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EricFabian on 05 November 2013
dharh said:
tbone51 said:
dharh said:
Portable gaming is so dead to me. It's sad.


*Plays Pokemon XY with over 6million other users "What Portable gaming is dead? Yes must be!" *Mega Evolves Blastoise!


You neeed to read my words better.

I know full well Pokemon is still the uber crazy juggernaut, though as a former pokemon player myself I have found the last several iterations to be old, stale, and boring.

there is always a Monster Hunter game for you And 3DS has more games than PS4/X1 together lol



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Ganoncrotch on 05 November 2013
MDMAlliance said:
ganoncrotch said:
MDMAlliance said:

I disagree pretty strongly with the notion that the PS Vita was a far bigger change from the PSP than the 3DS from the DS.
Your differences with the PS Vita vs the PSP are rather weak.  2 Cameras?  The 3DS has the same difference with the DS.  OLED touch screen?  I think you should just say "touch screen" as OLED is being phased out.  Dual analog sticks?  The 3DS has a circle pad while the DS didn't.  An equivalent difference from the PSP (having a circle pad thingy as well).  A rear touch pad?  Sorry, but I don't see there being many uses for that.  It may be more innovative than 3D, but not by very much.
So, no... not really at all.  The 3DS hardware has a good bit more than what you think in differences to the DS.  The jump from DS to 3DS is big, while the jump from PSP to 3DS isn't as big, and there is no denying that there was a bit of a closing of the gap with (PSP vs DS) vs (3DS vs PS Vita).

There is 1!!! and I've found it... In little big planet you use the touchscreen to push blocks into place and gears into machinery but if you want to push the gears back out of the machines to stop them you tap on the back touch screen to push it back towards you and stop the machine :o Ok this isn't a game changer but it felt like a really clever idea the first time you do it. (said this 1000 times tho, vitas OLED screen attracts fingerprints far too much to want to use it during "core" games)

Rest of your post is nail on the head right tho. I was going to reply regarding the psvita being a game changer because it has double the analogue sticks of the psp whereas the 3ds has infinately more than the DS :D even has double that again if you picked up the Circle pad pro for Resi evil or MGS3d


I know it has some uses in some games, but I can't see it covering many games.  I mean, the 3DS' 3D is useful in games where depth perception is important, but at the same time, not many games will actually be drastically changed by that (same with the reartouch).  I would rate the reartouch about as useful as 3D on the 3DS, just a little more innovative.

God yes, I have like... 16 vita games.... like I said found 1 use for it :D to be fair Super Mario 3d land is the only time I can think of using the 3d of the 3DS for something other than AWWWWWWWWWWW YYYEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH factor. thing is tho, while you only neeeed to have the 3d in few of the 3ds games, Starfox64 3d looks beautiful with lazer shots coming at you and the sense of speed in Ridge racer is amplified by it 10fold imo



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MDMAlliance on 05 November 2013
Zekkyou said:

I was comparing the most recent PSP to the first Vita and most recent DS to the 3DS, as that was the actual generation jump (which seems fair, does it not?).

DSi -> 3DS

Things added - 1 Analog stick, 3D function, improved graphics.

PSP3000 -> PS Vita

Things added - 1 extra Analog stick, A "true" touch screen, improved graphics (along with a high screen resolution), 2 cameras, rear touch panel. 

Why are those differences weak? We arn't debating which is better, mearly which changed/added more. If i'm not mistaked 5 > 3? :P

You are being unfair, because the DSi still didn't have as many cameras as the 3DS.  The 3DS has 3 cameras. 

And saying how many changes determines the battle on which had "bigger" change doesn't make sense.  

edit: Also, the 3DS has a pedometer, so technically that makes it 5 vs 5 (though I can find more differences for both, but the 3DS will still end up on top in terms of number of differences, really).



Screamapillar on 05 November 2013

3DS is just beginning to hit it's peak hardware/software sales, it's in the prime of it's life right now. The Vita is... about as successful as the Wii U. lol.

Not likely it will even come near PSP-level sales, let alone 3DS.



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Talal on 05 November 2013
HokageTenshi said:

Honda vs BMW sales...


Except BMWs are profitable. :p



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dharh on 05 November 2013
EricFabian said:
dharh said:


You neeed to read my words better.

I know full well Pokemon is still the uber crazy juggernaut, though as a former pokemon player myself I have found the last several iterations to be old, stale, and boring.

there is always a Monster Hunter game for you And 3DS has more games than PS4/X1 together lol

I dunno why you mention PS4/XBONE. I am not buying those systems either for a while.

Monster Hunter is not my type of game. It could _barely_ be classified as an RPG which is 99% of what I play. There are just not enough top tier RPGs for me to be able to look past the dual screens and pathetic resolutions. I tried really hard with the original DS but in the end I still wish I had gone with my original instinct and just bought the DS for zelda and nothing else. I wasted alot of time and money on DS and I'm not going to make that mistake again by buying 3DS anytime soon.

Eventually ill get the 3DS for A Link Between Worlds, but probably not until the next price drop which is unlikely even in 2014.



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IsawYoshi on 05 November 2013

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Dr.EisDrachenJaeger on 05 November 2013
MDMAlliance said:
Zekkyou said:

I was comparing the most recent PSP to the first Vita and most recent DS to the 3DS, as that was the actual generation jump (which seems fair, does it not?).

DSi -> 3DS

Things added - 1 Analog stick, 3D function, improved graphics.

PSP3000 -> PS Vita

Things added - 1 extra Analog stick, A "true" touch screen, improved graphics (along with a high screen resolution), 2 cameras, rear touch panel. 

Why are those differences weak? We arn't debating which is better, mearly which changed/added more. If i'm not mistaked 5 > 3? :P

You are being unfair, because the DSi still didn't have as many cameras as the 3DS.  The 3DS has 3 cameras. 

And saying how many changes determines the battle on which had "bigger" change doesn't make sense.  

edit: Also, the 3DS has a pedometer, so technically that makes it 5 vs 5 (though I can find more differences for both, but the 3DS will still end up on top in terms of number of differences, really).

3DS also has AR,street pass functionality and a slew of other shit to fight the good fight against smartphones. Which is why his thought process is bull on this. Its circle jerk to reality lmao



Rogerioandrade on 05 November 2013

This is a dangerous thread....



Zekkyou on 05 November 2013
MDMAlliance said:
Zekkyou said:

I was comparing the most recent PSP to the first Vita and most recent DS to the 3DS, as that was the actual generation jump (which seems fair, does it not?).

DSi -> 3DS

Things added - 1 Analog stick, 3D function, improved graphics.

PSP3000 -> PS Vita

Things added - 1 extra Analog stick, A "true" touch screen, improved graphics (along with a high screen resolution), 2 cameras, rear touch panel. 

Why are those differences weak? We arn't debating which is better, mearly which changed/added more. If i'm not mistaked 5 > 3? :P

You are being unfair, because the DSi still didn't have as many cameras as the 3DS.  The 3DS has 3 cameras. 

And saying how many changes determines the battle on which had "bigger" change doesn't make sense.  

edit: Also, the 3DS has a pedometer, so technically that makes it 5 vs 5 (though I can find more differences for both, but the 3DS will still end up on top in terms of number of differences, really).

Still a smaller change than adding 2 :P Plus i forgot the Vita also added a six-axis type thing (which works a surprising amount better than that shit with the PS3).