It will now cost $170 effective August 12th (http://corrupt, adulterating shitbags.com/5825495/nintendo-3ds-gets-sudden-massive-price-drop). Those who purchased the system at the full $250 get some free games as a consolation prize. (http://corrupt, adulterating shitbags.com/5825501/nintendo-launching-game-boy-advance-and-nes-games-for-eshop-bwah)
Kind of uncommon for a system out for only four months to have such a radical price cut.
Well, the 3DS is selling pretty poorly. Though, other companies haven't been so helpful in that regard.
Has this ever been done, like, ever? I got a feeling this may end up like the VirtualBoy... After all, they both have the same rap name.
It's not that uncommon, (http://corrupt, adulterating shitbags.com/5825689/how-unusual-was-the-3ds-price-cut) but in most cases that's due to competitor systems being launched not a reactionary measure to a future launch such as the Vita. If you take Nintendo's PR seriously they claim they have no competition right now as the Vita is still on the horizon and they don't consider mobile phones to be competitor. Which is stupid just about everyone needs a phone so that's where the DS's casual market is bleeding to, which Nintendo pretty much put their money on keeping.
Nintendo is clearly worried though, (http://corrupt, adulterating shitbags.com/5825872/nintendo-president-takes-blame-for-3ds-getting-50-percent-pay-cut) Iwata took the blame personally earlier today and halved his annual salary as an apology to the investors.
Add to that Nintendo is now playing down the importance of the 3D aspect of the system (http://corrupt, adulterating shitbags.com/5814119/maybe-3d-isnt-essential-for-the-3ds-after-all-nintendo-hints?tag=3ds) and it's no wonder game devs are dropping it, it's because Nintendo isn't even confident in it anymore.
Bumping this thread because it's the newest 3DS one we have and this is just too fucking hilarious to not post. (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/07/gaze-upon-the-3ds-circle-pad-attachment/)
AHAHAHAHA WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT? is that their solution to a second analog stick?
I'll laugh even harder if in the 3DS it's just for a handful of games.
It's for the upcoming Monster Hunter game... and that's about it.
It could be used in the future for other things seeing how Nintendo themselves is making the device. It's Nintendo we're talking about they love making pointless peripherals for things.
Even if it is used for only one thing it still doesn't take away the fact it's hilarious and ugly as hell.
If Nintendo releases another extension to it called the 3DS2X, I fucking give up on life.
Quote from: UHMEEEEBA on September 07, 2011, 12:31:34 PM
Bumping this thread because it's the newest 3DS one we have and this is just too fucking hilarious to not post. (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/07/gaze-upon-the-3ds-circle-pad-attachment/)
I would be sensible, but I think the sillier thing would be to go...
BEHOLD MY TRUE FORM, AND DESPAAAAAAAAAAIR! (http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr5rhjb48M1qzp9weo1_r2_500.jpg)
... reminds me, there were a ton of peripherals for the Gameboy, has anyone made a Gameboy tower?
Most of the Gameboy peripherals all plug in the same spots so I doubt it.
I dunno you could get that rumble pack/speaker I had + gamesharks + gameboy camera + gameboy printer...
Never had a camera or the rumble pack so I don't know about those, but a lot of the older stuff was mutually exclusive since they connected in the same holes in the side of the system. Not for electrical purposes, I mean the holes on the back that look like they have no function that's what they were for.
Quote from: Jesuszilla on September 11, 2011, 10:54:29 PM
I dunno you could get that rumble pack/speaker I had + gamesharks + gameboy camera + gameboy printer...
Can't forget this baby (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000MQ5X4A?ie=UTF8&force-full-site=1) that bricked when I caught a Missingno and saved my file onto it. I was a stupid, stupid child.
The analog stick attachment will retail for $20 and take a AAA battery. (http://corrupt, adulterating shitbags.com/5839599/nintendos-ugly-3ds-circle-pad-add+on-priced-and-dated) Yes it requires it's OWN battery source.
In addition to Monster Hunter 3 (and likely the just announced Monster Hunter 4) the following are confirmed to use the device: Resident Evil: Revelations, Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D, Ace Combat 3D: Cross Rumble, Dynasty Warriors VS and Kingdom Hearts 3D. (http://corrupt, adulterating shitbags.com/5839600/you-wont-believe-this-list-of-3ds-games-that-support-the-second-circle-pad)
So yeah this isn't just for Monster Hunter 3, not by a long shot.
I wouldnt mind the battery thing if the addon was like a rumble pack or something, where you dont need it for gameplay at all. But since you need it for gameplay... No, just no.
