Namco Bandai's VP says "keep the faith"

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#1 quickposter
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Namco's VP of marketing says dropping the price of 3DS could be a hinderance to the 3DS more than help. He states by keeping the price at a premium level it allows developers to bring premium products to market. He also thinks 3DS would go down in value if a price drop would happen.

Personally I think some of the games will force your hand but a small drop at Christmas couldn't hurt ;)

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/35128/E3_Namco_Bandai_Says_Keep_3DS_Faith.php

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#2 Pixel-Perfect
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I'll have faith in Namco as soon as I can play Tales of Graces. Not that that's even remotely relevant. :|

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#3 Gen007
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It dosent need a price drop. People keep demanding it because of vita but sony is taking a huge loss on each unit at that price. They only made it that low because they know its the only way they can possibly compete with the 3DS after the failure that was the psp. The thing is though that in the end that does end up affecting the quality of games that hit the system. If they arent making money off the system its hard to entice devs and pubs to make great games for it.

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#4 quickposter
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It dosent need a price drop. People keep demanding it because of vita but sony is taking a huge loss on each unit at that price. They only made it that low because they know its the only way they can possibly compete with the 3DS after the failure that was the psp. The thing is though that in the end that does end up affecting the quality of games that hit the system. If they arent making money off the system its hard to entice devs and pubs to make great games for it.Gen007

That is very true. Quite frankly I can't see the hype behind the Vita. It only has two games that interest me. I really wanted a PSP but was never motivated to get one. When I finally got one I could see why everyone hated it. It simply doesn't have enough on there to keep you interested in it. Literally all the games I want on it are announced for 3DS now. The reason I don't count Soul Calibur is cause it sucked on PSP.

Of course that doesn't mean its a bad system. I'm sure whoever is getting one will have fun. I guess I just don't see the appeal in it.

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#5 KBFloYd
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release good games namco.. thatpacman/galaga game is awful.

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#6 Gamingclone
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I dont really understand his point, but now thanks to the eshop being out and many great games coming, I think the 3DS is finally worth $250. But, it does not need a price drop really, just release Zelda (and it is coming in just a few days) and pokemon and Mario and maybe a new Ip here and there, and the system will sell like hot cakes.

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#7 fer-
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yeah, just get a broader selection of games on the 3DS and the system will sell, get the Zelda's, Mario's, Harvest Moon's, some good JRPGs, etc out and it will take off.