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[Sakura Blossoms]

Not an bad choice if you ask me

Very nice I agree =3

[Illmatic]

Desperation has set in:

http://news.yahoo.co...-091045321.html

But even with an almost $100 price cut I still don't want a 3DS.

And to think that I almost dropped $250 on it. This is the roughest start for an Nintendo handheld ever. I don't see the 3DS being as successful as its predecessor, but it should get a spike in sales.

[Greed-Sama]

The female Fem Shepard that's in the lead looks too much like Keira Knightly for my taste...that or Samus Aran, IMO.

[Gravenimage]

Very nice I agree =3

I found out on facebook by a friend of mine about it. It's almost impossible to believe that a new generation handheld console has dropped its original price of 250$ to 170$ guess Nintendo wants those sales badly before the Vita is release knowing that they will have their work cut out when it does. However Nintendo has always focus on fans of all ages especially kids of 7 to 12 years old that's probably why they decreased the price of the 3DS, it's not desperation but probably a faster way to have kids buying the product. Just imagine if a father or a mother who has three kids and they all want a 3DS buying three 3DS on the original price it's more than 500$ there's no way the parent is going to waste that much money on a handheld console and thus that's what Nintendo thought by decreasing the price. It's genius if you ask me less money to spend on the product but more savings and more sales for Nintendo remember more $$$ keeps any gaming company happy and satisfy.

Edited by Gravenimage, 28 July 2011 - 09:48 PM.

[Sakura Blossoms]

And to think that I almost dropped $250 on it. This is the roughest start for an Nintendo handheld ever. I don't see the 3DS being as successful as its predecessor, but it should get a spike in sales.

Not true. Forgotten the horror of the:

Game Boy Micro

On July 30, 2007, GamePro.com ranked the Game Boy Micro (listed as "GB Micro") as #8 in its list of "The 10 Worst-Selling Handhelds of All Time".[18]

Generally, the Game Boy Micro did not sell well, and failed to reach the company's aim of units sold.

Nintendo has had some flubs. They generally fight their way back though. Right now what can possibly save them is the 'Wii U'. I admit, the controller for this second version of the Wii impressed the hell outta me during E3 this year.

I found out on facebook by a friend of mine about it. It's almost impossible to believe that a new generation handheld console has dropped its original price of 250$ to 170$ guess Nintendo wants those sales badly before the Vita is release knowing that they will have their work cut out when it does. However Nintendo has always focus on fans of all ages especially kids of 7 to 12 years old that's probably why they decreased the price of the 3DS, it's not desperation but probably a faster way to have kids buying the product. Just imagine if a father or a mother who has three kids and they all want a 3DS buying three 3DS on the original price it's more than 500$ there's no way the parent is going to waste that much money on a handheld console and thus that's what Nintendo thought by decreasing the price. It's genius if you ask me less money to spend on the product but more savings and more sales for Nintendo remember more $$$ keeps any gaming company happy and satisfy.

I disagree. It reeks of desperation on Nintendo's part to get any kind of sales going on this dead-in-the-water system.

[Illmatic]

Not true. Forgotten the horror of the:

Game Boy Micro

Yeah but the micro was just another iteration of the GBA, not it's successor. Nintendo's never had to drastically cut the price so quickly for their handhelds before Heck, a number of games have been delayed due to the 3DS' slow start.

Edited by Illmatic, 28 July 2011 - 10:49 PM.

[Gravenimage]

True and that's why it's going to work I guess.

[Super Boom]

This is the roughest start for an Nintendo handheld ever. I don't see the 3DS being as successful as its predecessor, but it should get a spike in sales.

It's unfortunate, but it's more or less true. I bought one a few months ago, and the game line-up is pretty disappointing. So far, the only games I've cared enough to buy were Street Fighter IV and Zelda OOT, both of which are remakes. I love the system itself, but then again, I jumped straight from the original model to the 3DS, so of course it'll seem amazing in comparison.

That being said, I'm sure it'll get a sales increase once a decent set of games start appearing. I'm already foaming at the mouth for the ToA remake (I foam at the mouth for anything Tales related ), and I'm sure future first/second party-developed games will help in that regard (whenever they start coming out with non-remakes). Sure, it could go the same way as the Game Boy Micro, but the comparison sort of falls flat. As I recall, the GBM came out a year or two before the DS, and was basically a tiny GBA. The 3DS is a next-gen handheld, and with its own games non-compatible with previous DS models. A comparison between the GBM and DS Lite/DSi/DSi XL would be more apt.
On top of that, from the figures I've seen, Nintendo's more or less dominated the handheld market for a while now (I think the PSP outsold it for a little while when it came out, but fell behind less than a year after), so I'm guessing the trend will continue with the 3DS/Vita. But that's all contingent on the 3DS coming out with a stronger line-up, since right now it's pretty pitiful.

