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davidd_err18 on 27 June 2012

Oh! and also because LOCALIZATION!!! Fire Emblem, Proffesor Layton, Monster Hunter Tri G, Final Fantasy, Theatrrhytm, Harvest Moon, New Love Plus, Hatsune Miku, Senran Kagura, Dragon Quest Slime 3, Gundam 3D Battle, Inazuma Eleven Go and the soon to be released Rune Factory 4 and Etrian Oddesy 4! All of this games are not on the US and Europe markets (some of them will be released here shortly or in the next year, but a los of them will not!) We have to take into account that some of this games are being released monthly on the 3DS, they are 100,000 sellers games that will never leave japan because they are so niche to their culture!



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oniyide on 27 June 2012
davidd_err18 said:
GAMES!... thats the reason. The price is right, power and marketing are standard for a succesful handheld, but it need more games from:

3rd Party Western Publishers are not supporting the platform like the Eastern guys- EA, Bioware, Activision, Epic, Bethesda, Rockstar, Take-Two, THQ and Ubisoft. All of this company are not suporting the 3DS platform with their big core franchises neither they are releasing a lot quality games (or in some cases they are not supporting the console at all!)

Just look at EA, one of the biggest publishers in the World, they have only released subpar rushed dumbed down launch titles (a Sims game, Fifa 12 and Madden 3DS) and Need for speed: The Run; where is Dead Space? where is NBA Jam? where is Mass Effect? where are Battlefield or Crisis or a Medal of Honor game?

Now compare that to a japanese developer like Capcom, with Big games like Monser Hunter TriG (and the soon to be released Monster Hunter 4), Resident Evil Revelations and Mercenaries, Super Street Figher 3DS, Project X Zone, Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney, Ace attorney 5, Ex Troopers. Now lets do this with Square Enix, we have games like Kingdom Hearts 3D, Dragon Quest Monsters: TW 3D, Bravely Default: Flying Fairy, Heroes of Ruin, Theathrytm Final Fantasy. This developers actually tried to make quality games and they are supporting big time!

some of those games you mentioned would not be that popular on a portable console. Dead Space?? not gonna happen. Nba Jam?? that series aint that popular no more. Mass Effect, there is one on Iphone/pad, but im not sure how good it is. Battlefield will never be on a portable, not in the way we know, that is such a silly game to suggest for 3DS. 



progstarmac on 27 June 2012

Because of the price



davidd_err18 on 27 June 2012

All of them Dead Space, Mass Effect, NBA Jam and Battlefield are on the iOS platform xD

if this games were released on the 3DS (obviously with the better controls of the 3DS and better prodiction values) just imagine the possibilities!



davidd_err18 on 27 June 2012
oniyide said:
davidd_err18 said:
GAMES!... thats the reason. The price is right, power and marketing are standard for a succesful handheld, but it need more games from:

3rd Party Western Publishers are not supporting the platform like the Eastern guys- EA, Bioware, Activision, Epic, Bethesda, Rockstar, Take-Two, THQ and Ubisoft. All of this company are not suporting the 3DS platform with their big core franchises neither they are releasing a lot quality games (or in some cases they are not supporting the console at all!)

Just look at EA, one of the biggest publishers in the World, they have only released subpar rushed dumbed down launch titles (a Sims game, Fifa 12 and Madden 3DS) and Need for speed: The Run; where is Dead Space? where is NBA Jam? where is Mass Effect? where are Battlefield or Crisis or a Medal of Honor game?

Now compare that to a japanese developer like Capcom, with Big games like Monser Hunter TriG (and the soon to be released Monster Hunter 4), Resident Evil Revelations and Mercenaries, Super Street Figher 3DS, Project X Zone, Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney, Ace attorney 5, Ex Troopers. Now lets do this with Square Enix, we have games like Kingdom Hearts 3D, Dragon Quest Monsters: TW 3D, Bravely Default: Flying Fairy, Heroes of Ruin, Theathrytm Final Fantasy. This developers actually tried to make quality games and they are supporting big time!

some of those games you mentioned would not be that popular on a portable console. Dead Space?? not gonna happen. Nba Jam?? that series aint that popular no more. Mass Effect, there is one on Iphone/pad, but im not sure how good it is. Battlefield will never be on a portable, not in the way we know, that is such a silly game to suggest for 3DS. 

 

All of them Dead Space, Mass Effect, NBA Jam and Battlefield are on the iOS platform xD

 

if this games were released on the 3DS (obviously with the better controls of the 3DS and better prodiction values) just imagine the possibilities!



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Araknie on 28 June 2012

This thread is pointless.

According to this very site:

Japan totals: 6.3M
Europe totals: 4.6M
North America totals: 5.6M

Not doing well in the west? The 3DS?

I feel a troll in the air, please someone close this thread. I'm starting to get mad for the amount of the hate Nintendo after the E3, yeah because Sony and Microsoft conferences were so effin great. LOL



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nGATE on 28 June 2012

a lot of gaming r coming so this proplem nintendo is in right way....
Come on nintendo ? A new Donkey Kong:Returns from Retro will take the bomb in West



lilbroex on 28 June 2012

We seem to have different ideas of the words "sell well."

I personally haven't bought one because the games that I want to play haven't come out yet.



sales2099 on 28 June 2012

Its the best selling handheld right now. Clearly its the one setting the bar so the thread seems pointless to me.



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

Cobretti2 on 28 June 2012
lilbroex said:
We seem to have different ideas of the words "sell well."

I personally haven't bought one because the games that I want to play haven't come out yet.


also some peopel said they waiting for an XL model. Lets see how many of them actually buy the XL. or if it was jsut talk.