Nintendo Explains Why The New 2DS XL Exists

If Nintendo was smart, which they are clearly not, they should have added compatibility for 3DS/2DS titles on the switch, discontinue the line entirely, and enabled cross platform development. But they are morons. And anyone here saying you should buy a switch over the 3DS or 2DS XL you are a grade a moron. 90% of the games coming out for switch in the next year are indie ports selling for double the price you can get the same damn game for on the 3/2DS today, yesterday, hell three years ago. Switch isn't going to be relevant until at least year three due to nintendo's ridiculous business decisions. They already know they screwed the pooch on the switch. For the record, NIntendo of America tried telling the idiots in Japan exactly the above 50 times to the sounds of deafening ignorant ego. Now they have three sporadic product lines and they already are losing 3rd party support on the switch as we speak.

no need for long winded explanation..just say its a bigger 2DS & cheaper. :P

Just the fact that they feel the need to tell you why it even exists should tell you something.

So Nintendo doesn't have the resources to continuing selling a massively in demand item like the nes mini, yet, it has the resources to put out ten twenty different versions of the same, the resources to bother with the "in between" customers.

But hey will continue to support nintendo up until they burn their house down, and even then probably.

$199.99 for a full power system. $149.99 for the same thing, just without 3D. If it was really an entry level system, it should be $99.99. If you get a new game with it, it's basically the same price. Unless the games are going to be cheaper, since they don't have to add 3D. Still, $149.99 is a bit steep.

Sony could have totally dominated the handheld market with the Vita if it actually had tried to. Say what you will but the vita stomps the 3ds all day. The handheld line is the real only thing keeping Nintendo afloat for quite a few years now (also the only one of their products you can actually find at a store)

Nintendo doesn't have unlimited resources, so they kill the highly sought-after NES Classic, then they release a similar product that slots between two others.

I'm sure this move makes perfect sense to Nintendo, but I sure as hell can't make sense of it.

@jerah: The Snes classic is out soon though

@jerah:

You own all the Nintendo systems, and you are upset about the NES Classic? You already own an NES! Also, it isn't like the Switch is being discontinued.

Whatever, your call I guess. Sounds like you get bothered pretty easily though.

For a moment I thought there was a slightly larger 3DS to buy. Guess not.

So, "we heard from gamers that they wanted something in between." So you listened to your customers and made the 2DS XL, yet you won't listen to your customers and make more NES Classics? Right....

But seriously, the 3DS should have dropped in price now. Instead, you have to make more parts, more boxes, more shipments and make retailers stock yet another god damned SKU.