Nintendo wil sell at a loss following 3DS price drop.

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#1 i3DS
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LINK.

When was the last time N sold hardware at a loss?

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#2 GD1551
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Well the nintendo fans were saying they make a profit on every console sold so I believe them :roll:

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#3 Mario1331
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holy crap that 170 was really steep tooo

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#4 Morrdecai
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Ouch, Nintendo really have become desperate haven't they? :(
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#5 TailBlood
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It has begun!

Can we all agree it has begun?

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#6 RR360DD
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Ouch, Nintendo really have become desperate haven't they? :(Morrdecai
Having to steeply slash the price and the Vita hasnt even launched yet :lol:
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#7 Heil68
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A chink in the armor of the mighty Nintendo? :o
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#8 deactivated-58085ca3415e8
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Interesting. I thought they were still selling for a profit :shock:

Things just got a lot more interesting.

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#9 lbjkurono23
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so hows is ninty over charging now?... yeah thought so.
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#10 SakusEnvoy
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LINK.

When was the last time N sold hardware at a loss?

i3DS

Hmm, I'm surprised by this. Maybe iSuppli's estimates were off after all.

The last time they sold at a loss was with the Gamecube. [link]

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#11 lbjkurono23
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It has begun!

Can we all agree it has begun?

TailBlood

If you mean the death of handheld systems to smartphone and tablets then yeah... it has begun ),=

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#12 Morrdecai
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[QUOTE="Morrdecai"]Ouch, Nintendo really have become desperate haven't they? :(RR360DD
Having to steeply slash the price and the Vita hasnt even launched yet :lol:

True. I wonder how the Vita will sell now after this announcement.,
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#13 TailBlood
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[QUOTE="Morrdecai"]Ouch, Nintendo really have become desperate haven't they? :(RR360DD
Having to steeply slash the price and the Vita hasnt even launched yet :lol:

Ninty aren't that stupid. An SD, weak n64 hardware, gimicky 3d, casual game sytem vs. touchscreen, ps3, amazing games... for the same price?

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#14 peterw007
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I KNEW it.

That whole argument "Nintendo never sells at a loss" was never relevant.

Nintendo will do whatever it takes to remain competitive...just like any other major company.

Complacency leads to death in a market.

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#15 Morrdecai
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[QUOTE="RR360DD"][QUOTE="Morrdecai"]Ouch, Nintendo really have become desperate haven't they? :(TailBlood

Having to steeply slash the price and the Vita hasnt even launched yet :lol:

Ninty aren't that stupid. An SD, weak n64 hardware, gimicky 3d, casual game sytem vs. touchscreen, ps3, amazing games... for the same price?

Have you ever played a 3DS may I ask?
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[QUOTE="RR360DD"][QUOTE="Morrdecai"]Ouch, Nintendo really have become desperate haven't they? :(TailBlood

Having to steeply slash the price and the Vita hasnt even launched yet :lol:

Ninty aren't that stupid. An SD, weak n64 hardware, gimicky 3d, casual game sytem vs. touchscreen, ps3, amazing games... for the same price?

Weak N64 hardware...?

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#17 TailBlood
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[QUOTE="TailBlood"]

[QUOTE="RR360DD"] Having to steeply slash the price and the Vita hasnt even launched yet :lol:Morrdecai

Ninty aren't that stupid. An SD, weak n64 hardware, gimicky 3d, casual game sytem vs. touchscreen, ps3, amazing games... for the same price?

Have you ever played a 3DS may I ask?

Yup. Played it for 10 minutes at gamestop, then for 30 minutes in my neighbors house. The first time I almost went blind. The second time I didn't go blind, but fell to sleep.

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Wow they are really scrambling
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#19 SaltyMeatballs
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I would be surprised. What happened to the report that it costs like $100 to make?
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I would be surprised. What happened to the report that it costs like $100 to make?SaltyMeatballs
Was the report from n4g? if so then theres is your answer :P
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#21 deactivated-58085ca3415e8
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I would be surprised. What happened to the report that it costs like $100 to make?SaltyMeatballs

Perhaps its only for the Japanese market maybe. I seem to remember a report saying 3DS cost £80 or something to make here.

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#22 bbkkristian
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I looked through the article, can someone point out where it said Nintendo was selling the 3DS at a loss?
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[QUOTE="TailBlood"]

[QUOTE="RR360DD"] Having to steeply slash the price and the Vita hasnt even launched yet :lol:SakusEnvoy

Ninty aren't that stupid. An SD, weak n64 hardware, gimicky 3d, casual game sytem vs. touchscreen, ps3, amazing games... for the same price?

Weak N64 hardware...?

The 3DS isn't weak it is GCN hardware.

