puffy said:
Besides that, streetpass causes owners to be more social than they usually would, although in a non-traditional way. In terms of how the 3DS is doing, everybody always has an opinion of Nintendo when they launch something and if it isn't breaking records it's definitely in trouble. Nintendo have used a marketing strategy with the 3DS, they've decided how many they want to sell and positioned the system accordingly through launch titles, pricing and marketing campaigns. If they wanted the system to be selling more then it would be. The 3DS is outpacing the DS even though the DS was $100 cheaper, was launched in the holiday season and had a fairly similar line-up of games at launch that were cheaper. The 3DS doesn't have all it's features yet, we have to wait til May, how is that a problem exactly? It's going to be solved in May and anybody waiting for an internet browser can buy one then. Just remember, since everybody loves an Apple comparison, the iPhone didn't launch with things like cut and paste and 3G support, yet it still sold well and it's still selling well now. The games are what matter. After this many years, that should be crystal clear to everybody. The DS launched with this stand out line-up:
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The first year of DS titles wasn't spectacular either but the 3DS already has a solid line-up in 2011 which will only be strengthened after E3. So yes the 3DS could be doing better, but it's going to be on the market for at least 6 years so how about stopping all the doom and gloom bullshit.
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Yeaaah when you have software built in that encourages more socialization than DS ever did you know Kylie is just trying to stir things up, it's best to ignore those comments cause they're just flat out lies >_>
The design of the system encourages you to take it with you wanting you to get coins tracking your steps, Face Raiders wants you to capture other peoples faces getting others involved, then you have streetpass, getting someone else's Miis to show up and trade puzzle pieces and do a little RPG with you and you get more levels the more you see these people.... yeah that's not encouraging socialization at all... not to mention the software encourages this too, a lot of launch games have their own streetpass modes, and they have their local wireless download modes.
So yes the device is founded on socialization and there isn't much that can be said otherwise, if someone is anti-social with their device it's on them, cause I really don't buy the whole "man others can't see the 3D with me" as a legit complaint against it being social... you can either put it in 2D mode to let others watch or you can let people hold it to see the 3D, I've done both while socializing with my device, and one person found an angle over my shoulder they can look at the screen and see the 3D... though that made me feel a bit uncomfortable lol.
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