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Originally Posted by The Rogerer
Didn't they slash down the 3DS to make a loss on it in the first year? It had a rough start.
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Yes although that might have been more of them being way too overconfident at the $250 price tag being something people would easily accept for handhelds when it was quickly debunked by consumers. Could argue the same for the Vita as a partial reason for its huge sales struggles.
$200 and less seems to be the sweet spot for gaming handhelds regardless of the tech or power.
Only reason they didn't do the same for the Wii U was because of the tablet eating up too much of the console's cost. Would probably have been even slower for them to recoup lost costs had they given it a similar massive price cut. If I remember correctly, the tablet ate up almost a third of production costs (around $80+) while they were losing around $50-$60 per console at launch.