Nintendo of America president and COO Reggie Fils-Aime has explained exactly why we didn’t get the gorgeous white Nintendo 3DS XL here in the West. Reggie says that when they launched silver and white-colored handhelds in North America they didn’t sell as well as expected, therefore Nintendo took the decision not to bring the white Nintendo 3DS XL to North America and Europe.
“We have launched silver- and white-colored GBAs, DSes, DSis, and in our [North American] market they don’t sell very well. So instead of approaching this lighter-colored product as a mass [product], we’re going to look at the opportunity on a much more limited basis. You might see a limited-time offer with a white or silver 3DS XL, or we might colorize it slightly differently. But in terms of an ongoing SKU, the consumer has responded in our marketplace and said that, for a handheld gaming device from Nintendo, that kind of white or silver doesn’t sell nearly as well as blue or red or even pink.”
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No one cares about your site.
Hum… I don’t care at all…
Yeah whites the weakest nasty color. My white ds got sunburn easly and age fastwr and it look slim.
Also my white ds smelled like wet dkg and the browser to me to inbreding sites.
I bougt a black ds cause no matter how lame that shitty color is everbody kisses their ass like moronz
NO REGGIE THAT WAS THE PAST. THIS IS THE FUTURE.
i mean if traditionally something doesnt sell why would you think it would sell in the future. just sayin its called business.
Why did they make the Wii white then?
Because for years Wii only came in white, in a way in which consumers could not choose another color.
It’s a good thing we now have the better looking black model (the model I chose for my Wii) as well as the “premium” black version of the Wii U.
This also explains why “Ice White” never made its way to North American retailers.
I think its limited to handhelds, if you look at what he lists. Also Xbox 360 sold well and it was white
My president is black!!!
Not for long
+1
Not really a +1 when you see who’s might replace him. Last thing America needs is a backwards thinking, bible bashing, homophobic, racist moron at the helm.
He worships the devil not God, we use the bible the republican candidate uses a demonic text period.
why are we talking about this here? -__-
So what we do need is to go bankrupt? He was quoted saying the national debt was too high, but then increased in tenfold. Let’s have all the people that work and pay hard earned dollars to taxes so that people can get handouts. Sounds like a great plan. I’d like to keep my money thanks and be able to buy Wii U games, not so a poor person can use the aid to get an iPhone. –> Yes you can see that, people use food stamps at the grocery stores and are talking on their iPhone 4S.
+500 WHITE POWER! FUCK PEOPLE WHO ANT WHITES TO MIX I ONLY LIKE MY PEOPLE IF YOU GOT ABPROBLEM WITH WHITE LOVE THANGO TO AFRICA WHERE THEY HAVE MONKEY AIDS LOVE
“I only like my people” Do you realize how dumb you sound !lol.
I love my people ill defend my people even sellout traitors who attack i love them too becuase the poor sucker are brainwash. Black stick with blacks naacp al that yet nobody care oh but when a white person does it thats when whites attack each other lmfao cowards they scared blacks will upraise and enslave thwm. Dont worry even if you kiss caca ass theyll still destroy and youll die like cowards. Bye i am going to attack black panters and get them so made theyll kill whites lol
You are a bad example of “your people”
Stop trying to force my people to live monkies i hate mnkies what is everybody suppose to like monmeys fine ill buy a bannana. Btw im trolling racist black panters so that they can kill stupid whites that love to kiss ass lol so far they said theyre going to enslave the white men and raoe thewomen lol
hes leading in the poles. So its anyones game right now. Although obama will win simply because romney is not electable. hes too out of touch with real americans. AKA the 47% who need the government. even tho the states that rely most heavily on government money are republican states
Which pole? The north pole? The south pole? Are penguins and walruses being polled in the poles?
Whoa, hope this one isn’t allowedto vote!
Stripper poles son!!!! Thanks for being a douche I was a victim of auto correct.
He might probaby still win the presidency again, :)
As he should
lol that was dark but will see.
+1
I feel for you bro
Obama 2012.
Obama ruined this coutry we handouts. Change pufff the only change he meant was mnkies like politics. Funny how even apes love politics now that this caca is president. I heard one monkey say he wasnt black enough.
God bless America for educating this bag of trash!!!
IM HATED FOR LOVING MY RACE LMFAO
even though he help improve the economy of ours, no president has ever done that, he sure will get my vote.
