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kitler53 on 01 June 2011
Galaki said:
M.U.G.E.N said:

 especially on how the eye strain issue ranked so high, didn't expect that

Truth through repitition. Especially made more viral through fear.


actually that is untrue, no matter how much you try deny the issue it won't make it go away.

 

OT - games came in 5th, that is surprising to me.  wish the percentages were listed though.



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Xen on 01 June 2011
kitler53 said:
Galaki said:
M.U.G.E.N said:

 especially on how the eye strain issue ranked so high, didn't expect that

Truth through repitition. Especially made more viral through fear.


actually that is untrue, no matter how much you try deny it the issue won't make it go away.

 

OT - games came in 5th, that is surprising to me.  wish the percentages were listed though.

And to me as well. I'd be fine with 2nd, even 3rd, but hah, fear of eyestrain over that? I thought people were smarter.



Galaki on 01 June 2011
Xen said:

I thought people were smarter.

People are generally more stupid than they appear.



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mysticwolf on 01 June 2011

I remember something many months ago that there was a Japanese survey that said that 8 out of 10 Japanese gamers planned to buy a 3DS... or maybe it was that they didn't plan to buy one, I can't remember



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dsister on 01 June 2011

  • 1. Price is high/waiting for a price drop
  • 2. Satisfied by DS/DSi
  • 3. Worried about eye strain
  • 4. Worried about getting sick from the screen
  • 5. Few launch titles
  • 8. Satisfied by PSP
  • 9. The battery is weak
  • 10. It's heavy and I don't feel like carrying it with me
  • 11. Can't play Game Boy Advance games
  • 13. Can't play Game Boy games
  • 18. No Famicom/NES in the Virtual Console
Reasons why I'm not getting it.


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radha on 01 June 2011

i surprised since the 3ds strategy is the same as the wii, the wii is a gamecube with a gymic the 3ds is a ds with a gymic, it should have worked , they should have sold millions.



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TomaTito on 01 June 2011
RolStoppable said:
radha said:

i surprised since the 3ds strategy is the same as the wii, the wii is a gamecube with a gymic the 3ds is a ds with a gymic, it should have worked , they should have sold millions.

The strategy behind the 3DS isn't even remotely similar. Not even on the processing power aspect. The Wii was an overclocked Gamecube while the 3DS actually made a generational leap in line with previous generations. Historically, successful handhelds have been about two generations behind home consoles in terms of processing power and the 3DS is no different. The only outlier so far has been the PSP which has been only one generation behind. The NGP will be the next one, provided it is successful.

If you put it that way, the 3DS is also only one generation behind, that can explain the doom surrounding it.



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Moren on 01 June 2011

To me, the killing point is the battery life... sooo atrocius



SaviorX on 01 June 2011

Why complain about a feature you can turn off?



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kitler53 on 01 June 2011
SaviorX said:

Why complain about a feature you can turn off?


there would probably be less complaints if you didn't have to pay a premium price to get that feature you are going to turn off.  same idea as a $600 dollar launch ps3 for people who didn't care to use the blu ray.  being forced to pay for something you don't want to get something you do tends to piss people off.

 therefore, a 3DS2d @ $200 would outsell a 3DS at $250 imo.