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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They said it about the DS at the time. It was meant to run in parallel with the GBA as a "premium" thing for adults. They said it about the SNES, too, actually.

This bit of random outrage is fun to me because it's something that has been Nintendo's official stance since the early 90s, but it's swung back around due to Don Mattrick being such a charisma black hole that what used to be the natural, go-to response to "how come the new, more advanced version is more expensive" has now become a genuine snafu.

PR is not about reality, it's about perception.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Nintendo greedy? Always has been.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

And yet the anger is new. Again, it's about perception, not reality.