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Nintendo is losing a ton of money on the 3DS apparently

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  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    >why I always wait until the new generation of Pokemon (if exclusive to the console) to get the new console

    >THIRD DS Lite

    So...how's that strategy working out so far?
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    ^ First time it failed for me

    The whole thing worked like this:
    -First Lite was a gift
    -Second was mostly bought with the money gotten from selling it to a friend who didn't care about shoulder buttons or the Lite breaking down
    -Third was purely my money

    Hopefully it will go:
    -Fourth is a Phat from EBay that lasts through anything
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    Eh, I'd be more annoyed about the MML3 cancellation if the first two games in the series hadn't flopped. Though admittedly, Capcom could've just said that instead of blaming the fans.

    I remember defending Capcom. That was one of the points I didn't defend them for. Their PR department needs an overhaul.
  • MoeDantesMoeDantes
    no longer cuddly, but still Edmond
    Ooohhh, golly gee I forgot all about this thread!

    And wrongfully so.


    How so?


    I just don't like the DS, basically. When it was new I didn't see the point and my response was like "the GBA basically just came out and already you want me to switch up? Fuck you, Nintendo." Years later I got to actually play one and, well, hated the dual screens, hated the stylus, and there wasn't a single game on the console that I actually wanted to play.

    I wish I had tried to give the PSP a shot back then because that turned out to be a portable worth owning.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    Ah.
  • evilnekoevilneko
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    @EdmondDantes: What sorts of games do you like?

    And how could you hate the dual screens if you liked the GBA (presuming you did)?
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    Kichigai birthday!!
    ^^ I wonder what was the purpose of putting two equal signs there
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    double equal is often used in computer programs to mean "is equal to", rather than single-equal sign which means "set equal to".

    So c = 3 means "set c to equal 3" while c == 3 will test whether c is equal to 3 and output true (1) or false (0) accordingly.
  • Marioguy128Marioguy128
    If that don't work, use more gun.
    "3DS == Virtual Boy."

    I have to agree with this.  The 3DS isn't doing to well, it'll be a financial disaster for Nintendo.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    Not exactly doing terrible...
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    And don't forget, the DS got off to a slow start too.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    Like so.
  • CrimsonCrimson
    edited 2011-08-06 10:47:17
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!
    ^^This. It's really too early to call financial ruin for Nintendo.
  • MoeDantesMoeDantes
    no longer cuddly, but still Edmond
    And how could you hate the dual screens if you liked the GBA (presuming you did)?


    Did a part of your post get cut out by accident? The presumption here is I should be fine with dual-screens if I liked the GBA, but absolutely no version of the GBA had dual-screens, so what's the connection?
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    But they had screens that were roughly that size too.  Why would you object to two such screens if one didn't bother you?
  • GLORIOUSLeaderGLORIOUSLeader
    When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
    No, he dislikes the multiple screens, not their size.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    ...okay, I'm curious, how does having multiple screens make it worse than having one screen?

    If anything, I actually like having, say, an area map alongside my main play screen when I'm playing Castlevania games.
  • RaddRadd
    Makes it easier to break a screen.
  • MoeDantesMoeDantes
    no longer cuddly, but still Edmond
    ...okay, I'm curious, how does having multiple screens make it worse than having one screen?


    Because it forces you to divide your attention. For RPGs and stuff that isn't so bad, but for fast-past shmups or platformers I want my eyes to be in one place all the time.

    That and like most of Nintendo's "innovations," not a lot of games seemed to take advantage of it in any meaningful way.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Miij, you forgot 'The economy is in the shitter now.' It's why I don't have one, after all.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    edited 2011-08-06 15:29:41
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    @MoeDantes: Oh.  Fair enough.

    I haven't played any DS shmups and I haven't yet personally tried any other games that make both screens action screens, except for Metroid Prime Pinball for like a minute.
  • HatterHatter
    Glaives are better.
    3DS has no games.
  • CrimsonCrimson
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!
    Yet.
  • HatterHatter
    Glaives are better.

    Even if it gets games, it will never get game. Can you imagine a 3DS going out to a bar and snagging some foxy lady, what with the state of its hinge, battery life and price? I can't.

    3DS got no game.

  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    These were hilarious in 2007
  • MoeDantesMoeDantes
    no longer cuddly, but still Edmond
    For some reason I read that as "3DO got no game." Which, well, it certainly didn't
  • evilnekoevilneko
  • RocketDudeRocketDude
    Poot dispenser here
    Yeah, but EA made an improved version of NFS for DOS later on.
  • MoeDantesMoeDantes
    no longer cuddly, but still Edmond
    I wouldn't know, I never played a 3DO.

    I wanted to, back in the day, but in hindsight I can't think of a single game I want that is exclusive to that console. You mentioned Star Control 2 but considering I would need to shell out however much the system costs plus however much the game costs, while I already have a PC that can play the original version, I'd rather just get that version.
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