Have you seen a younger kid with a 3DS?
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I never see many people playing a 3DS out in public, but I do tag plenty of people when I'm out and about. It seems the majority of the people I tag are older people(20's and up). Most people in my area don't play with handhelds in public, it's got a sort of strange negative social stigma attached to it.
Well, going by how my childhood was, assuming theirs is anything like mine was, I was always given the last generation (or even earlier) of everything. PS2 is out? I'm lucky to have a hand-me-down PS1. N64? I was still rocking a Genesis. Gameboy advanced? Still was given the Gameboy Color.
Once I started hitting teens, that was when I got caught up. As I got older, my family began buying me more expensive gaming things. PS3? I got one barely a year after release.
PSP? Got one of those also barely a year after release.
Once I started hitting teens, that was when I got caught up. As I got older, my family began buying me more expensive gaming things. PS3? I got one barely a year after release.
PSP? Got one of those also barely a year after release.
I've seen one kid with a 3DS when I was at the grocery store. To be fair I'm not usually in places where kids would be.
A handful here and there. 2 of my professors kids when they had a day where they got out of school early so they were hanging out in a lab with us, and my neighbors kid. Actually I've only seen a few owned by people my age. I know they are around though cause of street pass.
Yes, but then I work in retail and sell them to people for their children. Some people are wary of giving kids the 3D, but that's why the 2DS exists.
I've seen a few, but I do think there's more of a trend for young kids to be giving a parent's old phone or tablet for gaming.
At least that's what most of my friends have been doing for their kids - they upgrade and the kid gets to play with the old one. And I have a couple of coworkers who are giving their kids new tablets for Christmas this year who are the same people who gave their older kids DSes at the same ages a few years back.
At least that's what most of my friends have been doing for their kids - they upgrade and the kid gets to play with the old one. And I have a couple of coworkers who are giving their kids new tablets for Christmas this year who are the same people who gave their older kids DSes at the same ages a few years back.
I had a gameboy pocket when I was 6, and it was as expensive then as a 3ds is now. I don't see the difference.
I don't think people are generally suggesting that the price keeps parents from buying it, but that the trend as shifted to giving kids multi-function devices rather than gaming-specific ones. Of course most handhelds do have multiple functions now, but there's both the issue of perception and the ease of just handing down an old phone/tablet to the kids rather than buying yet another device on top of those.keniakittykat said: