I agree, and if everybody waits to pick it up when it's cheaper or has more stuff packed in then 3rd parties might have already bailed due to lack of user base. I am no business mogul but some of these decisions just leave me scratching my head, especially when it seems to me they are close to having something new and great.
Honestly, I know this opinion isn't popular around here, or "N" sites in general, but a lot of the problems they seem to have, at least in my opinion come from Iwata. And that's not saying he wasn't a cool guy, or that he didn't want the best for the company, but he was a "creative" type(a programmer), who took on the roll of business man.
His strengths, lied in the creative process. Same as a Miyamoto, or a WOZ. In my 45 years of life, I've seen very few creative people who are also good at business. One thing clashes directly with the other.
With the NS, I see a creative device, where there is no plan or ideas in place, on how or why the public should want, or need to buy it at it's current asking price. It's like they think, "if we build it, they will come". That's a creative persons thinking, the business side is not a factor in that mind set. It's almost like they build the coolest thing they can think of, and then begin to work out the details.
They should have a list of things that they need to accomplish first.....proper account system, region free, good online, 3rd party support, and then, you build the best device to meet those needs and give you the best chance to accomplish them. "N" seems to work in the opposite, and build the machine first, and that is a broken business ideal that like I said, creative people do, they don't bother with if it will sale, or if people want it, or if its a good value. They just build it because they can.
We know Nintendo sold 14 million Wii Us. WE know they have sold ~65 million 3ds systems so far. If the Switch is NIntendo's one device I don't see why it won't sell at least 3ds numbers with a chance to sell as much as the Wii. The hardware looks good and fun and unique. The price is good for what you get and will only get cheaper. They have some big must-have games coming out of the first year.
What are you arguing against?
This is the biggest problem I see with the NS, no one from here to the other side of the galaxy can argue "N" one place of continual success is in the handheld market. Every handheld they have released, was an inferior product to the competition, but it had a great value, with great battery life, and great games and sold a shit ton every time, no matter the competition.
The NS is not the value, or will be considered by any buying public as a replacement for the DS/3DS/ or 2DS at it's current lack of portability and cost. I'm a parent of an 11 year old, and no way in hell am I buying this to replace his current "N" handhelds.
While I think this has potential to do better than the Wii U, I don't think it will get close to the 3DS numbers, and that is the sad reality of this all. They should have made a kick ass handheld, and do what they do best. Instead, they are trying to do something, and hope the market will happen along with it, but from a business stand point, why would any successful business stop making the thing they do best? No way is a $400-$500 device a replacement for a 2DS/3DS that cost $80-$200. If they think parents are buying this at that cost for a child to drop, break, or damage, they are as lost as they appear to be.
