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NotStan said:
Actually saw one of these at work today, some kid had it. Looked like a glorified PSP more than anything.

Just an OT comment really, the sales were meh last month NPD.


What does the 3DS look like to you? 



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NotStan said:


It is when the PSP retails for £50 and has an already extensive library build up etc, whereas the Vita costs around £200(incl the compulsory memory card). The kids mum kept calling it PSP too, I was like, BITCH ITS VITA.. In my head obviously.

 


Parents tend to do that.  First most parents called any video game system a Nintendo system up till around the PS1 era (I assume they used Atari up till the 80s crash).  Once Sony took over a lot of parents started calling all video game consoles Playstation.  They must be pretty confused right now on what to use as a common name considering the events of this generation.  I have a feeling that if Nintendo wins next gen then they might revert back to using just Nintendo.



brendude13 said:
NotStan said:
Actually saw one of these at work today, some kid had it. Looked like a glorified PSP more than anything.

Just an OT comment really, the sales were meh last month NPD.

Is that necessarily a bad thing?

On VGChartz it is. I don't think i've seen this much bias directed against another company even on platform exclusive forums. 



Panama said:
brendude13 said:
NotStan said:
Actually saw one of these at work today, some kid had it. Looked like a glorified PSP more than anything.

Just an OT comment really, the sales were meh last month NPD.

Is that necessarily a bad thing?

On VGChartz it is. I don't think i've seen this much bias directed against another company even on platform exclusive forums. 

Same could be said about the 3DS.  It pretty much looks exactly like a DS Lite when looking at it (the case).  I actually got confused myself when I went over to a friends.  I was sitting down smoking some weed with them then I looked down and I was like oh shit!!  I thought I dropped my 3DS cause the back end had a chunk of plastic taken out.  I then realized I still had my 3DS in my carrying case. Sad to admit but even I was fooled.



kowenicki said:
Conegamer said:
Well, it's not horrific. It's just not good, or average. It's pretty slow selling and is trending well below the 'horribly slow selling' 3DS pre-price cut. But it all comes down to perspective.

If you expected it to fail, you'll be happy. If you expected it to do alright, you'd be alright. And if you expected it to do well, or match 3DS/DS/PSP sales, you'd be unhappy.

Obviously Sony expected it to fail, hence they're happy


I think I spot a contradiction.....

so not horrific but worse than horrible?   say what?

I put it in inverted commas. I'm merely making a point that people claimed the 3DS was selling poorly, but it never was. It lived up to expectations, but did not beat them. People were so quick to call them horrible and, thus, 'dooming' Nintendo that the sales never mattered. When one person said it, that was it.

And again, it's all perception. It depends on what your expectations are. For example, were Gravity Rush to sell 1mil FW, it would be deemed an unbeatable success. But were COD to do that, it would be cited as a failure. Because you have different expectations.

 

So, it's not a contradiction. Merely pointing fun at people quick to call doom.



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

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sethnintendo said:
Panama said:
brendude13 said:
NotStan said:
Actually saw one of these at work today, some kid had it. Looked like a glorified PSP more than anything.

Just an OT comment really, the sales were meh last month NPD.

Is that necessarily a bad thing?

On VGChartz it is. I don't think i've seen this much bias directed against another company even on platform exclusive forums. 

Same could be said about the 3DS.  It pretty much looks exactly like a DS Lite when looking at it.  I actually got confused myself when I went over to a friends.  I was sitting down smoking some weed with them then I looked down and I was like oh shit!!  I thought I dropped my 3DS cause the back end had a chunk of plastic taken out.  I then realized I still had my 3DS in my carrying case. Sad to admit but even I was fooled.





Panama said:
brendude13 said:
NotStan said:
Actually saw one of these at work today, some kid had it. Looked like a glorified PSP more than anything.

Just an OT comment really, the sales were meh last month NPD.

Is that necessarily a bad thing?

On VGChartz it is. I don't think i've seen this much bias directed against another company even on platform exclusive forums. 

Really? According to some members of the VGC community, that isn't the case.

@ SethNintendo

What was the 3D effect like when stoned...4D?



brendude13 said:

 

@ SethNintendo

What was the 3D effect like when stoned...4D?


I saw time fly by my very eyes. 



d21lewis said:



Usually, I don't make it go to YouTube and just play the embedded video.  However, I clicked on it for some reason and was pleasantly surprised to see the video dedicated to me.  To be fair my 3DS and my friend's DS Lite are both black.