http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2011/08/nintendo-president-reggie-fils-aime-talks-3ds-mistakes-fixes--/1
Mistakes were made with the launch of the new Nintendo 3DS handheld system earlier this spring, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime says.
Among the lessons learned from the launch, Fils-Aime says, "We needed to have key franchises and stronger first-party titles."
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, released in June, "is selling exceptionally well now. It's driving hardware," he says. "We've seen similar results from Japan with the launch of Starfox (July 14). We have high expectations for (Pokemon Rumble Blast, out Oct. 24) and the two Mario titles (Super Mario 3D Land in November; Mario Kart 7 in December). Certainly, we needed to have stronger support at the launch from a first-party perspective and maybe have some of these key first-party titles earlier in the launch window in order to get the system selling stronger at the start and, ongoing, drive momentum."
Other 3DS games on the way include Ubisoft's James Noir (Nov. 1), Activision's Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (October) and Sega's Sonic Generations (November) and Shinobi (Nov. 15).
Beyond that, Nintendo needed to have its digital shop in order with plenty of downloadable games in the eShop, a fully stocked video service, and Netflix availability, Fils-Aime said.
The eShop launched in June; video in July. "Certainly we've seen very positive reaction to the digital offerings but it needed to be much sooner in the launch window. As a result that created a situation where the momentum wasn't sustained. And that's why we have now had to go back and reduce the price and reduce the price by a large amount in order to make sure we have stronger momentum beginning on Friday and powering through," he says. "It's a situation where we weren't able to sustain those first few strong positive weeks. This is a momentum business and when you don't have the momentum it creates a tough situation whether it's with retailers or with third-party publishers who become a bit more reluctant to support a platform."
Nintendo still expects to sell 16 million 3DS systems in the first 12 months of its availability.
I thought Soul was telling me he was blaming 3rd parties yesterday!
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