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A survey in Japan has revealed that a third of 3DS owners regret buying the handheld in light of the upcoming price drop.
Nintendo announced the price cut last week, with Nintendo President Satoru Iwata taking responsibility for poor sales, and taking a 50 per cent pay cut as a result.
To soften the blow for anybody that’s just bought the device, Nintendo will be giving away free games for existing 3DS owners. The 3DS Ambassador Programme will offer a variety of GBA and NES games, including Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda and Donky Kong Jr., as an apology.
That said, of the 6,500 people surveyed, over 30 per cent said that they felt “anger or regret” about the price drop, and explained that free games did little to compensate for this.
Worryingly, 49.4 percent of those surveyed said that the current line-up of games available for the console were not adequate, and admitted that they felt “disappointed” with the system – even with knowledge of games due to hit the machine in the near future.
To back that up, 45.7 per cent said that they were either not planning, or were “on the fence” about buying Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 – two of what would be considered the biggest upcoming games for the system.
Of those surveyed who do not own a 3DS, a mere 5.4 per cent said they were planning to buy one after the price drop. Of those who had no intention of buying a 3DS, 42.1 per cent blamed the poor selection of games currently available, and 15.3 per cent revealed that they will never buy one.
Via Gamasutra
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