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Polygon: Nintendo can give fans an amazing gift by slowly killing the 3DS
- Thread starter Poetic.Injustice
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Making up things doesn't help your argument.
That's what they're doing! They are FOCUSING on the Switch while MILDLY supporting their current system that is still selling. That's what the smart business decision is.
Of course there is: it requires more time, money and resources. It's amazing how many of you guys seem to think there is some magic button that developers can push to make this happen.
Will the money put into two versions be worth it for Nintendo? What about the man power at the developer?
And clearly, it would not be just a straight port. Fans would expect a game that looks better than it does on 3DS, obviously. That also takes effort and resources.
chronic_archaic
Member
Do people forget Nintendo supported the NES until 1994? Like with quality games too? Are people salty that Mega Man 4-6, StarTropics 2, Kirby's Adventure etc. aren't on SNES?
They announced that a new Fire Emblem is coming to Switch in 2018, so you don't have to worry about that.
I think what Nintendo are doing is that, for Metroid, Fire Emblem, Pikmin etc, they are quite happy for the 3DS to have cheap 2D games and remakes at end-of-life to keep it ticking over while the longer dev time on Switch games kicks in. For people's first look at those franchises on the Switch, they want people to see something genuinely new, rather than flood it with games they can also play elsewhere.
Fredrik
Member
Just no. I honestly don't see Switch as a portable. It's huge. I'm hoping for a smaller clamshell portable when they finally kill the 3DS, killing off the 3DS before there is a true successor would mean that there is no true portable around. It would probably drive more people toward mobile gaming than toward Switch.
Portugeezer
Member
I'm still waiting for the dream scenario in which Nintendo developers don't have to pick between two platforms... Looks like that will take another 2 years.
You'll maybe get a smaller Switch one day, but something entirely new? Nah.
Geraldo_Ray
Member
Nintendo should slowly kill the 3DS...which is what they're doing while they're putting most of their focus on the Switch.
*Raises Hand*
I'm happy and excited for Samus Returns.
*Raises Hand*
I'm happy and excited for Samus Returns.
Pokémon confirms Switch is the 3DS successor.
Do you have exact measurements that are required to be a portable device?
Switch is not as big as it looks like. If you carry smaller bags like me, the fact that Switch is less "fat" than 3DS helps a lot with fitting it, espescially since I personally have to use a grip for 3DS. You can also detach joycons to decrease size further.
Still, I hope they do a more pocketable version for people like you, but considering that current Switch is mostly battery (and not any cheap throwaway battery), battery life will definately be a concern for any smaller version.
There isn't a single major 1st or 2nd Party Nintendo developer who isn't making something for the Switch.
titiklabingapat
Member
The Switch is sold out in most major markets. There is no reason to kill the 3DS when the Switch is selling as much as can you make them.
OrangeGrayBlue
Member
I think it'd be fairly smart of them to release a "Switch Mini" around, say, holiday 2018 that has a roughly 4.5" screen and doesn't come with a dock, but otherwise has the same internal guts as the Switch and maybe improves on the current battery life by about 1 hour. Sell it for maybe $179.99 and pair it with a price drop on the regular Switch and I think they'd have a pretty successful holiday next year. It would be more useful than the usual slimmed down revisions of console life cycles because it would actually make the Switch a fully portable system that you can stick in your pocket and go, and the lack of a dock + smaller screen should pretty easily allow for that lower price point.
Or they keep around the 3DS. How about that?
Camper Van Beethoven
Banned
I'm excited for the game, I'd be about 10x happier if it wasn't on some ugly console I've mostly disowned.
On 3DS?
Such a waste.
I really don't see the point of this article. Nintendo are clearly phasing out the 3DS over time with their developers having shifted en-masse over to Switch already, Kuchera admits that this is something they don't need to do immediately (hence the last few outsourced 3DS products and a cheap hardware revision), and then says it's the direction they should move in.
It's like he's observing what they are doing, then suggesting that, in the future, they should decide to do that. Bizarre.
I love the use of the word disowned here.
"Don't you have a 3DS?"
"I HAVE NO 3DS!"
"But it's right there..."
"IT IS DEAD TO ME."
I don't get why they can't do cross gen at least. At the start of this generation devs were constantly pushing out cross gen titles but Nintendo can't do it for their brand new piece of hardware?
I own a N3DS but I've never liked using it much so I'll be skipping 3ds games this year. Refuse to go back after using the switch.