The DS was the N64 equivalent.

Also for the time the N64 wasn't weak at all it was the most powerful system on the market when it launched.

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#24 i3DS
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I would be surprised. What happened to the report that it costs like $100 to make?SaltyMeatballs
You're ignoring years of R&D, marketing, etc.
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#25 deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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LINK.

When was the last time N sold hardware at a loss?

i3DS
Never.
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[QUOTE="SakusEnvoy"]

[QUOTE="TailBlood"]Ninty aren't that stupid. An SD, weak n64 hardware, gimicky 3d, casual game sytem vs. touchscreen, ps3, amazing games... for the same price?

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Weak N64 hardware...?

The 3DS isn't weak it is GCN hardware.

The DS was the N64 equivalent.

Also for the time the N64 wasn't weak at all it was the most powerful system on the market when it launched.

I would say it's better than Gamecube hardware, really. I doubt the GC's Flipper could do all the things PICA200 can do, including running the MT Framework. The Gamecube didn't have 128MB of RAM, 2GB of flash memory, accelerometers, gyroscopes, touchscreens and cameras either.

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#28 forgot_it
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I looked through the article, can someone point out where it said Nintendo was selling the 3DS at a loss?bbkkristian
It wasn't, but it will be.
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#29 lbjkurono23
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[QUOTE="i3DS"]

LINK.

When was the last time N sold hardware at a loss?

charizard1605

Never.

Really? O= I guess the take over is happening sooner than I had imagined. ):

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#30 SakusEnvoy
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[QUOTE="i3DS"]

LINK.

When was the last time N sold hardware at a loss?

charizard1605

Never.

What about this article, though, from 2004? [link]

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[QUOTE="SaltyMeatballs"]I would be surprised. What happened to the report that it costs like $100 to make?i3DS
You're ignoring years of R&D, marketing, etc.

I have to admit you sig is pretty awesome and the old markings of the sony sig makes it even better :P

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#32 TailBlood
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Can someone quote my original post and say "Apprently you haven't seen resident evil revelations videos :roll:"

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#33 B-boy
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the ds and the wii are most overhype video system ever
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#34 Chris_Williams
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[QUOTE="bbkkristian"]I looked through the article, can someone point out where it said Nintendo was selling the 3DS at a loss?forgot_it
It wasn't, but it will be.

when the price cut goes into full effect they will be selling at a loss, right now their not as the 3ds is stil 250 at retailers but when they all change that sign they will be.
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[QUOTE="bbkkristian"]I looked through the article, can someone point out where it said Nintendo was selling the 3DS at a loss?forgot_it
It wasn't, but it will be.

How will it sell at a loss in the future?

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#36 lbjkurono23
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[QUOTE="forgot_it"][QUOTE="bbkkristian"]I looked through the article, can someone point out where it said Nintendo was selling the 3DS at a loss?bbkkristian
It wasn't, but it will be.

How will it in the future?

Once the price cut goes in effect they will start losing.
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[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="i3DS"]

LINK.

When was the last time N sold hardware at a loss?

SakusEnvoy

Never.

What about this article, though, from 2004? [link]

The Gamecube was sold at a loss? I never knew that...
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#38 deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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the ds and the wii are most overhype video system everB-boy
Huh?
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[QUOTE="RR360DD"][QUOTE="Morrdecai"]Ouch, Nintendo really have become desperate haven't they? :(TailBlood

Having to steeply slash the price and the Vita hasnt even launched yet :lol:

Ninty aren't that stupid. An SD, weak n64 hardware, gimicky 3d, casual game sytem vs. touchscreen, ps3, amazing games... for the same price?

Somebody is clearly a Sony Fanboy. The PSV will have its weakness too, it looks amazing but it will have flaws too.

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#40 Nozizaki
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so hows is ninty over charging now?... yeah thought so. lbjkurono23

People see a report that say that raw materials cost $100+ and they instantly assume that "OMQ Nintendo is douches. Maeking $150 each! Vita distroy dis biotch."

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#41 Nozizaki
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[QUOTE="RR360DD"][QUOTE="Morrdecai"]Ouch, Nintendo really have become desperate haven't they? :(TailBlood

Having to steeply slash the price and the Vita hasnt even launched yet :lol:

Ninty aren't that stupid. An SD, weak n64 hardware, gimicky 3d, casual game sytem vs. touchscreen, ps3, amazing games... for the same price?

Except the fact that it is more powerful than the Wii.http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/nintendo-3ds-more-powerful-than-wii-says-developer/

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#42 bobcheeseball
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Hmm...very intriguing. This is not going quite as well as Nintendo had hoped.
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#43 Kaze_no_Mirai
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I love the fact that they are still rewarding the early adopters with the free games.