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brendude13 on 22 November 2013
ganoncrotch said:
brendude13 said:
No market and no second analogue stick.

how do you think people played doom on the Snes? surely they just all sat around waiting for the dream cast to launch before releasing the first console FPS ever?

They wouldn't have to wait around if there were other platforms where the game would be both viable and successful.



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justiceiro on 22 November 2013

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ArtofAngels on 22 November 2013
justiceiro said:
Don't worry man, its coming:
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Ganoncrotch on 22 November 2013
brendude13 said:
ganoncrotch said:
brendude13 said:
No market and no second analogue stick.

how do you think people played doom on the Snes? surely they just all sat around waiting for the dream cast to launch before releasing the first console FPS ever?

They wouldn't have to wait around if there were other platforms where the game would be both viable and successful.


what other mobile platform is there with twin sticks then which has the same install base as the 3ds?



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aikohualda on 22 November 2013

yet there are fps games on ios and android market :P hey iphone 5 have two analog! :P



 

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AfricanSanta on 22 November 2013

If you want something to play in the mean time there's Dementium: The Ward, Moon, and Dementium 2. Their all really good FPS on the DS made by Renegade Kid, who's making Cult County and made Mutant Mudds. No one bought them though, which is disappointing because the were pretty good games.



oniyide on 22 November 2013

Money and 3rd parties. Lets be real its not like there were a slew of DS FPSs in the first place. and alot of them sold bad, Activision was the major producer of them and looking at the sales of the last few CODs on the DS i dont blame them for not wanting to put any on 3ds. Oh sure you can pull the different audience card, but try telling them that when its their time and money on the line



Moren on 22 November 2013

Keep that devil away!!



Nem on 22 November 2013
ArtofAngels said:
Nem said:

Erm... im gonna go on a tangent here... but maaaybe its cause theres no second analog stick.

Theres the CPP but only a small part of the userbase has it.

What the above poster said makes sense aswell. Western developers dont care about portable consoles anymore.


That's hardly a reason when you consider DS had FPS's and NO analog sticks, did you not read my post?


Yeah but they are not very good. When you dont have the controls for it, the publishers are reluctant to risk investing on the platform.



POE on 22 November 2013

cause it´s a stupid genre