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astrosmash said:

The 3DS will open stronger, and will likely track ahead for at least the first year, maybe two. After that it will be all about factors we don't have any info on yet.

  • how much competition will the 3DS get from its predicesor?
  • what will Sony's response be?
  • will Nintendo be able to come out with games that expand the market ?
  • will there be multiple popular models?
  • how long will the 3DS be on the market?
  • when will the successor to the 3DS come out?

I agree with Mr. Smart Guy. This is getting more hype then the first DS, but a lot of factors will determine the sales after the first 2 years, all listed and price.



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I'll wait till it gets launched then I'll make a guess.



The 3DS will sell like hotcakes. It's a 3D experience on the go without glasses i mean come on. Put Avatar the movie 3D on the 3DS and it will break records.



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Well 5 years ago I predicted the Revolution was gonna sweep the floor with Xbox 2 and PS3. I was right. Of course the 3DS is going to outsell DS.



Yes.

It's 3D! 3D is a pretty big draw-in, so of course it will sell monolithic amounts.



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Question asked too early is too early.



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Given the games announced so far I would say no.  If Nintendo begins to release more interesting software then it very well may.  



nitekrawler1285 said:

Given the games announced so far I would say no.  If Nintendo begins to release more interesting software then it very well may.  


What the fuck?

What more could they announce?

Huge amounts of 3rd party and the 1st party is definitely coming.



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dtewi said:
nitekrawler1285 said:

Given the games announced so far I would say no.  If Nintendo begins to release more interesting software then it very well may.  


What the fuck?

What more could they announce?

Huge amounts of 3rd party and the 1st party is definitely coming.


Games that gamers haven't played already.(this criticism applies heavily to both first and third party)  Nintendogs was a new experience for the DS.  Will Nintendogs cats be sufficient?  They have many revived older i.p. that are old enough to be considered new but we have a good idea of the gameplay and nothing seems to be as noteworthy of mentioning as Nintendogs cats in the sales dept.  I haven't seen anything on that submarine game though.  I discount K.I. because shoot em ups don't tend to get insanely large crowds.  

They are probably just keeping said software close to their chest so no one copies before release.  But PSP had great 3rd party support out of the gate and the PS3 and 360 have it now and we see how many sales they have. They need something more than standard 3rd party support to beat DS sales.



nitekrawler1285 said:

Games that gamers haven't played already.(this criticism applies heavily to both first and third party)  Nintendogs was a new experience for the DS.  Will Nintendogs cats be sufficient?  They have many revived older i.p. that are old enough to be considered new but we have a good idea of the gameplay and nothing seems to be as noteworthy of mentioning as Nintendogs cats in the sales dept.  I haven't seen anything on that submarine game though.  I discount K.I. because shoot em ups don't tend to get insanely crowds.  

They are probably just keeping said software close to their chest so no one copies before release.  But PSP had great 3rd party support out of the gate and the PS3 and 360 have it now and we see how many sales they have. They need something more than standard 3rd party support.


Research the games next time.

You didn't.

Look up their 1st party lineup and 3rd party lineup.

If you're complaining there's not enough new IPs, that's pretty stupid.



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Nakushitemo torimodosu kimi wo

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