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BasilZero said:
Kaizar said:
BasilZero said:
3DS sells because of games - not because of 3D.

3D is just a gimmick - not even nintendo cares about 3D , proof? Pokemon X/Y! l0l


NEOGAF also said Donkey Kong 3DS port is 30 fps only with the 3D ON & OFF, but it turn out to be 100% 60 fps per video image with the 3D ON & OFF.

if you are dumb enough to believe NEOGAF about the 3DS after everything they have reported in the past, then that's just you.

Nobody here cares about NeoGaf, apparently you do Mr. 3D.

Donkey Kong 3DS sold because its Donkey Kong, not cause its 60 FPS and not cause its 3D. Infact if you check this

1 Donkey Kong Country SNES 1994 Platform Nintendo 4.36 1.71 3.00 0.23 9.30
2 Donkey Kong Country Returns Wii 2010 Platform Nintendo 2.91 0.34 1.03 1.74 6.02
3 Donkey Kong 64 N64 1999 Platform Nintendo 3.33 0.79 1.09 0.06 5.27
4 Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest SNES 1995 Platform Nintendo 2.10 0.74 2.20 0.11 5.15
5 Donkey Kong Land GB 1994 Platform Nintendo 1.97 0.76 1.07 0.11 3.91
6 Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! SNES 1996 Platform Nintendo 1.17 0.50 1.75 0.08 3.51
7 Donkey Kong GB 1994 Platform Nintendo 1.57 0.62 0.55 0.34 3.07
8 Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! DS 2010 Puzzle Nintendo 1.61 0.18 0.35 0.51 2.65
9 Donkey Kong Land 2 GB 1996 Platform Nintendo 1.39 0.48 0.40 0.08 2.35
10 Donkey Kong Country GB 2000 Platform Nintendo 1.04 0.72 0.30 0.13 2.19
11 Donkey Kong Country GBA 2003 Platform Nintendo 1.20 0.48 0.29 0.07 2.04
12 Donkey Kong Classics NES 1988 Platform Nintendo 0.59 0.14 0.81 0.02 1.56
13 Donkey Kong 2600 1981 Platform Coleco 1.36 0.08 0.00 0.02 1.46
14 Donkey Kong Jungle Beat GC 2004 Platform Nintendo 0.84 0.22 0.24 0.04 1.34
15 Donkey Kong Country 2 GBA 2004 Platform Nintendo 0.79 0.27 0.12 0.04 1.23
16 Mario vs. Donkey Kong GBA 2004 Puzzle Nintendo 0.68 0.25 0.21 0.02 1.17
17 Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis DS 2006 Puzzle Nintendo 0.72 0.02 0.36 0.07 1.16
18 Donkey Konga GC 2003 Misc Nintendo 0.50 0.16 0.46 0.03 1.15
19 Donkey Kong NES 1983 Platform Nintendo 0.23 0.05 0.84 0.01 1.13
20 Donkey Kong Jr. NES 1983 Platform Nintendo 0.33 0.07 0.70 0.01 1.11
21 Donkey Kong Land III GB N/A Platform Nintendo 0.68 0.31 0.00 0.04 1.03
22 Donkey Kong Junior 2600 1981 Platform Atari 0.90 0.05 0.00 0.01 0.97
23 Donkey Kong Country 3 GBA 2005 Platform Nintendo 0.45 0.17 0.14 0.01 0.77
24 Donkey Kong Country Returns 3DS 2013 Platform Nintendo 0.26 0.20 0.26 0.04 0.76

23 2D DK games outsold DK Returns on the 3DS. Even the original sold 6 mil. See no one cares about 3D.

No one cares about 3D - time to face reality. Not even Nintendo cares, 2DS is the true savior of the portable race!

I cant wait for Nintendo to make the 4DS and drop 3D completely like they are doing with the 2DS.

I was talking about how they claim Pokemon doesn't use 3D when they also claim DK 3D is only 30 fps.

How could you misunderstand that.

And 4D would mean 4 images on 2 screens, which means they include 3D on the bottom screen. (4 displays) so it wouldn't be called 4DS, it would be called Nintendo 4D. (LOL)



Nintendo 2DS is for ages 6 & under only. (as in NO 2DS XL nor lite)

 

Source; both Nintendo and everyone else in the world.



