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Analyst: 3DS software is too expensive

Posted Aug 9, 2011 at 2:30PM EST by Carl B

Listed in: News Tags: Billy Pidgeon, m2 research, Nintendo

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M2 Research analyst Billy Pidgeon is calling for a price drop on Nintendo 3DS software.

"Nintendo needs to change its business fundamentally. With Wii and DS, Nintendo built large installed bases but failed to energize those bases. Selling in hardware is important, but Nintendo must increase attach rates and third party opportunity dramatically," Pidgeon said.

"Lower 3DS hardware prices only address part of the problem. It's more important to sell more software as packaged goods and paid digital downloads to each customer who buys a hardware unit. I would like to see Nintendo cut the retail price of packaged software to a range of $20 to $25 for the 3DS. DS software should be $20 or less."

Nintendo 3DS software is currently priced at $40, with DS software $10 cheaper.

"At the same time, Nintendo must increase uptake of paid downloadable software per hardware unit. And this isn't just a 3DS problem, this is the problem with Wii, and will be the problem with Wii U unless Nintendo can turn around its attach rate and third party publisher problems," he finished.

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So first they say psvita should drop in price just because nintendo drops 3ds's price then they think 3ds should also drop the price of the games.First off, 3ds is a newer & way better system than the ds so why would the games be 10 bucks more in cost.I mean the games have the added addition in being in 3d & I couldnt have imagined paying any less for games like O.O.T,Starfox,Stree t fighter, Mario Kart, etc. To me nintendo finally came out with a system that can rival the psp.I do agree that they should make the eshop games cheaper or actually give us 3d classics and virtual console games that we actually want, ergo super mario bros 3,2 mario world, mario kart,Battletoad s & double dragon, F-zero etc.

-2 # RE: Analyst: 3DS software is too expensive — firedragon_jing 2011-08-10 00:08

30-40 I think is a good range. I do agree though that online games should be cheaper, especially VC titles.

-2 # RE: RE: Analyst: 3DS software is too expensive — AssassinXCV 2011-08-10 03:57

are you fucking retarded??? DS games are already $30-40. Tell me if you've ever seen a $50 DS game, that would be a world record.

-2 # RE: RE: RE: Analyst: 3DS software is too expensive — xnamkcor 2011-08-11 11:21

Who ever mentioned 50 doillars?

-2 # Pff — mohf 2011-08-20 10:21

Nintendo has not learned their lesson still. If they not lower their price, surely they will not sell more than an average of 2 games per console sold.

I myself and many others are not waiting for a hardware pricecut from $250 to $170, but for the release of the R4-3D cards, unless Nintendo finally decides to lower their software price to below $20.

Look at Apple, their hardware (iPhone 4 16GB) costs $599, yet they are selling like hotcakes. Look at their software: allmost all the best games can be bought for less than a coup of coffee.

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