Ben Wright of GamersBliss writes:
"This is just a perfect business move on Nintendo’s part. They know that their console is selling like hot chocolate in the Sahara Desert, and, despite months of saying they wouldn’t do a price drop, I think that we all saw this coming...Alongside the Wii U price drop announcement Nintendo also announced the release of a new DS, nope, not a 4DS that manages to bend time so you can play hours of games and have only minutes pass in real time, but in fact a 2DS, basically a 3DS that you can’t close…"
The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).
Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.
Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.
Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.
Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.
Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.
The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.
Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.
LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.
That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.
It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.
A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.
People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers
Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.
I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.
The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷♂️
What I don't get is the price difference. 3DS is $178 on amazon (£135 Game) the 2DS is $130 (£109 Game). That isn't much of a difference. I get making the thing seem robust for children but it needs to be a sub $100 price point as the prices are too close to each other (hell the UK prices are 21 quid from each other)
First everyone bitches about having 3D pushed on them. Then Nintendo gives everyone a cheaper non 3D option and everyone is still bitching. Figures.
I'm sorry I feel like this is a smart move for Nintendo. I can now buy my 3 year old and my 4 year old a 2DS and not worry about how there treating it because I don't have to worry about them breaking the pins cause it can't flip open or shut. Nintendo even said this was not for the hardcore audience this is for the little kids who want to get into gaming but are to young to do so. They now have this model of handheld for all the little up and coming gamers.
ALOT of people don't know how VITAL Nintendo is to the gaming market. With the success of the Wii and the DS Nintendo has made a lot of people who were not ever going to get into gaming gamers now. People need to understand Nintendo plays a HUGE role in the world of gaming. Agree or disagree history has proven this right.
Not bad. Especially for kids. And I don't get how it says it wouldn't be comfortable to hold. I for one like that the stick and buttons are higher up. If my original 3DS breaks, then this looks like a great replacement option. Kids won't be able to shake the top half of the 3DS until it gets all loose anymore, heh.
does anyone else think 2DS looks like a tablet?
i think nintendos next console will be a tablet for sure. it seems nintendo are slowly bridging that gap between consoles and tablets with their latest products.. first wiius controller, now this 2ds.