So, Nintendo's scaling back on the 3D angle, and adding a second circle stick to appease third parties...
...In what way is the 3DS not useless again? Oh right, the remakes and the ton of Mario games.
I think his point was there's jack shit on the 3DS but Mario and ports right now, so unless you REALLY like Mario or REALLY like games you've played but in 3D it ain't got much going on for it right now.
Sure it's got some new titles announced but not much to warrant purchasing it now especially when it's pretty much a given at this point the first redesign will have a second stick. When that comes out is anyone's guess maybe a year, maybe two, but it will happen and people who haven't bought one yet are probably going to wait.
Quote from: UHMEEEEBA on September 14, 2011, 12:59:41 PM
Sure it's got some new titles announced but not much to warrant purchasing it now especially when it's pretty much a given at this point the first redesign will have a second stick. When that comes out is anyone's guess maybe a year, maybe two, but it will happen and people who haven't bought one yet are probably going to wait.
That's actually what I'm gonna do too. :-X
Nintendo's marketing staff needs to reevaluate their campaign.
Reggie's chin is so shiny. :o
Quote from: UHMEEEEBA on October 22, 2011, 09:48:39 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dZ0crVzTqLw
Nintendo's marketing staff needs to reevaluate their campaign.
But Hulu!
i can just use the free version right
EDIT: why does reggie want me to record my brother sleeping D:
The PS Vita is probably going to be able to do that and more. I dunno, to me, it just makes more sense to wait for the Vita than to get a 3DS. 3DS is, more or less, the same tripe we've seen before, barely any improvement over the last model. It will lose to Android and iOS devices for obvious reasons.
The Vita, on the other hand, while still a gaming-exclusive device, makes such an improvement over its predecessor that it is probably going to be the fucking salvation of handheld gaming that it needs if it wants to remain a viable part of the industry. While we can just wait and see how the device can handle first person shooters like Call of Duty (which I shouldn't have to remind you is the main genre of focus of the present-day industry), I dare anybody to even try to come up with one for the iPhone or 3DS that doesn't feel like completely unnatural shit. It's a waste of time and money for development; a waste of time, money and resources to produce; and it's a waste of time for the ignorant, idiotic consumer who gets their hands on the product, whether they bought it or not (time's the most valuable resource it is— you can't get it back.).
Does the 3DS offer new options that the previous hardware didn't have? Sure. Is the 3DS an improvement over the previous hardware? Absolutely. But does it truly offer anything new to handheld gaming devices? No. I honestly don't see it. 3D doesn't really do anything new for the games that I haven't seen before. Maybe it's because the genius with the right idea hasn't come along to truly take advantage of the new hardware to do something UNIQUE, but until that actually happens, I just don't see the point.
You could argue the same for the PS Vita, that the market is just over-saturated with first person shooters and the like, but where the PS Vita truly excels is that it is economically efficient for both the consumer and developer. For the consumer, it's region free, has access to the entire library of PSN, and if you buy a game on PSN, you get it for PS3. For the developer, all sales are done on PSN, so there's no cost to manufacture on discs or cartridges. That also rolls back to the consumer, because they won't have to be charged for the cost of the manufacture of those discs, so games will be cheaper.
So, PS Vita is more powerful, offers things that the consumer likes, and has a game for pretty much everyone at launch, what's not to love? It's simply the wiser choice.
But does the PS Vita have a 3D POKEDEX?! I THINK NOT.
J/K, that's what my friend who bought a 3DS on Quibids said to convince me to upgrade from a DS. See no reason so far.
Quote from: Jesuszilla on October 24, 2011, 12:06:18 PM
So, PS Vita is more powerful, offers things that the consumer likes, and has a game for pretty much everyone at launch, what's not to love? It's simply the wiser choice.
but it doesnt have the pokemons or the marios
I'll repost my thoughts from another forum. Edited to fit ridiculous word filter standards.
The only thing I fear with the entirety of the 3DS as well as Nintendo's future is that they run a serious risk of becoming irrelevant as wel as non-existant at the speed of which hasn't been seen since the Virtual Boy.
The DS? It was mostly bought by the same casual gamers who now mostly own iPhones and similar devices. As was the Wii, and we know how much Kinect totally failed what with it still being hawked by Microsoft and not in a desperate tone. The Wii U isn't going to turn heads, the 3DS is failing to turn heads like it should, the Wii ended up seriously damaging their core user base, which Nintendo of America continues to essentially ignore, and this is the first fiscal year that Nintendo has NOT made a profit. EVER. (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/27/editorial-nintendos-creeping-doom-how-the-company-came-to-m/) Oh, Nintendo is hurting right now.
