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Smashchu2 on 03 May 2011
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padib said:
Smashchu2 said:
As I've said before, the 3DS should be doing BETTER. It's not. Heck, even still, people are buying the 6 year old PSP over the new 3DS. The DS was able to do well because of games like Nintendogs and New Super Mario Bros. Nintendogs is already on the 3DS and DS owners are not upgrading. DS owners do not want a 3DS. There also isn't a 2D Mario in sight. The only saving grace is Mario Kart and Animal Crossing, but if Nintendogs did not help, then why would these games?

The DS had a weak launch for many reasons but mostly due to launching with an N64 game. The system starting doing well when it made games that were like NES and SNES games as well as new games (Brain Age, Nintendogs). The 3DS will soon have OoT which will also not help the system. Time will tell, but DS owners are looking to not upgrade and they will reject the value of 3D. This is more serious then people think because Nintendo's handheld market has been tarnished.

It's way too soon to jump to those conclusion. There are way more factors than 3D that people could be rejecting (price, battery life, not enough games), and it's possible (most likely) that this is just temporary.

Also, how do you know OoT will not help the system? Were you there at launch in the near future?

All of those things you mentioned are a problem with the system and a problem with 3D. The battery life is bad because of #D. The price is high because of 3D. Games are bad because 3D is harder to make (but there was Nintendogs so "lack of hit software" is obviously not a problem).

The reason OoT wont help is because N64 games have never worked out for Nintendo. The DS launched with Mario 64 and sales were low. It was being beaten by the PSP. What saved the DS was SNES games and new games like Nintendogs and New Super Mario Bros. Launching another N64 game is only going to solidify it's possition as a weak system and put Nintendo in the worst possition it's ever been it: a bad economic market with no handheld market to back it up.

Nintendo will not be able to re-brand itself like they did with the DS because it is marketed as "3D." The 3DS will forever be about 3D and drive away customers (which is already happening. 3D gives people headachs amd they dont want to play 3D games). Nintendo will have to abandon the system in order to rebrand itself.