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Crazymann on 20 November 2010

Well, this shouldn't be a surprise is 3DS = 3 * DS.  Come on, it's simple math!



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LordTheNightKnight on 20 November 2010
Crazymann said:

Well, this shouldn't be a surprise is 3DS = 3 * DS.  Come on, it's simple math!


Good pun, my man.



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O-D-C on 21 November 2010
LordTheNightKnight said:
Crazymann said:

Well, this shouldn't be a surprise is 3DS = 3 * DS.  Come on, it's simple math!


Good pun, my man.

hahaha....



Yugemos on 21 November 2010

Yeah, that's a fair jump in cost.  But that's compared to DS development now.  But how much did DS games cost to make in 2004?



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jarrod on 21 November 2010
KillerMan said:
jarrod said:
darthdevidem01 said:

 

thats ALOTTA money

I think portable devs could benefit from perhaps making PSP2/3DS multiplat titles.....

 


PSP2 is rumored to be around 360 spec... 3DS/PSP1 or 3DS/Wii probably makes more sense if anyone wants to go multi.  


Expect that it's impossible currently to match X360 in portable form. Too much heat and power usage. Also I severely doubt that Sony wants to make ''$599'' mistake again. Those rumors should be taken with grain of salt.

Not match, but be within the same rough class of hardware.  PSP came nowhere near matching Xbox or Wii (or even PS2 really), but it was still a comparable piece of kit overall, closer to them than it was to DS.



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menx64 on 21 November 2010

Does this mean less imagine games?, maybe, I hope so...



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zgamer5 on 21 November 2010

dev costs the reason why this gen console wise will last till 2015, unless nintendo becomes mean and releases their console, obliging sony and ms to respond.



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Kasz216 on 21 November 2010

So wait...

It's still going to be cheaper then PSP development?

It's not like PSP games retail high. 



famousringo on 21 November 2010
menx64 said:

Does this mean less imagine games?, maybe, I hope so...


Yes, it means fewer imaginative games, because high dev costs discourage new studios and risky new IPs in favour of large publishers and established franchises.

Yeah, I know that's not what you meant. I just can't help but wonder... Would Scribblenauts have ever been made if it was launched in the age of the 3DS?



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dahuman on 21 November 2010

That's still pretty cheap tbh.