What I mean by damaging their core user base are things like the Wii itself being declared both a "shovelware platform" and "casual", the fiasco with Other M, Nintendo's emphasis on peripherals, Operation Rainfall, and what seems to be an overall lack of caring from Nintendo itself what the core gamers think of their system or their approach. The good games for the Wii are few and hard to come by, while every other console, even the 360, manages 2 great titles worth owning for every 1 Nintendo has.
And that's what I think will possibly be the Achilles' heel of the Wii U. Why would anybody bother buying a new system for a small sector of games on a platform whose name is associated with both a bad smell and casual shovelware? In the face of a deteriorating worldwide economy, even?
The simple fact of the matter is that Nintendo seems a bit too focused on forced gimmicks (Waggling and touch screens actually proved their concepts, so they're excluded), and that this is putting a stranglehold on their status as a gaming company. They want to do something just plain better, but they can't because their hands are tied behind their back as far as gaming concepts go. Star Fox and F-Zero wouldn't have worked on a Wii Remote, and Nintendo had to show off the primary features of their system. 3D is ultimately a truly useless feature that adds only a marginal experience as the games have to be designed to be playable without it, and with all the work Nintendo did on standardizing the Wii U, a touch screen on the controller is simply out of place, and will only be used by the platform's games at a niche level.
The worst part is: They might not be able to do anything about it. In fact, the upcoming games from them might be worse off than they originally hoped. That's not to say the profit loss will affect Skyward Sword and titles similarly close to release, but Kid Icarus: Uprising, Luigi's Mansion 2, and such? ...Yeah, it might just affect where Nintendo needs to drive the point home. Simply put, Nintendo runs a serious risk of becoming the next Sega. By that, I mean "Sonic Heroes" Sega.
On a somewhat related note Nintendo just announced that at E3 2012 they'll show off the *finished* Wii U, (http://corrupt, adulterating shitbags.com/5854148/the-wii-u-at-e3-2012-will-be-the-finished-product) and claim they're taking the lessons from the 3DS's launch to heart.
The real problem with the 3DS is that the massive casual crowd the DS had has since migrated to Smart Phones. Jesus did a fairly good job of explaining the problem so scroll up if you haven't read it.
It is a bit surprising they're still predicting an end year loss even with a Zelda game. Really goes to show how hosed the economy is.
Wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo went the route of SEGA eventually because let's be honest, all Nintendo's got going for it, much like SEGA realized near the end of its run, is its console exclusives. Mario, Zelda, Pokémon, Kirby, and whatever the next series they neglected for about a decade and are going to magically pay attention to again is (like Metroid was for the Gamecube and Wii; $2 says it's Kid Icarus).
I'm too lazy to find the interview but Iwata said at one point if Nintendo stops doing hardware they're done with video games period as they refuse to go third party. Obviously that's bullshit but something to think about.
And they only neglected Metroid for around six years not a decade (prime started development in 2000), and even during that time they were trying to get people to make Metroid 64 for them. (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-09-15-super-metroid-64-nearly-happened)
I still think Nintendo should've taken note of the box office ticket sales for Drive Angry before they made their public worldwide release of the 3DS. If a movie about Nic Cage breaking out of hell to hunt down a satanic cult doesn't break box office records then you know people are sick and tired of 3D gimmickry.
Since this is the 3DS thread I'll post this here. (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/10/miyamoto-interested-in-3d-remakes-of-2d-zelda-titles/)
This makes me upset, why can't you leave good games alone Nintendo? Or if you REALLY want a 2D Zelda in 3D (that doesn't even make sense) why not, make a new one?
I disagree.
Might make them playable. I wasn't too fond of 2D Zelda games.
I don't think you understand his vision, it'd still be the same game only the graphics would be 3D. It wouldn't play like Ocarina of Time, it'd still play like A Link to the Past but in 3D.
OK that's retarded then.
Bebe's Kids in 3D would be awesome, however
Quote from: UHMEEEEBA on November 11, 2011, 05:39:00 PM
I don't think you understand his vision, it'd still be the same game only the graphics would be 3D. It wouldn't play like Ocarina of Time, it'd still play like A Link to the Past but in 3D.
To be honest it would be a breath of fresh air compared to all of the Ocarinia of Times we've gotten since Ocarina of Time.
So today Nintendo basically admitted they hired Retro Studios to rush Mario Kart 7 for the Christmas holiday this year. (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/25/retro-took-mario-kart-7-from-emergency-to-2011-launch/)
Classy.
(http://thefacepalmfiles.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/030-dave-mustaine.gif)