BasilZero said:
Kaizar said:

I was talking about how they claim Pokemon doesn't use 3D when they also claim DK 3D is only 30 fps.

How could you misunderstand that.

And 4D would mean 4 images on 2 screens, which means they include 3D on the bottom screen. (4 displays) so it wouldn't be called 4DS, it would be called Nintendo 4D. (LOL)


You actually took my post seriously. Which means I cant take you seriously now n_n.

Also.

Kaizar i am disappoint son.

Not even The great Kaizar cares about 3D, if you did care about 3D, you would of called yourself Kaizar3D.

This is 2013D - not 1889 son.

Get on my level~


LOL.

But do you realize how late at night it is, where I live.

I was literally going to go to bed 30 or so minutes ago, which is still later then I had plan, LOL but true.

Sorry for any & all misunderstandings.

EDIT:

Also I didn't notice that you put lol in your first comment for crying out loud. How did I miss that.



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zorg1000 said:
Kaizar said:
zorg1000 said:
SSJGohan3972 said:
zorg1000 said:
Kaizar said:
zorg1000 said:


Monster Hunetr 3 only being on the PS3 & Wii, and they really didn't want to port it to the Wii, but the PS3 sales at the time weren't that good, when they can make so much more money off the game by porting it.

 

Clearly the original intended console of choose for new Monster Hunter games was 1080p HD consoles, but something about playing these kinds of games in 240p 3D made them leave the HD ship for 3D, when it comes to Monster Hunter.

But if anyone has a more better theory about why no release on even the Wii U for Monster Hunter 4, then I would like to hear it.

 

Heres a theory, Nintendo payed for exclusivity.

In Japan handhelds are the preffered choice when It comes to gaming. DS/PSP sold over twice as much as Wii/PS3/360. Also PSP was the first strong competitor to Nintendos dominance of the handheld market and was able to get about 35-40% marketshare in Japan. Of the 4 PSP games to sell over a million units, all 4 were Monster Hunter games with 2 of them selling over 4 million. According to VGchartz, Monster Hunter accounted for 20% of PSP software sales in Japan. As a way to regain complete control of the handheld market in Japan, Nintendo payed for Capcom to release Monster Hunter 4 as a 3DS exclusive.


If Nintendo was paying for 3rd parties to be on their system, then the Wii would have gotten a lot more 3rd party support, even if it was just multiplatform games that in real life only came to the PS3 & 360.

The way EA & the game reviewers & the media talk about Nintendo, well, clearly Nintendo has never paid 3rd Parties nor anyone else any money for any support.

Sony & Microsoft have clearly paid 3rd parties for games, but clearly Nintendo never gives money to pimps who try to whore out any titles.

If Nintendo has shown us anything, it's that they just make the most interactive video game system they can and hope 3rd parties like it. Also Nintendo has shown that they never go to 3rd parties, but 3rd parties do sometimes go to them, like The Wonderful 101 & Bayonetta 2. If you decide to co-op a game with Nintendo it will be exclusive. Lego City Undercover is only on Wii U because of its capability to be 100% open world with that particular world. Nintendo let Lego know that the 3DS is capable of the same open world, but with 240p graphics, and then Lego decided to make a prequel to show off the Lego City world in 3D, like you are there in person because it's a Lego game.

There is a big difference between paying 1 exclusive vs paying for multiple exclusives, reviewers, media.

Monster Hunter was hands down the biggest series on PSP in Japan, 25% of PSP owners own the most recent Monster Hunter. By stealing that series, Nintendo has greatly hurt Sony portables in Japan.

PS3 doesnt have any 1 series in Japan that clearly sold the system. In order for Wii to steal the PS3 audience, Nintendo would have had to buy Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid exclusivity. And in the west would have to buy Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty exclusivity.



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Kaizar said:

Nintendo 2DS is for ages 6 & under only. (as in NO 2DS XL nor lite)

Source; both Nintendo and everyone else in the world.

Hence the reason why it is coinciding with the launch of a game rated 7+ (PEGI).

...and it has 7+ written on the box.