I found out on facebook by a friend of mine about it. It's almost impossible to believe that a new generation handheld console has dropped its original price of 250$ to 170$ guess Nintendo wants those sales badly before the Vita is release knowing that they will have their work cut out when it does. However Nintendo has always focus on fans of all ages especially kids of 7 to 12 years old that's probably why they decreased the price of the 3DS, it's not desperation but probably a faster way to have kids buying the product. Just imagine if a father or a mother who has three kids and they all want a 3DS buying three 3DS on the original price it's more than 500$ there's no way the parent is going to waste that much money on a handheld console and thus that's what Nintendo thought by decreasing the price. It's genius if you ask me less money to spend on the product but more savings and more sales for Nintendo remember more $$$ keeps any gaming company happy and satisfy.

7-12? Wow, that's not a exaggeration at all. Younger consumers make up a big chunk on Nintendo's current sales, but I wouldn't say that's Nintendo's focus as much it is just casual gamers in general. And, contrary to what a lot of people seem to think in the gaming community, casual gamer does not equal younger gamer. The first is often a subset of the second, but that doesn't mean one equates to the other.

The DS itself was really aimed towards that market (casual gamers), but I was actually impressed with some of games targeted towards Nintendo die-hards. Zelda: Spirit Tracks remains to this day the only Zelda game I've actually had to stop and take notes to figure out some of the puzzles (the last few rooms in the Tower of Spirits were pretty insane). If games like that are being targeted towards little kids, then dang, I must be getting dumb in my old age of 23.

Edited by Boom...Winning, 28 July 2011 - 11:26 PM.

[alexander]

Gameplay demonstration for Halo anniversary edition:



This is no reach, but it looks great regardless, I personally liked the classical mode. Ah... only if Mycrosoft didn't hated the PC port....

[Dreamer]

The female Fem Shepard that's in the lead looks *HOT & SEXY* like Keira Knightly or Samus Aran.

*Fixed*

-Dreamer-

Gameplay demonstration for Halo anniversary edition:



This is no reach, but it looks great regardless, I personally liked the classical mode. Ah... only if Mycrosoft didn't hated the PC port....

Turn Back The Pendulum one page.

Edited by Dreamer, 30 July 2011 - 12:36 AM.

[Super Boom]

Well, being one of like 10 people who actually bought a 3DS, I hated Nintendo for like a day after the 32% price drop.

Then I read about this: http://www.ripten.co...games-included/

I guess my case is a little different, since I got my 3DS on eBay for $200 instead of $250, but I'm still impressed they're doing this. I guess they don't want to push away the customers who've already bought it. I'm not sure about the details, but if they're really giving away 20 free games, which equates to around $100 of eShop credit (the downloadable games I've seen seem to hover between $4 and $8), then dang, I'm glad I bought one early. To be honest, I would have been satisfied with just Metroid Fusion .

[Insurrection]

Hello!

Diablo 3 to let players sell digital loot for actual cash

Guess Blizzard liked what the Gold Minning on WoW could make and took it up a level

Edited by Insurrection, 02 August 2011 - 09:24 PM.

[Dreamer]

Can Games Look Real Today?



Hope this tech can pull through in the game industry.

[Muffins?]

New Rage trailer makes me want the game even more now.

[ShippudenGirl]

Damien, Patrick Mike & me had tons of success in murdering zombies for 30 rounds :D

[dl316bh]

Damien, Patrick Mike & me had tons of success in murdering zombies for 30 rounds

Except for the part where I was dropped at round 25.

[ShippudenGirl]

Except for the part where I was dropped at round 25.

LOL. Yeah that sucked, it's okay I died at 26 and couldn't recover. But we did awesome till then :p

[shadow_Uzumaki]

Ugh, I hated how my connection to the damn game disconnected two days ago....I was waiting for you guys to die and reinvite me but you guys stopped playing at around midnight and went to bed.....

[ShippudenGirl]

Ugh, I hated how my connection to the damn game disconnected two days ago....I was waiting for you guys to die and reinvite me but you guys stopped playing at around midnight and went to bed.....

When we died on 30 it was 1 o' clock something and I was partially dead at that point XD plus I'm pretty sure Cloud had work in the morning lol. I'm sorry!

[Cloud]

When we died on 30 it was 1 o' clock something and I was partially dead at that point XD plus I'm pretty sure Cloud had work in the morning lol. I'm sorry!

Nah. I didnt have work, but it was way too late to continue on... haha.