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Sempuukyaku on 14 January 2011
PullusPardus said:
Sempuukyaku said:
KylieDog said:

Of course this also probably means no account system like PSN/XBL/steam etc and any DLC games you buy are stuck on that 3DS and never on a different 3DS, so if you ever wanna buy a new 3DS model or if it breaks or something....you lose them all.


NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! This is patently false! If you call Nintendo's consumer service if your product breaks they will fix it or transfer over your content if they need to replace it. I'm sorry, but I hear this all the time and it's consistently wrong. If you call Nintendo instead of willy-nilly buying a brand new machine, they will always take care of you. Period. 

What about people who don't live in the USA ? i can't call them.


Do you live in Europe? Call NOE.

Do you live in Asia? Call NCL.

Do you live in Australia? Call NOA (Australia)

 

You can easily call them.



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WereKitten on 14 January 2011
Sempuukyaku said:


Do you live in Europe? Call NOE.

Do you live in Asia? Call NCL.

Do you live in Australia? Call NOA (Australia)

 

You can easily call them.


Keeping your content that way is possible, but not convenient for the customer. Would you be satisfied if every time you changed your iPod you had to send it to Apple's assistance to keep your content? Would you think a CD player brand that requires servicing each new device in the shop to play your collection of old CDs is doing a good job at it?

I live in Europe, and I had to send my Wii in for -I think- a GPU failure. I had to take my time to find a suitable box, package it, send it in, communicate with the help desk. If I had lived in Brazil or South Africa I suspect that it couldn't even have been possible, or it could have costed a lot in shipment to NA or Europe. Add to that that my time on certain work days is worth enough and my schedule so busy that I might find more convenient to buy a new $129 device in a 24/7 shop than having to drive to a post office according to their opening times.

Plus, as metioned by KylieDog, you're still missing a very common case for handhelds, that is the trade-in for a new model.

You _can_ rely on N. to have your content transferred in the right circumstances, but having a system tied to the identity of the buyer and not the single piece of hardware is much more customer friendly.



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Cross-X on 14 January 2011

Well there's my hopes for Tag/ID Name system...

 

Who cares if the 3DS doesn't have some sort of achievement/trophy system, what the 3DS should'ved had is a name based GameTag/PSN ID system. That be so much better and fitting especially with the Tagging and Spotting mechanics of the 3DS. But no... we must stick with another friend's code system...



Zlejedi on 14 January 2011

Now we only need Iwata saying that people will get second job just to buy it ;)



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scottie on 14 January 2011
Rainbird said:

They better be universal, or someone needs to tell Nintendo that the world has moved on!


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Friend codes are a preferably option to having to put up with dickheads that comprise 99% of the online gaming population, but I don't see the logic behind non universal friend codes. If I like someone when playing smash bros I'm sure I'll like them playing Mario Kart.

 

Correction, no-one likes anyone whilst playing MK. DAMN BLUE SHELLS!!!!1one

 

Off topic, can't wait till we can use the plus sign again



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radiantshadow92 on 14 January 2011

I am not buying the 3DS just because of this stupid problem that could be fixed EASILY. Its not hard you know. Nintendo is as stubborn as ever.



PullusPardus on 14 January 2011
Sempuukyaku said:
PullusPardus said:
Sempuukyaku said:
KylieDog said:

Of course this also probably means no account system like PSN/XBL/steam etc and any DLC games you buy are stuck on that 3DS and never on a different 3DS, so if you ever wanna buy a new 3DS model or if it breaks or something....you lose them all.


NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! This is patently false! If you call Nintendo's consumer service if your product breaks they will fix it or transfer over your content if they need to replace it. I'm sorry, but I hear this all the time and it's consistently wrong. If you call Nintendo instead of willy-nilly buying a brand new machine, they will always take care of you. Period. 

What about people who don't live in the USA ? i can't call them.


Do you live in Europe? Call NOE.

Do you live in Asia? Call NCL.

Do you live in Australia? Call NOA (Australia)

 

You can easily call them.

Nope

Not east Asia

Nope.



milkyjoe on 14 January 2011
radiantshadow92 said:

I am not buying the 3DS just because of this stupid problem that could be fixed EASILY. Its not hard you know. Nintendo is as stubborn as ever.

Judging from your gaming collection, Nintendo will be losing a loyal and devoted lifelong fan with this decision. They will be devastated.



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MrT-Tar on 14 January 2011
radiantshadow92 said:

I am not buying the 3DS just because of this stupid problem that could be fixed EASILY. Its not hard you know. Nintendo is as stubborn as ever.


So you're not buying the 3DS because you don't want to enter a 12 digit code?




radiantshadow92 on 14 January 2011
MrT-Tar said:
radiantshadow92 said:

I am not buying the 3DS just because of this stupid problem that could be fixed EASILY. Its not hard you know. Nintendo is as stubborn as ever.


So you're not buying the 3DS because you don't want to enter a 12 digit code?


It just proves how little Nintendo cares about the online community in general. By the looks of it, they will never have an online system that works nearly as half as good as PSN/Live. Thats why i am not buying the 3DS.