2013-08-28, 01:58 PM
SaptaZapta Wrote:I get the feeling this thing's purpose is like that infamous "New Coke" back in the 80's: to make people appreciate the existing product. Watch as 3DS sales rise, while the 2DS never takes off.
It never really worked like that before (the market for £1 softdrinkts and three figure electronics are understandably a bit different). A bad redesign (Hello gameboy micro/wii mini!) has never done anything to help sales.
I think it's because nintendo literally doesn't know what to do to try and get back the market that has gone to smartphone/tablets (After the wii u is falling all over itself), hence the ugly bad attempt at a tablet form factor while trying to keep the system able to run 3ds games (because nintendo can't afford to fail at making a dedicated tablet on top of the wii u)