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TheWon said:

 

http://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/email-the-3ds-has-psp-qualities/

 

Wow now he's against the 3DS! I tell you this guy has to be related to Patcher because they say some crazy things.

I honestly think Malstrom just likes to go against the grain with the "conventional wisdom," sometimes just for the sake of going against it. Often he is correct because the conventional wisdom is frequently wrong - Everyone thought Nintendo was going to go third party, and we all know how that turned out - But sometimes he is wrong (or over exagurates). Now that the conventional wisdom seems to be that Nintendo will crush the competition with the 3DS, he is backing off the bandwagon and taking a closer look at it, being far more critical of it. While I agree with Malstrom's posts like 90% of the time, I am not with him in these sudden doomsday theories of the 3DS.

I guess he is saying that Nintendo is kind of going back to being like Sony and MS, too "core based" and reliant on hardware and technolgy, which I can kind of see. (This shows in the Wii lineup of 2010 with games like Other M and Galaxy 2, which have not picked up Wii sales). But when he says that 3DS sales will wane, that puzzles me. If you look at the lineup, the sheer strength of the library is absolutely massive compared to most Nintendo platforms; both first and third party. Malstrom even said once himself; the console with the most/best games generall sells the most hardware, and this is what the 3DS appears to be doing. I see is sort of like another PS2, rather than an N64, in that it is coming off a major success, with even stronger third party support, and many many quality games from all genres.I just can't see a handheld with a library like that and such strong 3rd party support to perform poorly.

I'm not sure Nintendo necessarilly needs to implement the Wii strategy as strongly in the handheld sector, since the competition isn't nearly as strong as it is in home consoles. However, I'm 100% with him that Nintendo NEEDS a brand new 2D Mario for the system. I can't imagine them NOT releasing it, if they like making money at all..

Besides this, I believe he is jumping the gun. The original DS didn't have a 2D Mario until a couple years into its life. I believe a similar situation will happen with the 3DS. Also, Nintendo will always be looking to reach new markets, I can't see them stopping this strategy with 3DS. They are simply starting it out with more established franchises in order to get a quick and stable install base from the getgo.