What do you want from Nintendo's next handheld?

[VanceIX]

spemanig said:

VanceIX said:

Did you seriously compare the Kindle Fire to the 3DS for downloads?

The Kindle Fire uses 4G LTE for one, not 3G, and the primary things people download on it are small apps and books, not entire games like you would on the 4DS/whatever. Not to mention that the 4G LTE model costs $100 more than the standard model, with a $50 per year charge for only 250MB a month. Not only that, but individual downloads are restricted to less than 50MB, which is much less than a lot of 3DS games. You'll eat through 250MB in less than a week if you game/download seriously on the 4DS/whatever.

And your comment about incorporating this huge cost into games is laughable, when the VAST majority of people are completely fine with just using wi-fi. The paltry amount of data you will get per month will be usable for almost nothing, and in exchange everyone gets to pay more money for games! Yay!

Like I said, I have no problem with a 4G/3G option, just pay your own monthly price and leave the other users alone. Most people don't play handheld games online anyway, the majority are for quick singleplayer fun in bursts. No one benefits from having more expensive games in exchange for a service that will see very little use.

3G is a technicality. I just mean and always online console. Nintendo has already expressed interest in the idea. I got it directly from them. There is obviously a very Nintendo way of handling it. There won't be a subscription, or they wouldn't have brought up the kindle situation to begin with. It would still have Wifi. Downloads could just be restricted to that if it's such a big issue.

If downloads are restricted what's the point -_-

And every company ever experiments with ideas. Doesn't change that 80% of them are terrible and get thrown out fast. 

And always online console would just eat battery, and users would probably hardly ever use the 4G anyway. Not to mention, there are plenty of places that don't have good connection from one internet provider or the other, and making them pay extra for games for a serivce they can't even use is just terrible.

Nintendo would be wise to just skip past the idea nad release 2 different models, if even that.