| jake_the_fake1 said:
Sony with NGP has the potential to outsell the 3DS, I say this with confidence because there are several things Sony has done right with the NGP, while at the same time there are several things Nintendo has done wrong. The greatest asset the 3DS has is its autostereoscopic screen, but it's also its greatest weakness. In fact it's a weakness that could cripple the 3DS if the market receives the 3D gimmick poorly. Apart from this weakness the 3DS also has other deficiencies which I'll also address in point form below. 1. The autostereoscopic screen used in the 3DS is crap...well not crap but premature. The one key problem with 3D among others is cross talk, it's a common issue with 3D TV's, but more so with glassless 3D. I bring this up as game journo's have touched upon this, the key problem I've read and listen to is that the 3DS has to be held constantly at a certain distance for your eyes in order 3D effect to work effectively, any movements made cause cross talk and this break the 3D effect, unfortunately this is counter intuitive for a portable console, hence why I said that the screen used is premature. To make things worse, 3D brings further issues to the 3DS, things like Eye strain and Nausea, again all this is counter intuitive and something the market will criticize, just as it's happening in the 3D TV market. 2.3DS sacrificed screen resolution for the 3D effect. Really, I remember developer talking about the issue with jaggies as they are more noticeable in 3D, for the time being I'll assume that Nintendo will mandate that all 3DS games have at least x2 AA, but if not, all I can say is 'chain saw to the eyes'. Apart from 3D games, there will be other features of the machine such as web browsing that will be crap, here 3D has no affect, and the only requirement is resolution as text needs to be sharp. I know most will disregard web browsing but it is a feature Nintendo is touting and one you can do while in game, plus these day with smart phone being the rage, and web browsing being so common on them, the 3DS by default will be inferior and this again comes down to the premature screen tech Nintendo have chosen for the 3DS. 3. 3DS uses resistative touch instead of capacitive touch. I'm sorry, but using a stylus in 2011 is a joke. People have been conditioned by smart phone to use there fingers to do almost everything on their phones, there was no reason to forgo capacitive touch as this would have allowed people to use both their fingers for new games and stylus for the old games. There’s a reason why capacitive touch is superior, not only is sensitive but it easily allows for multiple touch inputs. 4. Single analogue Since the launch of the PSP, people have been demanding a second analogue stick, why, because certain genres are gimped with out them. Guess what, now people are saying the same thing about the 3DS, I'm sorry but saying that the touch screen is a good enough is a joke, as soon as you use the touch screen you lose access to the all the buttons on the right hand side of the console, this in no way is beneficial to genres like shooter or action games ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The NGP side of things, Sony has addressed allot of things which in effect make it a much better handheld 1. Beautiful 5" high rez OLED screen. With a screen like this watching movies, playing games and web browsing will be very good as things will be crisp and sharp. Not much to say, but then again in a market with smart phone and tablets, this is just the standard. 2. Easy development. Development has always been hard on Sony platforms, either because exotic hardware, or because tools where lacking, however, according many developers, the NGP is easy to develop further more Sony has made it even easier for devs to make multiplatform games from360/PS3 with the tools they've provided. The point of this is to ensure they bring over the western developers to the hand held market, just as the PS3/360 brought over many wester developers to the console space as many of them in the PS2 days where mainly PC developers only. 3. Multi touch screen Multi touch track pad. With this Sony has ensured that the NGP can play any touch games developed on the 3DS or any smart phone, which is where the PSP failed to-do. Not only that but the track pad will enable the NGP to have games which control unique to it's self and can not be replicated on any other platform. 4. Dual analogue sticks. This will allow all genres on the console space to work on the NGP, not only that but this time PS3/360 ports will actually work on the NGP rather than being gimped. Now while many will say that the handhelds should not have PS3/360 port, the question is why? If the ports work just as the console counter part, and there is a market for it, then there is no problem, at the end of the day ports don't mean there will no other games made for it, in fact any game made on the 3DS will work on the NGP as this time round Sony's console has all the controller input that the 3DS has just with out the 3D effect. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With all of that Said, if the 3DS didn't have the 3D screen the NGP would honestly be the only console of choice as it does everything the 3DS does but better, Nintendo saving grace, and the gimmick their betting on is the 3D screen, perhaps they can hit another home run as they've done with the DS and Wii, but given the 3DS premature screen tech I see Sony having the chance to topple Nintendo. At the end of the day the market will decide which will be the leading hand held console, for the time being we are forced to take the wait and see approach. My 2 cents. |
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People always tend to think that Nintendo has the better gameplay. But this time, NGP will have controls and gameplay much more superior than 3DS counterpart. You can touch the touchscreen and quickly after that, change back for O[ ]X/. Also you have a second analog. In 3DS you probably won't be able even to control the camera.
And I'm not even mentioning the touch in the back AND gyroscope, camera, etc....
The possibilities are almost unlimited compared to 3DS.
NGP will have Graphics AND Gameplay.
