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Nintendo got some boom after 3DS price cut

The decision taken by Nintendo to cut price last month became a popular discussion. The tough decision taken by Nintendo has started showing its result as the Nintendo got some boom in its shares, finally companies bold moves are showing their effect.

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disturbing_flame4672d ago

They have been forced to do this move, it's their new console after all, and without that move it wasn't selling as expected.

DarkCharizard_4672d ago (Edited 4672d ago )

So your point is..??

disturbing_flame4672d ago

I've just said it, they have been forced to do it.

Now the console is selling well.

If this didn't happened the console would not sell as expected.

There's not any positive or negative feedback in my post, it's just neutral.

Is there something that people couldn't understand in this post ?

insomnium24672d ago

Nah it's just darkcharizard. he's a bit on the sensitive side when it comes to Nintendo.

darthv724672d ago

It should come as no surprise they were trying to sell to the popularity of the name. The DS has surpassed even the numbers of the PS2 to become the biggest selling piece of gaming hardware worldwide.

Nintendo made a great unit and with that they obviously want to command the $$ they feel they can get for it. We dont know for sure if this was the intentional price but we know that it certainly sells better. So much that it is now starting to outsell the DSL/DSi.

It is a better deal and consumers are seeing that. Why pay $129 for a DSL when for $40 more you get full DS support and 3D and online etc. In actuality...it was selling as expected. They said they would sell 4 mil units and coming up shy by 400k is nothing to be ashamed of.

If they said they would sell 4 mil and only sold 1 mil....yeah that would be an example of not selling as expected.

gw4k4672d ago

Nintendo got some 'Boom?' Go Nintendo!

Arthas4672d ago

I picked one up myself without ever having any intention on getting one. Can't wait for it to arrive!

Dwalls11714672d ago

Thats good ...but the bad is the giant loss nintendo will take . .making a 80 price cut in under 4 months

PCE4672d ago

Nintendo will make more money in the end than they would if they retain the 250 sticker price. You got to consider the fact the console costs $103 to manufacture. The more gamers buying the console the more games sold. It's a win/win situation for everyone, Nintendo included.

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Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

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Profchaos18d ago

Great news it shows that Nintendo intends to continue developing ports of AAA games to its next gen platform

H917d ago

Buying studios from embracer now is a great deal, they must be dirt cheap at this point, Nintendo is a opportunist, they wait until someone fall so they get their best deal

OtterX17d ago

That is some serious brain gymnastics you have going on there. 🤔

H917d ago

I didn't do any gymnastics I can assure you, honestly I don't know why you think that, not hating I seriously don't see why you think that

ZeekQuattro17d ago

Yeah I don't know where that came from. It's rare for Nintendo to flat out aquire studios. Guess they were trying to be edgy but why flex on this studio. 🤣

Kneetos16d ago

At least they are safer from layoffs with Nintendo then any other company

banger8817d ago

I hope someone buys Piranha Bytes, their future isn't looking good right now. I love their RPGs, they're janky as f***, but they have heart and soul.

Relientk7717d ago

Nintendo saw the Mortal Kombat 1 Switch port and were like, "Yeah, these guys are worth acquiring."

You can't make this crap up lol

Profchaos17d ago

Mortal Kombat 1 was never going to port well I'm sure they told wb it wasn't going to work but wb wants that sweet sweet 140 million install base

In the end wb approved the project cleared the milestones and allowed the product to release

SonOfOsiris17d ago

Yeah this guys ported MK11 which is great, Hogwarts Legacy which is great, and MK1 is now ok, play it every day

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Game Developers Have Begun Confirming Nintendo Switch 2 Support

Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.

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How Many More Victims, Like Garry's Mod, Will Nintendo's Hurtful Crusade Create?

Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."

RiseNShine34d ago (Edited 34d ago )

The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.

gold_drake34d ago (Edited 34d ago )

i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.

nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.

people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly

mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.

zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.

nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.

its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.

but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.

Inverno34d ago

Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.