brucewaynegretzky
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tengiants said:
I personally wasn't expecting to hit platinum this year. Now I think I will. Thanks Nintendo!
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Official "Free" NES/GBA games for 3DS thread of Nintendo's guilt
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I personally wasn't expecting to hit platinum this year. Now I think I will. Thanks Nintendo!
Haint
Member
Truth101 said:
The issue is that it's 4 months, and damn near $100. No one could have realistically foresaw something like this. I think most people were half expecting $199 this Fall/Holiday, and I doubt that would have miffed too many people. Some free throw away eShop content would have been fine in that situation. The problem here is the ridiculously short time frame and significance of the drop. A $90 voucher for any first party 2011 title, or a couple free 3DS games would have been a much better course to take.
Reallink said:
What does it matter if the price dropped today or 6 months from now. It wouldn't change the fact that you purchased it at a higher price, it wouldn't mean you are out any more money. It means absolutely nothing at all.
People are miffed that they decided to buy the system at $250 and then it had a drastic price-drop. So, it's easy to put the blame on Nintendo to make yourselves feel better.
BentMyWookiee
Member
Oh wow, just saw this thread and getting these free games is great news for us early adopters. However, I do have a question. Is this confirmed for US 3DS owners as well? I saw mention from Japan and the UK about this, but didn't notice a US statement yet.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
BentMyWookiee said:
yes. confirmed for us.
StealthGoblin
Banned
Well, this is certainly more than I was expecting. I was expecting nothing.
That said, there still isn't enough there for me to buy a 3DS, even at the reduced price. Hopefully there will be soon.
That said, there still isn't enough there for me to buy a 3DS, even at the reduced price. Hopefully there will be soon.
flyinpiranha
Member
Truth101 said:
So would you buy a 3DS at $169 if you knew it was dropping to $89 on December 12th?
Ulairi said:
But I wasn't expecting it this fast! What is so hard to understand about that?
$199-229 during the holidays is fine, I haven't even gotten the box put away yet on my desk and it's down $80 ...
The games are a nice touch ... but I personally would have waited if I knew it would drop by that much, that fast.
It's my fault, I'm not blaming Nintendo ... if anything Nintendo just proved to me that I don't have to buy the Wii U anytime soon after launch. In fact they just lost a purchase for the most part.
BentMyWookiee
Member
Awesome, thanks!Stumpokapow said:
JetBlackPanda
Member
Shiggy said:
welcome to Nintendo since the Snes
I don't really get the outrage.
Short of getting your hands on a new toy, there are almost no benefits to being an early adopter for any technology. It's a risk of buying something on Day1. The system isn't doing as well as nintendo would like and as a result, they are taking measure by dropping the price. Look at the bright side, you still get some free games out of it. Also if the price drop works, more people will buy the system which means more games which is a win for all.
Moral of the story, be an early adopter at your own risk.
Short of getting your hands on a new toy, there are almost no benefits to being an early adopter for any technology. It's a risk of buying something on Day1. The system isn't doing as well as nintendo would like and as a result, they are taking measure by dropping the price. Look at the bright side, you still get some free games out of it. Also if the price drop works, more people will buy the system which means more games which is a win for all.
Moral of the story, be an early adopter at your own risk.
Eh... the free stuff is great! I'd still have purchased anyway. I've really enjoyed the system since launch and played it at least as much as everything else I own if not way more.
Once you have it, it's a sunk cost. Enjoy it or don't buy it in the first place I guess?
All the freebies are an awesome thing for Nintendo to do. So thanks!
Once you have it, it's a sunk cost. Enjoy it or don't buy it in the first place I guess?
All the freebies are an awesome thing for Nintendo to do. So thanks!
flyinpiranha
Member
Truth101 said:
My point is I would have waited. You're right, nobody knew it was happening, but now I'm never (and I mean NEVER) buying a Nintendo product day 1.
And to be honest the games lineup, all the shit that didn't happen these past 4 months with the system has made me jaded, this was just more salt.
It's my fault, nobody here is saying it isn't. The games are nice, thanks. But they pretty much lost any faith I had in them with this. I'll take my free games and give it to the 6 year old while I buy a Vita.
