, that still doesn't mean it's stupid.
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Whoa man, stop it with your clear mind.
 
seriously I just want face plates. if only the XL had them. pretty silly when thats always been the best selling model in the US and in japan.
 
I absolutely despise these canned non-answer statements. If they simply said they didn't think it would sell enough to justify mass release, fine. People may disagree, but its an honest answer. But answers like this are insulting. Either refuse to answer directly, or don't speak at all.
 
Ninja Scooter said:
Iwata is in charge now why is everyone blaming Reggie for every dumb thing Nintendo does?

I have a hard time believing they will release the XL and then release a smaller version later. Seems like a weird choice but is it possible this is something that stems from US retailers? Maybe they told Nintendo they don't want so many SKUs this time around?
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i figured they'd just swap in the new 3ds models for the old so there would still just three options with the 2ds. It's crazy they're going to sell the old 3ds in addition to the new one, which some games can't run on? Nintendo likes to confuse consumers though.
 
Or you could just... release the smaller model for people who don't want the big version!? Why is that a big deal!

NoA!
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This reminds me of the excuses as to why hot hatches barely ever came to USA. NoA really misreading the market here.
 
Haziq said:
It might be a number of things.

Manufacturing issues, retail shelf space issues, they might have metrics to tell them that the only the 3DS XL is worth selling in North America as opposed to other regions. Perhaps the 2DS is already selling well enough that they don't feel the need to bring over both the New 3DS and New 3DS XL.

I don't know, I don't work for Nintendo, nor am I defending them--but there's obviously a reason why they chose to do so. They didn't do this for shits and giggles.

They may even release the regular New 3DS before Christmas 2015.
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Shhhh now is not the time for logic and sound reasoning, only rage.
 
These threads, goddamn. Iwata is CEO of NoA. He took on the additional role to "support the company’s unified global strategy, allow streamlined decision making and enhance Nintendo's organizational agility in the current competitive environment."
 
Occam said:
PSA: Iwata became CEO of Nintendo of America last year.
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Would explain why Nintendo has been terrible with supply and demand for the last year.

SuperDowns said:
lol are they? What is the majority already prefers the XL model. Are they run by dummies now? Sorry everyone doesn't cater to you.
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I am pretty sure if Samsung stopped offering the Galaxy or Apple decided to just offer iPhone 6 Plus as the only size, people would be very upset.
 
its a tough sale... but why not offer it as a limited item on store.nintendo.com or something?

It won't do well in retail, but I'm sure there is enough of an audience that justify selling a certain amount of them.
 
Scooter155 said:
There've been several reasonable responses to this pointing out things like limited shelf space, the 2DS as the budget version of the system, the quiet discontinuation of the standard 3DS since the 3DS XL's release, all potential factors in NoA's decision.

Not to mention the fact that the decision makers have the sales data and no one here does. So they know, or at least think they know, which version will sell the best and are putting all their effort behind that version, instead of paying probably double the production cost to produce two different versions.

You don't like it, that doesn't mean it's stupid.

Heck, I don't even like it, that still doesn't mean it's stupid.
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Yup, said so as well but shhhhhh only rage.
 
ShinUltramanJ said:
NOA: Expanding choices by taking them away.
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These press releases and canned answers are probably written for the perspective that what goes on Japan doesn't exist. Your average consumer doesn't know that there are more models of 3DS' in Japan, probably doesn't care. From this point, they are expanding the choices because now there is one extra 3DS for NA consumers to choose from. The smaller N3DS never existed. Most people don't and never will know what they are missing.
 
On the bright side it makes my decision a lot easier.

Will GameStop accept a trade in with no AC adapter?
 
mdubs said:
Shhhh now is not the time for logic and sound reasoning, only rage.
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Oh right I forgot.

I also forgot to mention that a lot of smartphones have gone towards having bigger screens, so maybe Nintendo's mentality was thinking that that's what the bulk of the NA consumer wants.

I should probably stop saying these things though.
 
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