The fact that Nintendo thought there'd be any kind of major market for a 250 dollar gameboy is shocking. I wouldn't have spent that kind of money on what is essentially a last-gen console, even before the recession. And i'm one of the people who actually spent 400 on the PS3.
Japanese Survey Lists Top Reasons Why 3DS Isn't Selling
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My reason is number 12. System color. My favourite color is red, they give the choice of black and blue and after a while they will change to other colors BECAUSE THEY'VE ALWAYS DONE SO IN THE PAST!
The only games the true Nintendo fans want are the re-boots Nintendo gives out because they know it's quality. But those are games they must've played before. This is dissapointing because they feel it's all the same and it won't have the satisfactory feeling anymore. (calling it: the satis-factor)
Nintendo had some classics like Earthbound and Pikmin which some never played but can still be fun! But they refuse to let ANYTHING happen to those titles and instead we get Metroid Other M or Mii Party. Which is just a spinoff of Super Mario Party which began to be bland after number 3... How many are there now? 8?
Back to the DS. The DS has a magical function: the touchpad. This gives it a new function never before on handhelds: a direct interactive interface. What could they do with this? Make RTS games. How many are there? 4 if you count all the 4 Tower Defence games. That's too little! Even shuffleware doesn't bother!
I'm done
The only games the true Nintendo fans want are the re-boots Nintendo gives out because they know it's quality. But those are games they must've played before. This is dissapointing because they feel it's all the same and it won't have the satisfactory feeling anymore. (calling it: the satis-factor)
Nintendo had some classics like Earthbound and Pikmin which some never played but can still be fun! But they refuse to let ANYTHING happen to those titles and instead we get Metroid Other M or Mii Party. Which is just a spinoff of Super Mario Party which began to be bland after number 3... How many are there now? 8?
Back to the DS. The DS has a magical function: the touchpad. This gives it a new function never before on handhelds: a direct interactive interface. What could they do with this? Make RTS games. How many are there? 4 if you count all the 4 Tower Defence games. That's too little! Even shuffleware doesn't bother!
I'm done
Everyone complaining about the 3D...tough...it's called the 3DS for a reason (clue is in the name) if you don't like 3D so much...turn it off, but we all know Nintendo changes what are usually gimmicks into something that works (Wii for example, and weren't they the first company to use CD disks for consoles? Something else that was laughable at the time?)
OT: I'm getting one at Christmas, like i am betting MANY people will be.
Give it time, it will pick up, also sales could be dropping in Japan because everyone has one xD
Btw can the 3DS play original DS games? Just wondering?
OT: I'm getting one at Christmas, like i am betting MANY people will be.
Give it time, it will pick up, also sales could be dropping in Japan because everyone has one xD
Btw can the 3DS play original DS games? Just wondering?
I haven't got one yet because I'm skint and I'm already getting a video camera for my birthday coming up. I'll get one, but probably when the games start coming out and it comes down in price...which is looking to be Christmas, so it's all working out for me I think...
I'm actually kind of baffled. I had never thought of that. Yes, I should go out and buy a $300-plus DS that's selling point is 3D gaming. It's... just so simple. I never said I didn't like 3D, I said that it has yet to work on me. There's a difference between shelling out ten bucks on a 3D movie only to see it in normal-D and then shelling out a couple of hundred for a 3D device.Lord_Seth said:
Like or don't like 3D has nothing to do with it, it just doesn't work with my eyesight.
EDIT: I'm sorry two hundred and fifty dollar 3D thing, not a three hundred dollar 3D thing.
I have a few reasons why I haven't bought a 3DS. One major reason is some of the remakes they are releasing for it, such as Ocarina of Time.
I can easily get the original Ocarina of Time for $10 from the Wii's virtual console instead of shelling out around $300 or so for both a 3DS and the remake. (Which I did, and in the process of playing though.
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Still, I'm confident this system will (if it hasn't already) sell a LOT better then the Game Boy Micro. Remember that thing?
I can easily get the original Ocarina of Time for $10 from the Wii's virtual console instead of shelling out around $300 or so for both a 3DS and the remake. (Which I did, and in the process of playing though.
)Still, I'm confident this system will (if it hasn't already) sell a LOT better then the Game Boy Micro. Remember that thing?
Sorry to sound in bad taste but that image of a new Yangus game is making me excited! Wish they could translate the PS2 Young Yangus game.