PureDante said:
Kaizar said:

September 14 2013

370,893

116,607

74,301

31,538

29,156

20,946

20,044

7,120

Lets not forget that there are over 100 3D Movies premiering in Theaters in 2014 (only 52 weeks, LOL)

3D TV's have always sold better then HD TVs during same point in life spam, and continue to increase in year-on-year sales as well.

Can we just admit that the easy majority of consumers want 3D? when we have had less then 5% of movies have a 3D screening when 100% of movies have a 2D screenings, and the 3D screenings by themselves make up around 50% of box office totals each year.

Less so a 3D device, more-so a device for parents to keep their kid's mouths quiet. lol (not even trolling)

Oh, talking exactly the same that Tretton guy was saying. Build your own opinion. Sony wishes Vita would have the sales power the 3DS has. Sony even makes a Nintendogs kinda game for Vita. Tell for which this is aimed at when the Vita is so hardcore? Not grown men, that's for sure.



Kaizar said:

But the 3DS is still ahead of the DS in sales for the exact same number of months for the first however many months the 3DS has been out for.

Why must you perpetuate these lies?  We've been over this numerous times in the past, and it is even less true now.

Kaizar said:

A lot of the software is only on the 3DS because of 3D and then that software sales the 3DS Hardware.

I'll also never understand why you think that every game released on the 3DS is purely due to the 3D.

I guess I shouldn't be too harsh though.  This has been a tough year for you, what with 3D movies declining YoY at the box office for the first half and the announcement of the 2DS.



Th3PANO said:
PureDante said:
Kaizar said:

September 14 2013

370,893

116,607

74,301

31,538

29,156

20,946

20,044

7,120

Lets not forget that there are over 100 3D Movies premiering in Theaters in 2014 (only 52 weeks, LOL)

3D TV's have always sold better then HD TVs during same point in life spam, and continue to increase in year-on-year sales as well.

Can we just admit that the easy majority of consumers want 3D? when we have had less then 5% of movies have a 3D screening when 100% of movies have a 2D screenings, and the 3D screenings by themselves make up around 50% of box office totals each year.

Less so a 3D device, more-so a device for parents to keep their kid's mouths quiet. lol (not even trolling)

Oh, talking exactly the same that Tretton guy was saying. Build your own opinion. Sony wishes Vita would have the sales power the 3DS has. Sony even makes a Nintendogs kinda game for Vita. Tell for which this is aimed at when the Vita is so hardcore? Not grown men, that's for sure.

I'm not a handheld gamer, so thats why I sound a bit negative towards the 3DS, but my Sony fanboyism won't stop me from protecting them haha; Sony's desperate at this point. In order for them to sell well, they can't sell hardcore games, it's suicide. Unless they release more of the same PSP games (exclusive Metal Gears and God of Wars etc), the Vita won't shine for too much longer. Also, their (Sony) games and franchises are not culturally known as Mario and company are.

If you ask a child~tween which handheld game that they want to play, they'll play something popular within their age range, such as Pokemon or again, Mario. Handhelds overall are designed for all ages, but the games themselves are more directed towards spoiling childen. That doesn't mean that the 3DS doesn't have its own fair share of hardcore gamers. It completely does. But, the numbers don't lie. The 3DS is a sales monster, but for its designated market, which is for the primarily younger market. The beauty of Nintendo products is also their affordability. Kids with rich parents can spoil them with multiple games etc, as they are not so expensive. Yet less fortunate adults can also provide for their own with the same product, with the flagship game, and everyone (Nintendo and 3DS owners) are happy. 



All of this, of course, is just my opinion.

Skyrim 100%'d. Dark Souls 100%'d. 
Dark Souls > Skyrim.
Halo 4 is the best damn FPS since Halo 3.
Proud pre-orderer of 2 PS4's and an Xbox One. 

Currently Playing: Dark Souls II, South Park
Playstation 4: MGS V GZ, Killzone: Shadow Fall, NBA 2k14.

About 2D vs 3D, I think the 2DS sales stats will tell us what the customers really want.

But, I hope that 2DS will be a failure because I do love the 3d of my 3DS.

Anyway the 3DS was selling really good before MH4 release; and don't forget that the best seller on the machine is still one of the rare game (mario land 3D) where the 3D is really helpful. Maybe a coincidence, maybe not.