3DS Software Lineup Trailer Might Justify the Price Tag

[linkzeldi]

I was going to buy a 3ds from the start nintendo. . . this was just icing on the cake.

Edit: W-wait you can download GB and GBA games. I love you nintendo.

 

[VanityGirl]

My boyfriend almost pooped a kitten when he saw DoA. I'm super pumped for that as well. Darn you Nintendo, why don't you just bleed me for all the money I have?!

 

[VanityGirl]

PSPGo = $250
Main Feature: All Digigal Handheld.
Result: People mad about price.

3DS= $250-300
Main Feature: Glasses-less 3D which the mass public has had no chance of seeing yet...
Result: People accepting 3DS price due to software line up.

Really people? I mean I can see why people didn't like the PSPGo's price tag but to readily accept the 3DS's price tag without seeinf how it works it a bit silly.

The main reason why people overreacted to the PSPGo was because it wasn't backwards compatible with your other PSP games. It seemed like a waste of money to buy a PSPGo if you already had some hard copies of PSP games. Also, the Go didn't seem like much of an upgrade from the old PSP. Its new "more compact" design actually made it uncomfortable.

Not saying there isn't a double standard, just saying maybe that's why people didn't want one.

 

[AzrealMaximillion]

PSPGo = $250
Main Feature: All Digigal Handheld.
Result: People mad about price.

3DS= $250-300
Main Feature: Glasses-less 3D which the mass public has had no chance of seeing yet...
Result: People accepting 3DS price due to software line up.

Really people? I mean I can see why people didn't like the PSPGo's price tag but to readily accept the 3DS's price tag without seeinf how it works it a bit silly.

PSP to PSPGo had absolutely nothing new about it. No new control schemes, no huge leap in graphics or mechanics. It just allowed you to download digitally.

... a matter of a fact, it ONLY allowed you to download digitally. And mind you, not every PSP game is available for download on the go (correct me if Im wrong, but Birth By Sleep isnt available). Not to mention the lack of good titles, compared to the DS.

The 3DS is a huge leap in graphics, as well as glasses-less 3D, using a method thats proven to work unless your blind in one eye (in which case, you can shut the 3D feature off [or if science and those damn media bastards are lying to us]). The reason this technology isnt used in TVs or theaters is because the larger the screen, the more complicated and expensive it gets to do. For a handheld, its perfect. Small Screen, maximum efficiency). While the PSP to PSPGo didnt really do much in innovation, Nintendo is pretty much taking their handheld from the equivilant of the N64 to something on-par with the 360's accelerator.

Just looking at Nintendos DS back catalogue, it makes the 3DS worth it if you have the cash and want a new DS. Not to mention the remake of old favorites with a new layer of graphics, and even a PS2 game. Plus some new control (like the Analog Nub), plus a few new launch IP's. PLUS all those sexy games promised to us at E3. Meanwhile, the PSP has... Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep... Yeah...

Oh, and know that digital download thing the PSP has? Yeah, the 3DS gets that too, for its massive catalogue of GameBoy and GameBoy Advanced games.

People arent getting mad at the 3DS because the 3DS is doing something drastically different. The console is a vast upgrade over the DS and DSi models. Their launch may be a back-catalogue of remakes, but Im fine with that. Those games are classics that I didnt have the priveledge of owning back in the day; giving me all the more reason to shill out the money and feel like it was money well spent.

First of all, there have been stellar titles on the PSP coming out for the past few years now, and that frequency of that happening is rising every time you look at the PSP. From Dissidia to Ys Seven to God of War the PSP's library his tons of major titles to choose from. As well as a ton of quirky games like Patapon, Holy Invasion, Half Minute Hero, Patchwork Heroes and more. The DS's back catalog consists of mostly remakes and puzzle games. And owning a PSPGo i can tell you that it being a digital only console isn't it's only feature. You can put a game on pause, switch to another game, then go back to the paused game right from where you left off. The 3DS' main feature has yet to be seen by the general public, so you saying that there's going to be a "huge leap in graphics" has o basis to it until launch essentially. And the 3DS' line up consists of the ever prevalent "Nintendo Remake Syndrome". And when you really think about it, the 3DS depends heavily on support from 3rd party developers. Yes there are some great 3rd party exclusives coming to the 3DS but Nintendo has a track record of never having great 3rd party relations.

 

[Darth_Dude]

Woah. I'm amazed at the graphics, considering it's a handheld.. Huh, guess technology is moving faster than I thought it was.

 

[Darth_Dude]

I would be very, very surprised if the 3DS was $300. $250 seems infinitely more likely to me.

They already announced it, it's been covered on a few other sites.

EDIT: LoL, and there's even one on Escapist

No, they've announced the Japanese pricing of 25,000 yen.

Which, as I said in the original post was the launch price for the PSP and Wii, which were released here at $199 and $250, respectively.

To my knowledge there has been no official announcement of a European/US price. Everything else is speculation.

Please read more carefully next time

Wow, attitude much? Considering you're merely speculating, why don't you get back to me when you have some hard facts, other than the announced price for Japan.

Wait, what?

I made a remark on the US/Euro price for the 3DS. You told me "They already announced it, lol and there's even one on the Escapist," giving me lip like I was not aware that they had announced the (US/Euro) price, I corrected you that they'd only announced the Japanese pricing and that there was still plenty of room to speculate on how much it'd cost over here, and I'm the one giving attitude?

That is a very skewed view of the world, friend. The only one here who ever spoke in terms of "hard facts" is you. That is the difference between "It seems likely that..." and "They already announced it."

Yay for Internet trolls!

 

[Asuka Soryu]

I'm deffinately not getting a 3DS.

I don't care what games it comes with, after buying the console... I'll barely be able to afford a single game. So, no. This big lineup hasn't enticed me to overlook the price. I'll most likely do what I did with the PSP... wait like some odd years. I only got my PSP in 2009.

300$ + HST = Owch. But since I'm in Canada, it'll probably be 320$...

 

[John Funk]

The main problem I see with these games;

Most of them are worn out franchises.

Now, there's nothing wrong with that to an extent. But I'm failing to see the definitive 3DS game that will really show how powerful it is.

Then again, I am being incredibly biased since I'm extremely skeptical of the whole thing. I've said it before multiple times, but I've never really been a Nintendo gamer, or a handheld one for that matter. They've just never really done it for me, and as pretty looking as those are (Though PSP has had some pretty games for a while now) I doubt that I would ever play them for more than a week, then drop them for something more fulfilling.

I want to love Nintendo and the 3DS, I really do, but it's just...they're not for me, I guess.

Of course not, it's not made by Sony

I'm joking, by the way, before anyone gets too overly sensitive here.

 

[Jumplion]

Of course not, it's not made by Sony

I'm joking, by the way, before anyone gets too overly sensitive here.

Oh trust me, I know you're joking, yet you speak an ungodly amount of truth....

Nintendo's just not for me, I fully admit that, I've been a Sony gamer at heart. I started with the PS1 with Crash Bandicoot and Spyro, worked up to the PS2 with Jak and Daxter and Ratchet and Clank, and moved on up to the PS3 with Uncharted and Resistance (god, I feel so old). So Sony's just had a special place in my heart that nobody else has given. God knows what the future lies for them...

Though I've never been partial to any handheld (Gameboy had it's moments, though), so I don't have any real bias there. I was going to get a PSP at one point, but I was lazy and went "meh, whatevs" since I knew I was just going to plop it next to my dust-magnet of a DS and Wii.

 

[Nouw]

I literally read 3D Realms software lineup...

Looks awesome. I think I'll keep my Lite though