happydolphin said:
It's in response to bold. It doesn't just happen with Nintendo's audience, there is a vaster number of young users of the ios devices, and the same applies to them, which makes it a double standard to apply it to Nintendo's devices and not to Apple's. However, I will agree that the revisions in the iPads cause less backwards incompatibility since content is usually supported as the device increments upwards. That's true. And that's the only point one can make. At the same time, a parent can very well return the gift in exchange for a 3DS if need be. This isn't a show-stopper imho and is truly the fault of sales clerks who don't take the time to inform people of the differences. True, since the 3DS games are not compatible with DS games, Nintendo has to be more careful than Apple in ensuring customers choose the right product, but to be completely fair, what's the difference between DS2 and 2DS? or DS3 and 3DS? To make a big deal out of this and put it on the "blame Nintendo" list is grasping at straws, imho. |
Again the significance is in the audience base. I'm sure a lot kids ask for Ipads/iphones but I'd quite confidently say they the amount them that actually get given these devices are a tiny minority of apples sale, so its insignificant whether there is confusion with those devices or not. The same can't be said for nintendo. This isn't a "nintendo is doomed" thread, just stating that this is probably partly responsible for the fact that the DS outsold the 3DS during black friday. Also nintendo obviously are somewhat responsible, I like the 3DS name but when you have: DS, DSI and 3DS. there is bound to be more confusion then playstation 4' etc. A clearer names could have been chosen, but probably at an expense. DS2 doesn't sound great, nor does it sell the 3D function.
