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"Rob" <robertnospamaccomando@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>> $129 Nintendo DS sounds good to me - time to pick one up
> wow! a whole $20! I've gotta get me ANOTHER one!
That's a start, but I said it before the DS launch, and I'll say it again -
Nintendo needs to drop the price to $99 and market the hell out of it as an
affordable device that will let kids play against each other with a single
cartridge.
Imagine your typical family of 2-3 kids. At $99, parents could afford to
buy each of them a system, and they could all play Mario Kart, Animal
Crossing, etc. together, anywhere they go. That's one hell of a selling
point!
The DS has turned out to be an excellent system for puzzle games and games
with relatively simple but addictive gameplay, so I think a low price would
really play to those strengths. Not many people are going to buy a DS to
play the next epic 3D adventure, or a FPS with N64 graphics, but they will
buy it just to play Meteos, Nintendogs, and stuff like that - if the price
is right.
Of course, it could be that a $99 price is simply prohibitive given the
technology that is in the DS, but knowing Nintendo, somehow I doubt it.
(Keep in mind that I'm talking about the US market here.)
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