Poll: Reason for Buying the 3DS?

[D Moness]

I have 2 simple reasons

1) I just want it.
2) It is nintendo

Raises shields for all the replies i might get with the general nintendo hate out there. You know what i do not care. I really enjoy playing their games(end of story).

 

[Chibz]

1) The game store will be infinitely better than the DSi XL's
2) The 3D.

If I wanted games like Suckarina of Time I'd play it on virtual console.

 

[PROcrastinator]

The next Kingdom Hearts is coming out for it.

Yes, that is the only reason.

Yes, I realize that makes me a whore. I care not. I need to get me some Kingdom Hearts.

This as well as Kid Icarus, Paper Mario and few other titles as well.

 

[hottsaucekid]

lol you're talking to the guy who bought a psp just for Birth by Sleep (and is still playing it now)

 

[VanillaBean]

Although me to reiterate this to you in the most eloquent of fashions.

Ocarina of Time and Starfox 64 with fresh visuals.

[HEADING=2]IN 3D[/HEADING]

[HEADING=1]FUCK YES[/HEADING]

This is exactly why I plan on getting it, and why not? Now that these games are portable you can play them anywhere. On a bus, on a plane, in class, the options are limitless.

 

[dalek sec]

It's reminding me a bit of the PS3 in this aspect. The PS2 was the best selling console of all time, and the PS3 had nothing, so people just kept buying PS2s. I suspect people will keep buying the DS Lite or DSi for quite a while, and therefore devs will keep making DS games to appeal to the largest possible audience.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who thinks that. I'm going to wait a bit for this one to come down in price and what not, I'm still getting plenty of game time with my DS lite and it would be silly to just buy a whole new system for some games.

 

[migo]

Because it's a Nintendo handheld. So far they've won against every competitor that has stood in there way, and it doesn't look like that's changing anytime soon.

Yes it does. Look at the reason they won.

The GameBoy launched against the Lynx at $89 vs $199. So it started off with better pricing.
It was also a lot smaller, so it could actually fit in some people's pockets. The Lynx was huge, I had to sit it on my lap when I was 6 years old, but the GameBoy I could comfortably hold.
It had much better battery life, lasting for days of real usage while the Lynx was pretty much unplayable if you weren't plugged in to an outlet.

The Turbo Express and GameGear didn't change anything. Same deal, too expensive and crap battery life.

The first system to have a remote chance of succeeding was the Neo Geo Pocket, but for some reason they decided to go with monochrome even though the technology to do it with colour was right there, so they released the NGPC one year later, in response to the GBC rather than prompting it. Had they gone straight to the NeoGeo Pocket Color in 1998, and the GBC had been in response I think things would have been seen a lot more favourably for them. So there you have bad planning.

The WonderSwan also had decent battery life and price, although for some bizarre reason went for monochrome again, after already seeing that it didn't work for SNK.

After that the GBA was pretty much uncontested, and when the PSP came in it did the same things wrong that the Lynx and GameGear did.

This time around, Nintendo is the one making the mistakes their competitors made. They're launching with crap battery life at a high price, so they're competing directly with Sony and the PSP2. Nintendo going against Sony head on is a bad idea, as the N64 and GC showed.

 

[V8 Ninja]

Because it's a Nintendo handheld. So far they've won against every competitor that has stood in there way, and it doesn't look like that's changing anytime soon.

Yes it does. Look at the reason they won.

*snippity-snip*

You have some good points, but we still don't know two big factors about the NGP; the price and the battery life. The only hint that we've been given about these two factors is that the NGP won't cost as much as the PS3 when it started, and that's still a pretty big gap considering the starting price for the PS3 was 500 American dollars.

 

[Jezzascmezza]

I'm pretty much getting it for Ocarina of Time.
I've heard crazy good things about that game, and I've never actually played it myself...

 

[GeorgW]

The games, and only the games. The hardware is crap IMO. The battery life is too low, I don't care about 3D and it has region lock!!

 

[migo]

Because it's a Nintendo handheld. So far they've won against every competitor that has stood in there way, and it doesn't look like that's changing anytime soon.

Yes it does. Look at the reason they won.

*snippity-snip*

You have some good points, but we still don't know two big factors about the NGP; the price and the battery life. The only hint that we've been given about these two factors is that the NGP won't cost as much as the PS3 when it started, and that's still a pretty big gap considering the starting price for the PS3 was 500 American dollars.

With the DS Lite easily down to $100 and the DSi to $150, if you're going to be spending $250, you're already splurging, at which point an extra $100-$200 is justified if it gets you more of what you want (see the people who will spend $600 on an iPad). Sure, we don't know the price yet, but everyone seems to be thinking $300-$400 for the PSP2, and battery life is reported to be 4-6 hours, which seems plausible.

Given that, I'd rather spend $350 on the PSP2 than $250 on the 3DS, as the $350 is better bang for my buck. It's not wishful thinking, so it's reason enough to hold off on getting the 3DS.

Another reason is Nintendo's track record with releasing better handhelds after 1-2 years.

GBA -> GBA SP (although for ergonomic reasons I prefer the original GBA, for most people it's pretty clear the SP is better)
DS -> DS Lite

Undoubtedly, there will be a redesigned 3DS in a couple years when there's more software that's in all ways better and is also cheaper. Why not wait until the PSP2 is released, you get some reviews of it, and then decide if you go for it, or for the cheaper 3DS refresh?

 

[StriderShinryu]

I guess very few have learned from the DS. Maybe you should wait for the 3DS Lite to come out in a year or two.

Not that I was planning to pick up a 3DS on launch anyway, but even if I was this is probably the one reason I would decide not to. Nintendo is infamous for re-releasing their portable hardware with minor upgrades for every device since the original gameboy. They're as bad as Apple in this regard and yet, just like with Apple, there's always a huge rush to buy the 1st gen knowing full well that a year down the line there will be a better 2nd gen (and then 3rd and 4th, etc.).

 

[McMarbles]

Kid Icarus.
Time Travelers.
Layton v. Wright.
Layton and the Mysterious Mask.
Dr. Lautrec.
Mega Man Legends 3.

And, y'know, all those other games.

Because that's the only reason to ever buy a system.

 

[inFAMOUSCowZ]

Im actually waiting to ee how the 3ds works as well as sonys new handheld. Reason is I want a handheld ( havent had one since 2007) and I have a 360, ps3. Im guessing the psp2 ( or whatever its real name is) will be able to interact with the ps3. While the 3ds has more info on it, and I dont have a wii so If they have the two interact I'd be missing out. It really comes to the games, and if its anything like the psp vs. DS Im going with the ds.

 

[yanipheonu]

The games. I can think of at least 12 games I will be getting in the near future. And it's getting a GODDAMN PERSONA GAME I do not need anymore convincing

The list of games in development is just insane