To me, this has fail written all over it. Not sure why they thought this was a needed product. It isn’t.
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Uh....not if you want a viable product with a long term future. Every product is subject to the same basic rule for the most part. Does it meet a need and can we make it at a price people will pay? If either of those questions is no, then probably not enough people will want it.
It’s supply and DEMAND. If the demand is not there, and if the product is not filling a void of some sort, it won’t sell enough units to be profitable. And it’s even worse for a product that requires third party content. If it’s not a profitable platform for developers to spend their time on, they won’t do so and the product will fail due to sparse content.
No, a product can absolutely have a limited audience and limited content. If you buy this thing and all you get is the ten games they've promised they've still made a product that set out to do exactly what they wanted.
People think this is going to compete with the DS - or have to to be a success.
This will guaranteed sell out their production run. And that's all it has to do.
People think this is going to compete with the DS - or have to to be a success.
This will guaranteed sell out their production run. And that's all it has to do.