Nintendo statement on lack of adaptor in NA.

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King Cobra

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tsumineko said:
Can't see the problem here... That's a pretty reasonable explanation. The console would cost more if they included the adaptor as standard. Now you're saving money if you don't need the adaptor, or paying what it would have cost had they included the adaptor as standard if you buy the adaptor seperately.
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You actually buy that they are passing over the savings to the customer? Nintendo of all companies? They just saved themselves a bit a money per unit and are going to sell the adapter separately.
 
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TI82

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Dragoon En Regalia said:
Assuming that everyone buying a N3DSXL already has their adapter isn't playing fair to customers wanting to buy their first system. I certainly wouldn't buy the regular XL over the New. but leaving out the adapter is cheap. Maybe it's a minor expense to buy the necessary item, but an expense it is!
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I think it's them admitting their base of dedicated fans are the ones buying the systems now.
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Derpyduck said:
Or if they're going to refuse to ever ship power adapters anymore, change the damn port on the device to one that isn't proprietary. Cheap, lying shits.



Name me one phone that doesn't include a charging cable that uses a proprietary cable to charge the device with.
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Seriously. Even the Vita uses the standard microUSB now.
 
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Chris1

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Been like this in the UK for the 3ds, I have no idea how they get away with it. I actually went with a 2ds because i didn't want to fork another tenner out for a charger when the 2DS came with one, well £70 cheaper and including a game helped too.
 
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PixyJunket

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The chargers are less than $10 on Amazon, $5 if you can deal with third-party.

If the direction going forward is to keep using the same type of adapter, I don't see a huge deal with this.

It's a mild annoyance at best.
 
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Nachos

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Hopefully this doesn't become a precedent for the new portable system, when this excuse won't work anymore.
 
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Hikami

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theusedversion

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Haha. A bunch of BS. In an alternate world where Nintendo did include the cable, I would bet all of my money that the price would be exactly the same. Pushing that on the consumer like they are doing them a favor is such shit. They're doing themselves a favor.
 
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tsumineko

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jackdoe said:
Yeah... I'm pretty much 100% sure that it would have still been $200 even if they included the AC adapter. They're not actually passing savings on to the consumer.
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Prove it? Nintendo have said that's what they are doing, I don't know why i shouldn't believe them...
 
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kcp12304

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There probably is going to be a lot of angry parents wondering why their kid is crying when their brand new 3DS died.
 
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RoboPlato

I'd be in the dick
But...I don't have a 3DS or DSi

Was going to get a new non-XL 3DS when it came to the US but Nintendo couldn't even get that right.
 
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LQX

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According to Nintendo, it was a measure designed to save costs for consumers who may already own a 3DS or DSi system.
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Disgusting but course some will defend it like they do every other bone-headed stupid shit Nintendo does.
 
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Vitacat

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Ah, so that's why my New 3ds XL was only $189 instead of $199.

/sarcasm

Nintendo, please understand: you're full of it.
 
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Gonzo The Great

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TI82 said:
I think it's them admitting their base of dedicated fans are the ones buying the systems now.
jk
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I'm not sure why you added the j/k to the end of your post, since this is the most likely reason. Like I said in another thread, it feels like they're trying to exploit their existing fans while they still can rather than bring new consumers into the 3DS ecosystem. After all, the claim that "almost everyone buying the new 3DS will already have one" implies exactly that. And that's not what a good business does. A good business sees potential for growth.
 
LordOfChaos

LordOfChaos

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iMax said:
It's been like this forever in the EU. Pretty common for phones too.
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Most phones use the same adaptor now though, at least. With the 3DS it's a proprietary one, and plus once you get a new 3DS you may want to sell your old 3DS, but then you're left without an adaptor anyways.

Either way, not a huge deal at a whopping 9 bucks, but a small annoyance.
 
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Xerotwo

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Those chargers should not cost a lot, so I don't see why it would be too costly to add it in.

The old 3ds XL had the charger and the price for the whole thing is the same for the New XL.


I still find it bullshit regardless.
 
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flatearthpandas

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FlashbladeGAF said:
And watch, Gamestop will want your charger (if you want the full credit) when trading in your old 3DS
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Well, yeah. I was wondering about this earlier, but regular 3DS' and XL's do come with a charger so it would be expected for you to trade in a charger with the system.

The real question is how much will they knock off of the trade-in value if you don't have one versus how much to buy an extra off Amazon?
I bought a spare off Amazon today in preparation of my n3DS purchase next month, but if they will knock less than $8 off my trade-in I'm going to keep that sucker.
 
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Olli128

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Ridiculous, the manufacturing cost of these adapters must be under $2 considering the micro USB is like 20 cents nowadays. They should eat the cost considering the margins they make on the crappy hardware and plastic they use.
 
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tsumineko

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King Cobra said:
You actually buy that they are passing over the savings to the customer? Nintendo of all companies? They just saved themselves a bit a money per unit and are going to sell the adapter separately.
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The adaptor is cheap as, at least here in Japan. 900yen for an official adaptor. They aren't drilling you for extra cash on these adaptors...
I don't see why I shouldn't believe it...
 
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metalslimer

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How much do you guys think these adapters actually cost to make? Nintendo could have easily thrown it in. Do you think Nintendo is actually losing money at 199? It's a bullshit excuse they would have charged more than 199 in this current market. It would be product suicide. Of course Nintendo will save a couple of dollars and then bank the profits from how much they charge for the thing in stores. You can say that they are making the logical business decision, but don't pretend like this was some necessary step to protect customers because that is complete bullshit
 
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skLaFarebear

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flatearthpandas said:
Well, yeah. I was wondering about this earlier, but regular 3DS' and XL's do come with a charger so it would be expected for you to trade in a charger with the system.

The real question is how much will they knock off of the trade-in value if you don't have one versus how much to buy an extra off Amazon?
I bought a spare off Amazon today in preparation of my n3DS purchase next month, but if they will knock less than $8 off my trade-in I'm going to keep that sucker.
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I really doubt its gonna be less than 8 lol. I imagine somewhere around 50 and 70 for the 3DS and 3DS XL respectively, which is very much worth it.
 
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TI82

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Gonzo The Great said:
I'm not sure why you added the j/k to the end of your post, since this is the most likely reason. Like I said in another thread, it feels like they're trying to exploit their existing fans while they still can rather than bring new consumers into the 3DS ecosystem. After all, the claim that "almost everyone buying the new 3DS will already have one" implies exactly that. And that's not what a good business does. A good business sees potential for growth.
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Because I really want to believe Nintendo isn't trying to abuse their dedicated fans like this. But you're probably right. Sad to see them reduced to such shit tactics like not including a charger., or taking steps to make it use the nearly universal micro USB like their competitors.

TheSlySoul said:
Yeah, I am not buying Nintendo's next console/handheld. I will play Mario and Zelda games when they become like Sega.
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Yep. Hope its soon too.
 
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Chris1

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metalslimer said:
How much do you guys think these adapters actually cost to make? Nintendo could have easily thrown it in. Do you think Nintendo is actually losing money at 199?
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If cost was a huge problem they could have made it charge by USB and include a usb cable, I can't imagine USB cables costing a lot to make considering you can buy them for like $1.

Even if they left the USB out I don't think it would have been a problem since you get USB cables with literally everything now.
 
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Pro from Dover

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tsumineko said:
Can't see the problem here... That's a pretty reasonable explanation. The console would cost more if they included the adaptor as standard. Now you're saving money if you don't need the adaptor, or paying what it would have cost had they included the adaptor as standard if you buy the adaptor seperately.
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I understand this.
 
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