oniyide said:
GBC its not even close to the same. GBC was released almost TEN years after the original GB, matter of fact its really a succesor and not a redesign. We're essentially getting a faux sucessor to 3ds only 3 and half years after intial release. Now this might not hurt ninty too much but Im sure its not going to really set the charts on fire, and if it isnt doing that i have to wonder what is the point? |
The point is that they are very likely getting the better hardware of the new 3DS for the same or a similar price of the old hardware. The 3DS´ CPU is super low end, the same applies to the system´s RAM. Hardwarewise, it is the same or comparable jump the DSi had over the original (rumored doubling of CPU and RAM), the only difference is that this time around they announced a single bigger game (a port of a 4 year old Wii game, I might add) exclusive to the redesign which wouldn´t have been possible on the old 3DS´s hardware.
The point is that they want to stop or dampen the freefalling hardware sales by enticing their hardcore customers to upgrade...again. This is not a faux successor and the real 4DS will launch in 2016 (as has been indirectly said by Iwata).
It won´t set the charts on fire, I agree, but it´s not like this super offensive kick in the face some people are making it out to be and we should all be outraged about.
It is good to keep in mind that both, the GBC and DSi had a lifespan of ~2 years.