What does Nintendo need to do to save 3DS?

[Joelcool7]

loves2splooge said:

RolStoppable said:

This is pretty much the same thing as in another recent thread, you know which one. Price really isn't the deciding factor here. It's all about the games.

If you look at the timeframe when the PSP has been outselling the DS you will notice that the amount of big and semi-big games released for Sony's handheld is considerably bigger, so it's not shocking to see gamers choosing the PSP over the DS recently despite the former having a higher price. Therefore the conclusion that the NGP should win if it's only marginally more expensive than the 3DS is flawed. It will mainly come down to third party support and if they choose to abandon Nintendo, then, and only then, Sony has a real chance.

In case we will be looking at equal support, Nintendo should have no trouble to stay on top. Their headstart will mean that their library will always be ahead of the NGP in the number of available quality games and lower price combined with Nintendo's advantage in the first party department should seal the deal. Of course this doesn't mean that the 3DS will ever sell at the same ridiculous pace as the DS did in its peak years, but that most likely won't be necessary to beat Sony anyway.

Well yeah, the PSP can get away with a higher price point because the Japanese third-party software is very strong there right now. With the software backing, NGP could get away being a little higher in price. And theres something like 48 Japanese developers that are supporting the NGP. http://kotaku.com/#!5744522/uncharted-leads-the-psp2s-first-game-lineup By pigeonholing itself around 3D, I think Nintendo sealed the 3DS's fate. When you call the system 3DS, basically everything on the system has to be stereoscopic 3D. Nintendo is gambling a good 5 years at least (assuming it plans to stand by the Nintendo 3DS and not screw over the people who bought one) on a gimmick. Sometimes gambling on a gimmick pays off. But I don't see it paying off this time. 3D is a gimmick that pisses a lot of people off (a large minority of people can't see in 3D and others get headaches or sick from it). The 3D fad is fading in Hollywood as well. And if you are going to pay $250 just to turn the 3D off, the Japanese are going to think "I might as well get a NGP."

I don't know why Nintendo has this idea in their heads that they need a gimmick every single time now. The Wii and DS didn't sell because of the gimmicks. They sold because the games were fun. Eyestrain, headaches, nausea or not even being able to see the damn effects is not fun.

Umm 3D doesn't appear to be going anywhere. Hollywood is constantly churning out 3D movies just look at Thor or the upcoming Transformers. A large amount of consumers enjoy seeing their movies in 3D I am one of them. 3D is like BluRay some producers supported it others did not, sales didn't pick up for awhile. Look at HD it too was a gimmick and publishers did not all jump on board immediatly it took awhile.

3D is here to stay whether you like it or not. Glasses 3D TV's might be dissapearing shortly but 3D itself will not.

As for Nintendo needing a gimmick, I hate the word gimmick. I prefer innovation when a console manufacturer or any product manufacturer releases a new unique product I don't see that as a gimmick. I see it as an innovation. The products that rip it off are gimmicks in my opinion. Nintendo has always innovated in the industry remember that analog stick gimick of the N64 , or Rumble or how about the first console wireless controller. Nintendo innovates and if they didn't they would be left behind.

3D on 3DS is a natural progression. Had Nintendo just made a super powerful GameBoy what would differentiate it from the NGP? Nintendo needs to innovate it can't afford to be left behind!