Originally Posted by SmokyDave

I don't really see what you're getting at with the microtransaction angle, to be honest.

I can only assume that you didn't read the post I replied to then.

I'm still struggling to see what relevance the ambassador package has too. That offer was for a limited period of time and was only offered because of a savage price-cut that shafted early adopters.

The ongoing Cross-Buy system is more valuable to me as that is actually in effect as we speak. I understand that PS+ is a contentious issue (as it's essentially a randomised rental subscription service), but that too offers me value far in excess of anything Nintendo have ever done.

Cross-Buy only makes sense if you actually have the same games on more than one platform, something that rarely happens on Nintendo hardware. I have exactly two games that would benefit from the feature, namely Zen Pinball and Mighty Switch Force. Nothing else in my collection is on both Wii U and 3DS. It's certainly nice to have, and it makes a lot of sense on Sony platforms, but on Nintendo platforms? Not so much.

Also, a price cut doesn't "shaft" early adopters. Every electronic device gets price cuts, everybody knew it would happen sooner or later. It always happens. And I only paid ~€180 for my 3DS at launch (it was €220 with a game pretty much everywhere in Germany), so the price cut didn't even affect me in any way or shape.