I own a N3DS but I've never liked using it much so I'll be skipping 3ds games this year. Refuse to go back after using the switch.
Dark Ninja
Member
I feel like the Big handheld brands like Pokemon, Fire Emblem, and Animal Crossing will get both Switch and 3DS versions for a bit. People will be pissed when something from these games is limited because of the 3DS version like what happened with Smash Brothers. 3DS will get hated on from here on out.
I'm also trying to envision the first party 3DS line-up for 2018.
2017 is almost only outsourced low effort spin-offs and remakes and I don't imagine this changing for the better, looking at it from the perspective of a 3DS only owner.
Nothing wrong with jumping ship when an obviously superior product has been released. I personally prefer to just keep one portable on me (if any) and letting the old one go here is the easy choice.
2017 is almost only outsourced low effort spin-offs and remakes and I don't imagine this changing for the better, looking at it from the perspective of a 3DS only owner.
Nothing wrong with jumping ship when an obviously superior product has been released. I personally prefer to just keep one portable on me (if any) and letting the old one go here is the easy choice.
We'll see. I don't expect a way cheaper Switch to hit in 2018 though.
You agree based on feelings, not on facts. A company doesn't make decision based on feelings.
CaviarMeths
Member
I think people are missing that
1. The 3DS still makes up an enormous chunk of their revenue. Killing it would be super dumb while it's still making so much money.
2. Unless Retro is being weird, a grand total of zero internal teams are working on 3DS games right now. It's being supported by partners and 3rd parties.
3. The 3DS is being positioned as their budget/feature product line. Its value is in its price point and extensive back catalog. It has little overlap with Switch.
1. The 3DS still makes up an enormous chunk of their revenue. Killing it would be super dumb while it's still making so much money.
2. Unless Retro is being weird, a grand total of zero internal teams are working on 3DS games right now. It's being supported by partners and 3rd parties.
3. The 3DS is being positioned as their budget/feature product line. Its value is in its price point and extensive back catalog. It has little overlap with Switch.
OrangeGrayBlue
Member
I'm not arguing in favor of killing off the 3DS immediately (that would be dumb and opposite of pretty much every console life cycle ever) but I think in about a year and a half (holiday 2018) it will be natural, as a matter of the Switch becoming cheaper and it being more technologically feasible to produce a Switch Mini, to fully replace the 3DS.
I agree that it makes sense to slowly kill off support for the 3DS rather than bury it immediately, but at the timeline I'm suggesting it really won't make much sense to continue supporting it that late in the game. I would be genuinely amazed if the 3DS was getting more than the occasional bone by the time November 2018 rolls around.
Stereoscopic 3D is really great. You should watch the trailer on 3DS.
WhoaIsThatMars
Member
They already said 2018. Granted, it could be pushed back.
This as well.
Truthfully, guys, does anyone really think Samus Returns would even exist if not for the 3DS still selling? They would just announce Prime 4 and be done with it.
Seeing how Switch is sold out for the next 10 to 12 months presumably at the price point of 330 I don't see why they would lower the price or offer a cheaper, mobile only, model. Why would they give up revenue just like that when there's no reason to do so?
There are more people who own a 3DS than people who own a Switch. Those people are happy.
It's not rocket science.
Grim Patron
Member
Lol port begging from another system made by your company of choice. Nice.
I don't have a problem with them continually to support 3DS due to obvious business reasons, but I don't get why they can't just release slightly upgraded versions onto Switch at the same time? (ie. new Metroid game)
Its not like they should be worried about Switch eating into 3DS' sales, or I mean, isn't that the transition they want to happen...people slowly migrate from 3DS to Switch.
Its not like they should be worried about Switch eating into 3DS' sales, or I mean, isn't that the transition they want to happen...people slowly migrate from 3DS to Switch.
Your loss roflololmao
CaviarMeths
Member
Ask the company that's making it.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
A take so hot it burned the pie
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OrangeGrayBlue
Member
I can agree that the Switch will probably be very hard to find through the holidays and likely January next year as people spend gift cards/Christmas money, but I don't see any strong argument to be made that it will continue to be sold out beyond that. Also the price is $300, not $330 unless you're referring to a price outside the US.
Heh, sure. 😊
I think it's important though to look at the facts. And the facts are pretty clear here.
I think Nintendo is very keen on positioning Switch as a "Console on the go" and that uprezzed versions of 3DS games would undermine its uniqueness in that regard. Look at Yoshi and Kirby. They could've just uprezzed the 3DS games and instead they developed two completely new games for Switch.