Do we really expect that 3DS sales will rise up high with OOT3D release?

[thetonestarr]

Euphoria14 said:

megaman79 said:

Euphoria14 said:

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PSP was expensive 6 years ago. True, but average wages have increased over this time. Well in normal countrys anyway.

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Touching a restrictive touch screen is not close to the same as doing so on a capacitive. I don't think anyone really knows the difference, do you? If it works it works.

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Not according to Nintendo. Nintendo is saying this because they don't want to exclude devs from their console, not because its actually going to be true.

#1.) My wages now compared to what it was in 2005 still make a $250 handheld pretty expensive.

#2.) I know the difference and it is noticable. On the DS your finger feels resistance when sliding it up, down, left and right. On my Captivate smartphone there is none what so ever. Well, it is actually there but very very little, much less than then DS screen. Maybe you're right though, they won't notice. I just know that I would much rather prefer capacitive.

#3.) You could be right, but why put 3D if your making a motion title? Seasickness simulator?

 

You think that would sell? I bet some people actually would buy it.

"Sailing: The REAL seasickness simulator"

You're confusing the difference behind the material they're using to make the touchscreen with the different screen mechanics.

Having that "resistance" has nothing to do with being capacitive or not. You probably didn't have a smartphone back before they started using capacitive screens, but they used the same type of glass they use nowadays (at least, the HTC ones that I had did). The phones back then were also designed to use a stylus, but the screens themselves (unless they had a screen protector on them) felt the same as the phones today.

The reason the DS and 3DS screens feel the way they do is because Nintendo designed them to take a beating from 5-year-old kids pushing way too hard with a stylus. Your average touchscreen phone has never been built with that in mind.