| NintendoPie said: I don't think they are trying to kill it, they are just stupid. Nintendo thinks the 3DS is doing perfect. They think the 3DS is selling well enough to not get constant support. And, because of this, they moved on to supporting the Wii U; an already dead, hopeless console that has no life ahead of it. (Even though Nintendo thinks so.) The answer is, Nintendo is stupid. |
Eh, Nintendo can't win here.
One year ago
"OMG Nintendo is teh stooopid, why they make so many 3DS games, 3DS is doing fine, Wii U needs help now!"
In reality these decisions have to be made way in advance, you can't just one day say "OK now make games for this platform!" like you're making a hamburger that will be ready in 10 minutes. Game development takes 2-3 years.
All the more reason they are going to route of a unified, single software ecosystem next time around. So much easier to manage.
Also the 3DS has had a 3D Mario, a 2D Mario, a Zelda: OoT remake, an Zelda: LttP brand new sequel, a new Pokemon, Monster Hunter 3G and 4, a new Kid Icarus, a new Pilotwings, a new Nintendogs, a new Animal Crossing, a new Fire Emblem, a new Luigi's Mansion, a new Mario & Luigi, a new Paper Mario, two new Resident Evil games, a new Kingdom Hearts, a new Ridge Racer, the first Western release of Tomodachi Collection, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. and TWO hardware revisions.
Lets not act like Nintendo hasn't done a lot for this platform. At 3 1/2 years old it's perfectly normal for a platform to start seeing a slow down in 1st/2nd party offerings. 3 1/2 years into the SNES life cycle puts you into 1995. 3 1/2 years into the N64 puts you into early 2000. 3 1/2 year is the total main lifespan for the GBA period.
We are closer to end than we are the beginning and that's just normal. A new Nintendo handheld will be out in 2016. Book it.
