Has anyone here pre-ordered yet?
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
The NS is the second home console in a row from "N" that I won't be buying at launch, and maybe not at all. And this is from someone who imported most consoles/handhelds at release, and then bought the US versions once they where out. I did finally buy a Wii U for myself last week, as they are no longer being made, and NoA sales a refurbished white 32GB model(pretty much new system), that wasn't officially offered here, and it's $200 which was my buy in price for what I found the Wii U to be & offer.
I'm more a portable gamer at heart, so the NS is more appealing, but it's not as portable as I would like, and the price is just assdiculous. We all know you buy a "N" system for "N" games(didn't used to be the case, but is is now), but for me, their once wonderful and creative games, have become stale and repetitious, or sadly, just flat out bad. Now that isn't all games, but when your system is mostly supported by one company, it needs the best and then some, and to spend the money on the NS, just to play Wii U titles, what's the point? Yes, 1 2 Switch, and Arms are new titles that are only on NS, but MK, Zelda and Splatoon are Wii U games. Splatoon 2 is new, but is it worth another $400 to play? If your not a fan, which I wasn't, it's not a factor.
3rd party support looks less than the Wii U had, and for the games that are being released, they look like rather safe and low risk titles for 3rd parties, with no new or creative AAA titles. Just games that are mobile titles, or easy ports, where if they don't sale well, they aren't out a ton of money, and they can save face with "N" and say they tried. The best game at launch is Zelda, and if anyone really wants that, just get it on the U, and wait out the NS and see what happens. I expect a good launch, but after the novelty and newness wears off, your going to have a ton of consumers bitching about no games, and it's the Wii U cycle all over again.
3rd party support may improve, but not until they reach a good installed base, and that won't happen without good 3rd party support, so it's a catch 22, and always will be. I'm expecting some bundles, or maybe a better valued set later in the year, so unless you just want the latest and greatest, I'm personally waiting, and seeing where this goes, but so far, I'm very underwhelmed by it all.
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I'm pretty sure Nintendo doesn't care:
(the NES classic, Amiibo, deliberate rarity factor in toy companies)
I can say 100%, yeah they don't care, which is rather sad. I was lucky enough to get my son a NES Mini through Amazon when they first offered them, and it was sold out within seconds. During the few weeks leading up the Xmas, I was able to get an extra controller from Walmart, as they offered the Mini at 2pm Mon-Friday one week, and that was just as bad as Amazon was.
When it was all said and done, I sold that $9.99 controller, for $70+, and covered the cost of the system I bought at Amazon. "N" announced that system pretty early on, and while a few places took preorders, most did not. That's all it would have took to gauge demand, and produced based on that, but that is a foreign concept at "N". Their best selling current gen item, the 3DS has been sold out most places since early December, and is just now seeing restocks happening.
So where one could plead ignorance with the Mini, and not knowing how popular it would be, what's the excuse for the one item that has actually been making them money not being available during the busiest shopping time of year?
Chris