JetBlackPanda
Member
flyinpiranha said:
that makes sense, because obviously no games will ever come out that you want to play on the 3DS.
flyinpiranha
Member
JetBlackPanda said:
Looking at future releases you're probably right. Either way it's win/win because I'll still have both unless the 3DS goes the way of the PSP with 3rd party support.
Hopefully this price cut avoids that.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
garth2000 said:
and best buy and wal-mart.
but wal-mart has a 30 day price protection guaranteed and best buy/future shop are only 14 i think. try calling around to see.
I dont see why anyone would be getting riled up over a price drop this early. Obviously, when the 3DS was purchased, you deemed it to have enough value to purchase at that time. If you wanted a sweeter deal, you would have waited because we all know the machine would receive a price drop sooner or later.
Getting upset at this means you must have made an impulse buy without doing any research and, if you did that, then the problem is entirely your own.
I bought the thing at launch and have played enough games on it to make it worth my while. I havent even really noticed a drought until recently, and now Im just waiting for Bit Trip Saga, which isnt exactly far away.
Getting upset at this means you must have made an impulse buy without doing any research and, if you did that, then the problem is entirely your own.
I bought the thing at launch and have played enough games on it to make it worth my while. I havent even really noticed a drought until recently, and now Im just waiting for Bit Trip Saga, which isnt exactly far away.
flyinpiranha said:
This doesn't make any sense. You bought the product because you wanted to play games that are on or will be on the platform. You are getting 20 free games. But now, you don't want to play any games on the product? And to correct things, you're going to do the SAME THING that you did with the 3DS with the PSP Vita which may end up with similar results. Please tell me you're not a voter.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Pretty much. If I didn't already own a 3DS, I'd probably pick one up before the pricedrop to get the 20 VC games.Izayoi said:
Zoramon089
Banned
flyinpiranha said:
All products go through price drops! Stop this ridiculous drama over realizing this very apparent and obvious trend that's been the case in with all consumer products since forever
BB is 30 days also. 14 days is only for certain products.Stumpokapow said:
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/help/what-is-your-lowest-price-guarantee/hc1001.aspx
Considering NES games are $5 on Wii and GBA games will most definitely be more than that, it's most likely cheaper to buy a 3DS now than to buy all of the games later.MagniHarvald said:
I bought mine a month ago even though I kept telling myself $250 was too much for a handheld. It was kind of a moment of weakness. I'd be mad if there were no free games with this price drop, but I would be mad at myself for not waiting like I told myself I would (which, in fact, I was for the moments between reading about the price drop and reading about the freebies), not Nintendo.teeny said:
GeekyDad
Member
To be perfectly honest, all of the GBA games they've listed so far are VC I probably would have purchased anyway, and I'm guessing GBA games are generally going to be priced somewhere around $8-10. It's not a defense for Nintendo or anything, but it looks like things will even out. Shit, they don't HAVE to offer us anything. They're under no obligation whatsoever, and I'm glad they have the enlightened self interest to offer this kind of PR repair. I'm sure a price cut this big, this early definitely wasn't part of their initial plan. Shit happens.
At $170, I'd buy the system with two retail games. Twenty VC games instead is fine for me personally. It's actually preferable. I have a short attention span for games unless it's something like DQIX that just grabs me for weeks on end. So, having 20 games to go back and forth to right on my system menu will kind of be a treat.
It's still a bit of a shock, but eh...
At $170, I'd buy the system with two retail games. Twenty VC games instead is fine for me personally. It's actually preferable. I have a short attention span for games unless it's something like DQIX that just grabs me for weeks on end. So, having 20 games to go back and forth to right on my system menu will kind of be a treat.
It's still a bit of a shock, but eh...
I am an early adopter of the 3DS but even I have to say this whole idea is complete bullcrap. My main issue with it is the fact that right now the GBA games will not be available to the general public AT ALL. They are trying to increase sales but how can they when they release great games for early buyers only?
AbsoluteZero
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lupinko said:
That's pretty much it.