Improve what he aint do shit. He did things cuz he black durrrrrr. If that monkey was white nobody would give to shits oh but since he a monkey we find him amusing. The idoit called europe a country oh no big deal he smoke weed nobig deal he has ugly transexual wife oh but shes black oh than never mind she cute durrr. Monkies only voting for him cuz hes caca and thats the truth caca sticks with caca. Im voting for mic becuase hes white got a problem than change your color sellouts
Kill all humans 2012
shut up you chink go back to commie land
fuck that ugly monkey
I hope every person realizes that history shows that the first humans lived in Africa. Therefore we all come from the same country…
God catch up with ARCHEOLOGY YOU DUMB ALE THEY FOUND BONES OLDER OLDEEERRRR THAN LUCY IN ASIA YOU STUPID KISSASS CHINK POWER BITCH LOOK IT UP DUMBASS! AFRICAS FOR AIDS ITS A PIEACE OF SHIT MY WHITE POWER HISTORY WILL DESTORY YOU SMHREMEMBER NEW BOOONNNESSSS OLDER THAN LUUCY YOU READING DUMBASS LUCY WERE FOU!D IN ASIA SO IT MEANS WERE CHINK FUCKERS MEANING BLACKS ARE UNEVOLVED APES!
I explain why I have a silver/black xl in my hand now . Becuase I bought one from the shop .
And it was silver .
Europe got Silver + Black, he’s talking about the US where they only have Red + Black and Blue + Black.
I know , I know . But I have my UK silver ! TBH the red and blue (especialy blue) are just as nice as silver anyway .
I don’t like this new direction Nintendo is taking…
I’m holding back on buying a 3DS XL and preordering WiiU because I would rather take them both in white, not blue or black.
I’m going to be disappointed in Nintendo if they are not going to publish a white version of WiiU deluxe. I don’t want to be forced to buy the casual white one with ridiculously limited memory.
But the white one is for hardcore people ._.
That statement (white Wii U is intended for hardcore gamers) was completely out of sense…
At first, it doesn’t make sense, but then you realize that what they mean is that they expect the core gamers to just hook up a really large external hard drive up to it anyways, and screw the internal 32 GB.
huh, i did pre order the black one though? not getting 3dsxl either as its a fuckig rip.
fucking*
peteriuss hivemind is cracking…
this^ peteriuss my pal.
I’m actually with you on this. I really do want a white WiiU deluxe instead of black. I just like the simple and clear look. This is one of the reasons (I have much more reasons) I’m waiting a year after WiiU launches.
STOP LYING YA DUDES IS BROKE AND CANT AFFORD ONE
funny because there people who want it the other way around, plus it sold out.
Its weird how i would have loved to owned that sexy white 3ds but i preordered a black wii u XD
“Sexy white” lmfao thats the spirit lad white power
I OWN a black 3ds and call it my slave
Bullshit! I had a tough decision picking from the only 2 colors available I didn’t want! I ended up getting blue, if white was available at launch I would have got it instead.
Even more annoying than having a tough decision in getting a 3DS XL is the fact that Nintendo has launched the successor of 3DS within only 1.5 year later the original release…
how is it a successor when there both the same thing just one is bigger than the other
Ask Mr. Reggie Fils-Aime about this issue. He will told you that 3DS XL is a successor of 3DS, not in terms of technology, but in terms of chronology.
deff not a successor id say upgrade, and i traded in my origina blackl 3ds for the xl
But they sell the WiiU in white?
&$@*%#@&$*#%£¥€
Qberting son of a bitch
While I like my blue one, I really, really wanted that awesome looking white one… The fact that it’s all the one colour was also a plus, never was a fan of the black inner surface on the original 3DS (the XL gets away with it though)
Just want a yellow or gold one, then I can be happy.
everything in lime green please.
I dont care about the white one, wheres my Midnight Purple for the UK :|
I got a white DS Lite years ago and you could see every little flick of dirt that got stuck in the cracks. Darker colors don’t look as dirty when they get dirty. This is probably why white/silver don’t sell as well.
I would have bought one.
I want a Black/Purple Wii U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
im downgrading my red xl, to a pink 3ds.
Your loss.
not really, more of a preference for less pixelation.
That’s nice to know. Pretty understandable too. I’m perfectly fine with my blue and black XL.
I want white fuck nigers.
You better watch your back at night a big black man is gonna come rape u while you are sleeping, but its ok because you can come here and finally proclaim your spot as being first.
…It is just a color.
I own the white DSi… I can’t imagine it any other color now…
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WTF? That’s STUPID -__-
Bullshit
The mass majority of all those DS Lites that sold millions were white. Come on
Fxck you Reggie, fat faggy piece of shit. Your mom didnt sell well either, but you still put her on the market.
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Lies, it’s because Apple patented the color white.