As such, this title represents a perfect entry point for players new to the Zelda franchise. This game tells the epic story of Hyrule and Link™, Zelda™, and Ganondorf in remarkable depth and gives context to the many tales of their struggles. Now in 3D all of the graphic textures and colors have been vastly improved, taking advantage of the considerable graphic power of the Nintendo 3DS system. And as far as Nintendo is concerned, it's never going to.The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D takes the best-reviewed game of all time for a brand-new experience. "What makes them money is their content, their software."īut the company still won't separate the two by putting any of its franchises on massive platforms like the iOS app store or Android's Google Play. "Hardware doesn't make Nintendo money," Otto said. But that's nothing compared to the 153.93 million units the original DS has sold.įor Otto, that's the whole problem. The 3DS may be selling well - reaching 32.48 million units sold as of July 2013, according to Nintendo, and remaining the best-selling console for three months this summer in the U.S., according to NPD data. Still, even Pachter said that the market for smartphones and tablets is now "10 times as large" as the one for mobile gaming consoles, describing Nintendo as "a victim of technological advances" that mean the latter is no longer a 30-million-sales-a-year market. Other analysts didn't deny that smartphones and tablets have eaten away at the market for mobile gaming consoles, but questioned how profound the immediate impact of these devices would be on Nintendo's business. "The 2DS launch removes the pricing pressure on the higher-end 3DS and gives the company a path to up-sell from 2DS to 3DS, with both the hinged form factor and 3D as a selling point," Harding-Rolls of IHS told NBC News.
In the process Nintendo can then up-sell the 3DS as a "premium" counterpart to the new device, thus hitting the mobile gaming market with a sort of one-two punch. Both told NBC News that Nintendo is essentially going down market to snag a new group of customers - prospective buyers, mostly young children or their parents turned off either by the price of the 3DS or the scary-sounding labels that warn about its potential to cause seizures.
Other analysts like Piers Harding-Rolls of IHS Electronics and Media and Lewis Ward of IDC's gaming division, agree. Yet Pachter insists that Nintendo can't really go wrong with the 2DS, chopping 3DS bells and whistles - the stereoscopic 3-D effects and a bendable hinge for its two-screen display - giving it a more affordable price ($129 vs.
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