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[orthodoxy1095]

LOL, please. People get a bunch of cash in hand and impulse-buy luxuries.

This actually isn't really the case. The vast majority of people who get a refund use it for practical needs or for monetary needs like savings or paying down debt (something like 85+% of consumers).

Have you seriously never noticed that spring is like Christmas 2 in the gaming industry? There's a reason so many big AAA games are clustered around late March/early April, then everything goes quiet until September.

Game releases are not equivalent to hardware releases, let's not be silly equating two vastly different products and price-points.

 

[shingi70]

LOL, please. People get a bunch of cash in hand and impulse-buy luxuries. Have you seriously never noticed that spring is like Christmas 2 in the gaming industry? There's a reason so many big AAA games are clustered around late March/early April, then everything goes quiet until September.

Nah, think it's the other way around. I know I'm using my tax refund for next year to purchase a used car, and still getting an NX by saving now.

 

[Josh5890]

I'm calling it. Nintendo is going to have a huge unveiling at Pax South

Spoiler

I'm going there so that would be a treat

 

[LordRaptor]

Game releases are not equivalent to hardware releases, let's not be silly equating two vastly different products and price-points.

March hardware releases:

• Gameboy (JP) (actually April, but close enough)
• GBA (JP)
• DS (EU)
• 3DS (NA,EU) (JP FEB, also close enough)
• PSP (NA)
• PSP Vita (NA & EU Feb, also close enough)
• N64 (EU)
• PS2 (JAP)
• PS3 (EU)
• Xbox (EU)
• Xbox 360 (T2 countries)
  

Let's not be silly equating anecdotes as evidence

 

[NHarmonic.]

Incredible.