3DS Breaks Nintendo's UK Preorder Record

[Ranooth]

Really need to get round to to preordering mine, just don't know what games to get! ><

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

That seems a bit overkill to me, even if it is just sarcasm. That's just too much.

If it is overkill sarcasm, I wont admit to it. Its likely the wizard rumour is true. Besides, if you know what are doing then you can make lightning strike the same place 3 times. Nintendo seems to know what they are doing.

 

[Delusibeta]

That quite strange considering the UK was ripped the fuck off when it comes to the 3DS prices.

£230, you got to be having a laugh.

Been price war'd down to £200. Aside from the aforementioned John Lewis, AFAIK Toys R Us, and Tesco are taking pre-orders at sub-£200.

 

[Mana Fiend]

I've gotta preorder mine this Friday, when I'm not living on £3. Bring on next Friday...

 

[drisky]

The c stick doesn't count, it sucks. If it worked they wouldn't of had to think outside the box for how to shoot in games like Metriod Prime or Resident Evil 4

Still you don't really need another analog sick when you have the touch screen I think.

It does count, but anyway.

Monster Hunter Tri.

Yes but the original guy said primary controller, so i figured classic controller didn't count. I don't why he specified primary controller but hey, his rules. Plus from all the gamecube games I've played I can't think of any that used the c stick as camera control, so I don't think developers thought of it as a control stick. Also I intended it as a joke.

 

[Doc Incognito]

Has someone called Patcher to ask him if 100,000-plus pre-orders is part of Nintendo's impending "doom?"

Ooo, topical burn.

That is, a burn having to do with a topical issue, not a burn on top of the skin. Yeah.

In any case, I'm in the "Interested But Not Particularly Surprised" boat. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to retreat into my bunker, because Nintendo will absolutely be able to take over the world with the funds from the 3DS.

 

[Sparrow]

Yeah, the marketing campaign for the 3DS is brilliant. It's a minute of people staring at the 3DS and going "Wait, how the hell does that work?" before they reveal it's all 3D and that. Like in the way the Cadburys gorilla advert was awesome because it spent 30 seconds focusing on a motionless man in a gorilla suit inbetween a drum kit.

In other news it's official that awesome gimmicks are now ruling the game industry.

Fixed that for you.

 

[vorlon010]

I question this, 'cause I had heard at a place I worked recently that the stock allocations were really tight, so at least some retailers have been posting inflated preorder figures to make sure they get their cut of the stock.

It still looks like it'll be a success, but if what I'm told was right, who exactly it's a success for is questionable.

 

[Sparrow]

Yeah, the marketing campaign for the 3DS is brilliant. It's a minute of people staring at the 3DS and going "Wait, how the hell does that work?" before they reveal it's all 3D and that. Like in the way the Cadburys gorilla advert was awesome because it spent 30 seconds focusing on a motionless man in a gorilla suit inbetween a drum kit.

In other news it's official that awesome gimmicks are now ruling the game industry.

Fixed that for you.

Well thanks for helping to make gaming worse for the rest of us by being entertained by something as deep as a puddle. How is being pseudo-3D going to make it any good other than 5 mins of "WOAH DID U SEE DAT?!" How is it going to actually make gaming any better or not thought that far ahead?
Seriously how can you say the Cadburys advert was good when it had fuck all to do with the product being sold? Doesn't that strike you as a little bit suspicious that they can't sell the product on it's strengths and instead use marketing nonsense instead?

Bro, I was kidding. Take a damn chill pill.

 

[SanguineSymphony]

In other news it's official that gimmicks are now ruling the game industry.
RIP Gaming.

In one way or another Gimmicks have always done so. Its up to the Devs to work around it. The 3D will probably be abandoned with the more "hardcore" games in a few years just like a lot of games did with the touch screen on the DS.

 

[SanguineSymphony]

In other news it's official that gimmicks are now ruling the game industry.
RIP Gaming.

In one way or another Gimmicks have always done so. Its up to the Devs to work around it. The 3D will probably be abandoned with the more "hardcore" games in a few years just like a lot of games did with the touch screen on the DS.

Well with last gen consoles and handhelds (prior DS) there were no gimmicks, just more horsepower to help create games. It's a shame the DS is so successful when the PSP has more potential as all a game needs is hardware power - anything tacked onto that (2nd screen, touch screen, motion etc) is just convoluting the essentials of a game. Such a shame that the market is so impressionable.

It also need to be on viable platform that's cheap to develop for. The more hardware you put into a device the more expensive the device is when it comes out and to develop for. Also it creates certain expectations of visuals that not all studios can afford. I have both the PSP and a DS and I can say they both offer their own unique experiences. I don't think P3P would be able to run on a DS but at the same time I don't think SMT:SJ would have been made if not for the relatively cheap production costs on the DS.

 

[GeneWard]

I know ive got mine preordered...
HAVE YOU?

 

[Proverbial Jon]

Only £197 on Amazon.co.uk

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nintendo-Ha...LDUG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1299419353&sr=8-1

Hmm I've been interested in this handheld console simply because of the announcement that Star Fox 64 will be re-released for it... IN 3D! (Not that I care about 3D, I agree, it's a gimmic) I doubt I'll be buying it until the game's out and there are reviews telling me it's so awesome it's worth buying a whole new console for...

 

[Tiswas]

Hmmmm. All well and good. But....

I have 7 pre-orders. And I'll be cancelling all but 1 in the coming weeks. Why?

Because EVERY STORE CANNOT DECIDE ON THE PRICE! I'm not gonna go with Game who are more. But what if when I cancel then it goes to less? (fat chance I know but still.)