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d21lewis on 09 August 2011
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Zlejedi said:
d21lewis said:
I hope ads like that make it to the U.S.. I also hope that's just one of a series of ads showing the differences and improvements between the DS and 3DS.

-another ad could show AR games and Motion controls
-another ad could show Nintendo franchises and virtual console
-another ad could show Netflix, 3D pictures, Spot Pass, and Nintendo Video

Obviously, this ad is an attempt to diffuse any momentum that the PSV would be garnering if it were coming out this year. Showing games that PSV fans would like (Metal Gear, Resident Evil, Street Fighter) with awesome graphics--what other reason could there have been?

Erm what? Those graphics especially when watched at huge 40-50" LCD TV look nothing special.

And if you are targetting PSV totting that you have 1 analog stick is like shooting owngoal ;)


1.) My 3DS doesn't have a 40-50 inch screen.  When I play SSF4 or RE Mercs on it, it looks almost like a current gen HD console.  Most of the people I've shown 3DS games to get blown away by the graphics.  The PSV's will look better, there's no doubt about that.  I think the goal of this commercial is to show that the 3DS is no graphical slouch, either.  It's, at the very least, a huge step up from the apparent power of the PSP.  On a handheld, sn't that special?

2.) I think they were just showing that it had analog, whereas the original DS did not.  I didn't mean to imply that they were tareting the PSV on a technical level.  I meant to say that they were targeting the PSV by showing the kinds of games that a PSV fan might be interested in--ie showing Ridge Racer, Metal Gear, Resident Evil, and Street Fighter.  They didn't show Starfox, Kid Icarus, Mario Kart, or any number of Nintendo games for a reason.

My guess is that they expected the PSV to come out this holiday season and that they needed to counter its buzz.  How do you do that?  The same way Xbox went up against the PS3--show that they have a similar experience with the same franchises available already.