TestOfTide
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Lonely1 said:
A battery shitty enough that a full charge lasts around 6-8 hours even after they under-clocked the GPU and CPU.
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GameStop opens Nintendo 3DS preorders in Canada, sets 20th March release and $299 pri
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A battery shitty enough that a full charge lasts around 6-8 hours even after they under-clocked the GPU and CPU.
Lance Bone Path
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If you want to spend a set amount of money of production and go with a more or less constant production level, that might be incentive to start at a higher price point. I don't think Nintendo has been that concerned about optimizing how it handles production but I could be wrong.charlequin said:
balladofwindfishes
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Even 250 is too much for a handheld for me.
Given the choice between a 360 and 1 game or a PS3, I'd go for those two. And this is coming from someone who absolutely adores his DS.
Oh well, I guess I'll enjoy cheap DS games for a few years, and when the 3DS moves down to 150-180, I'll bite. I was looking foreward to it, although I'll wait until the price is official before passing final judgment
Given the choice between a 360 and 1 game or a PS3, I'd go for those two. And this is coming from someone who absolutely adores his DS.
Oh well, I guess I'll enjoy cheap DS games for a few years, and when the 3DS moves down to 150-180, I'll bite. I was looking foreward to it, although I'll wait until the price is official before passing final judgment
Has a Nintendo handheld ever dropped $120-150 in price? Of course, I guess not many handhelds have retailed for that much, so...has a Nintendo SYSTEM ever dropped $120-150 in price over their lifetime? I know that Nintendo games tend to not be discounted very much.balladofwindfishes said:
I have been looking forward to a 3DS, I own both a DS lite and a DSi, and I might still get the 3DS, but even I hesitate when I think "Hey, I could probably get a 360 or PS3 for this sort of cash". Plus I don't know if 3DS game prices have been standardized yet, so I'm not sure about factoring in the cost of games.
balladofwindfishes
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I'm one who buys into those new value packages Nintendo does. So if the price is, say 250, but it comes with 2 games I want and would have bought anyway, I can justify my purchase.Blizzard said:
Whatever they're charging, I doubt Nintendo is going to do any price drops. The DS moved $20 away from it's original price throughout it's 6 year lifespan. I hope it's not $300, but I get so much more entertainment out of my Nintendo handhelds than I do my consoles, so I still think it's a price that I'm going to pay.
I guess we'll see what bundles might exist.Quixzlizx said:
I brought the DS phat at release, and didn't buy a lite until the DSi came out.
I'll do the same with the 3DS. I want my portable 3D OOT as soon as possible, thankyouverymuch.
To be totally honest, the lure of a handheld, updated version of my favourite game of all time is something I absolutely cannot ignore - the 3D is just the icing on the cake. I need it, damnit. :lol
Lonely1 said:
If I had this mentality about every technology, I wouldn't end up buying anything.
Launch: 'Oh, the 3DS is out!! Ahh, I wont buy it, they'll release a new one soon enough!'
2013: 'ohh, the 3DS lite is out next week! Ahhh, I will just wait for the inevitable 3DSi!! LOL'
2016: 'What, Nintendo have just announced a new handheld? I've missed out on the 3DS? Why the fuck have I waited 5 years to buy one? Oh well, I won't get this one at launch - i'll wait for the inevitable Lite version!'.
And so on, until the end of time.
Yeah, but the transition from DS to DSL was significant in both form and function, and so was from DSL to DSi to a lesser extent. With the 3DS essentially covering all the bases of what a modern handheld needs, it's difficult to say what other significant things they could add to a hardware revision.Quixzlizx said:
How exactly could a potential 3DS Lite improve on the 3DS anyway? The original DS looked like a fucking abomination - a DS Lite was always going to be a success. But the 3DS is already pretty nice looking - some bad angles, but not worth an upgrade for!
And hell, if they do release an upgrade that is significant enough an improvement for me to want, I'll simply trade in my original 3DS and get the Lite for a much reduced price. Not an issue at all.
And hell, if they do release an upgrade that is significant enough an improvement for me to want, I'll simply trade in my original 3DS and get the Lite for a much reduced price. Not an issue at all.
Throwaway123456789
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MidnightScott said:Why the hell does one person need 6?
I have 3 though...:X
One DS Fat, three DS lites (one has a wonky touch screen, one is a-ok and the last is a somewhat unique (but shitty) Spectrobes painted one), one japanese DSi and one european DSi XL.
I only have one PSP though. The original fat one. This has always puzzled me as I've wanted to upgrade for ages now.
Yeah, there will be always stuff like that plus some form factor improvements, but there probably won't be anything like DS to DSL. Even the cartridge size and shape of the 3DS is pretty similar to the DS ones, right?Billychu said:
Anyhow, even then, places like Gamestop would do trade-in deals to get the new ones at a much reduced price at the launch of the new revision.
rpmurphy said:
They're identical to the DS ones, but with an added bit on the top to stop them being inserted into a DS Original. Think of how the Game Boy Colour Only carts were designed.
Here's an image, comparing the 3DS cart to a standard DS one, along with the 3DS box design:
I don't know if I like the branding being on the right hand side though...
Stumpokapow
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Quixzlizx said:
Except that many of those chumps probably sell/trade their DSi and get $80-100 (and so pay $199-219) and then sell/trade their 3DS for whatever model comes next and get $125-150 (and so pay even less).
... and this process works for all electronics!
TestOfTide
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To those asking about my source for the 3DS battery life:
http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=20389
Iwata admitted that the 3DS will need to be charged more often than the DS. That shows that it has signifcantly less battery life because otherwise we would have just heard them say the battery life is about the same as the DS.
And everyone already knows about how the GPU has been underclocked to 133 MHz
http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=20389
Iwata admitted that the 3DS will need to be charged more often than the DS. That shows that it has signifcantly less battery life because otherwise we would have just heard them say the battery life is about the same as the DS.
And everyone already knows about how the GPU has been underclocked to 133 MHz
Stumpokapow said:
Yep. :lol
I shall be trading in my DSi XL in january. I'll get £85 for it (maybe more, can't remember off the top of my head). That money will be used as a preorder on the 3DS.
Saying the 3DS will be £179.99 (it most likely will be in the UK), then that leaves me with...£95 to pay for a brand new 3DS. $150 for you american guys.
Well, I'm not complaining.
Stumpokapow
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Lonely1 said:
Then don't trade, sell on eBay, and don't buy a new bundle where you live, buy on eBay.
Again, where's the 6-8 hours quote? There's a very simple explanation for "requiring to be charged more often", the device is permanently awake and scanning for wireless networks. Is obvious that it would require more charging than the DSL, even if the power draw and battery capacity were exactly the same... And do you know that mobile GPUs are rarely (almost never) clocked at the PR settings, right?TestOfTide said:
Stumpokapow
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Lonely1 said:
It'd be a pain for selling it, but not really for buying. You said the GOW bundle retails for $300, but a PSP + $60 shipping would only be maybe $140-150 on eBay.