Japanese Survey Lists Top Reasons Why 3DS Isn't Selling
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When DSi XL drops to 100 im getting one to replace my poor ds lite with cracked case
best system evar and so many games to play still
best system evar and so many games to play still
Why haven't I bought a 3DS? Well apart from 3D being a gimmicky piece of shit I am one of the 12% of people who can't use 3D because I am long sighted and get a severe headache when I try. So why should I buy a console that's main selling point is something I can't use?
why i havent bought it.
1. a regular DS is as good
2. the 3d actually is barely noticeable when it isn't hurting your eyes
3. no games
4. i hate anything with 3d as part of the name.
5. hand held is overrated.
1. a regular DS is as good
2. the 3d actually is barely noticeable when it isn't hurting your eyes
3. no games
4. i hate anything with 3d as part of the name.
5. hand held is overrated.
1. No good games out yet.
2. The 'good' games are going to be ports of old games.
3. Don't really care about 3D.
4. Too expensive.
5. No backwards compatibility.
Plus, if nintendo really wanted to sell the 3Ds, they would have released Pokemon Black and White as a 3DS game. Seriously. They were like within a few weeks of each other.
2. The 'good' games are going to be ports of old games.
3. Don't really care about 3D.
4. Too expensive.
5. No backwards compatibility.
Plus, if nintendo really wanted to sell the 3Ds, they would have released Pokemon Black and White as a 3DS game. Seriously. They were like within a few weeks of each other.
I don't really care about buying a 3DS just yet because of a lack of games. Remember when the DS first started out? Yeah it started out terrible, with a remake of Super Mario 64 being the only good thing. Took a while but it eventually got more great games. I'm sure I'll get a 3DS someday but this Project Cafe is also meant to come out next year, so until I see the games for that, I'll have to save my money.
Why haven't I bought it? Because it represents a gross violation of consumer rights, has weak launch titles, and has horrible battery life. I can excuse the latter two, but they seriously fucked themselves by claiming the rights to your photos (Which probably wouldn't hold up in court for them) and being able to remotely brick your device.
Nintendo fucked up here, and I'll probably never buy one of their products again for this. At the very least, not the 3DS. I know this has been debated to death, but I honestly think Nintendo needs to get their heads out of their asses and respect us customers, rather than assume we're all criminals. Then again, their products print money, so fuck the individual, I guess.
Nintendo fucked up here, and I'll probably never buy one of their products again for this. At the very least, not the 3DS. I know this has been debated to death, but I honestly think Nintendo needs to get their heads out of their asses and respect us customers, rather than assume we're all criminals. Then again, their products print money, so fuck the individual, I guess.
Come now, we all know the real reason is there is no reason to own one. Sure it's cool, but there aren't any games worth playing yet.
Personally I won't buy one until I can play a supported Pokemon game on one, though i could understand people buying them to play ocarina of time.
Outside of that...no game appeal.
Nintendo needs to get to work on a series that isn't over 15 years old. All their games that aren't stupid gimmicks aimed at 6 year olds are all disgustingly outdated franchises. Mario, I'm looking at you.
Pokemon is the only one who gets a free pass on this one because I'm biased and Pokemon is technically Game Freak not Nintendo.
And seriously, your big surprise for the 3DS release was a Kid Icarus revival? Well I must say, I was THOROUGHLY impressed Nintendo, never saw yet another overrated outdated franchise's revival coming!
...But seriously...the short hairy plumber isn't that appealing! When will this nonsensical fandom finally perish?
Personally I won't buy one until I can play a supported Pokemon game on one, though i could understand people buying them to play ocarina of time.
Outside of that...no game appeal.
Nintendo needs to get to work on a series that isn't over 15 years old. All their games that aren't stupid gimmicks aimed at 6 year olds are all disgustingly outdated franchises. Mario, I'm looking at you.
Pokemon is the only one who gets a free pass on this one because I'm biased and Pokemon is technically Game Freak not Nintendo.
And seriously, your big surprise for the 3DS release was a Kid Icarus revival? Well I must say, I was THOROUGHLY impressed Nintendo, never saw yet another overrated outdated franchise's revival coming!
...But seriously...the short hairy plumber isn't that appealing! When will this nonsensical fandom finally perish?
The two big reasons are cost and games. $250 is a bit much and the games are pretty much terrible.
The original GBA had an amazing lineup of some really excellent games. It was like a mini-SNES. Nowadays most people don't have a GBA anymore, so they use either a normal DS or a GC Player (which is more rare).
So yeah... Why buy a new DS that cuts you off from one of your big portable game libraries? Plus it's expensive and I can't stand 3D anything. It's a gimmick that fools your brain.
So yeah... Why buy a new DS that cuts you off from one of your big portable game libraries? Plus it's expensive and I can't stand 3D anything. It's a gimmick that fools your brain.
I can only really see one game that is worth buying at last for me and I have a DS with a lot of games that I am still interested in buying plus the price.
That's one of my main reasons why I have my original DS, but also why I still have my Gameboy Advance. Hell, I still have my original copy of Tetris and Kirby's Pinball (wish I'd managed to keep hold of my copy of Kirby's Dream Land).cursedseishi said:
As for other reasons, I personally am very much against this whole 3D bullsh*t fad that's being forced upon us. Now, I know everyone sees things differently, but I personally do not see any difference when watching a 2D film and its 3D counterpart with the glasses in a cinema/theater. The only thing that bugs me, aside that I had laser surgery last year and now everywhere is insisting I have to wear glasses, is that when I have to use the annoying 3D glasses, it not only gives me a headache part way into the film, but also makes the screen darker and my eyes aren't drawn to the screen but the think plastic rims around my eyes.
That said, I've only used a 3DS in passing (watching over someone's shoulder and playing it for only a few minutes) and I just did not like the 3D effect. Then I hear that we're told as a health warning that you're only supposed to use it for 30 minutes or so. Now, I'm all for the idea of taking a break every so often to rest, but when you buy a product for its gimmick and then are told you're not supposed to use it for what the product was intended (gaming, aka, entertainment over semi-lengthy periods of time), it becomes rather pointless.
Add to that all the bad press on it, not just the parts that say this person got sick or these people complained, but of parts that say things like "The ToS for the DS state that any misuse of this product will cause the company to stop allowing software updates for this product."
Now, I don't know how much of these things are true and I'm used to taking such things with a pinch of salt, but if it's true that you're required to occasionally update your handheld's software and if unable to do so you lose the ability to play said handheld, it's effectively Nintendo's way of forcing you to buy a whole new console every time they feel you're not paying enough to them.
Again, not sure how true such statements are, but between concern of Nintendo trying to control what and how you play their system/s, the possible health concerns and the blatent hatred I have for gimmicky bullcrap, I find the 3DS to be completely useless and it just reeks of Nintendo trying to cash in when they could be pouring their resources into what they constantly claim to do... make gaming fun.
I haven't got one because it's pretty damn expensive, at least where I live. Even old DSs are still expensive, but I'd probably be better off getting one of those and enjoying that lineup of games and waiting for the 3DS price to go down, especially since DS games would be pretty much all I'd play on a 3DS anyway.