FieryBalrog said:After the GBA and the DS, why DID any of you buy a Nintendo handheld day 1?
I wouldn't go that far.Branduil said:This makes no sense at all.
They're going to get used to it, it seems.Door2Dawn said:TERRIBLE idea of true. You're basically admiting failure.
Littlegator said:There were problems with day-1 GBA and DS?
Weird, mine are still running fine.
Busaiku said:Hey man, there are 4 PSP revisions.
DS only had 3.
B_Rik_Schitthaus said:Chance of this post being correct: 100%.
Mama Robotnik said:Distance from the 3D stigma, a brand name that fully distinguishes the unit as something seperate to the DS, and recapturing the hype of being new accompanied with presumably a more substantial catalogue of games.
The Last One said:"According to our source, right as you read those lines, Nintendo engineers are spending many sleepless nights working on an additional device, which should be sold separately for about 10 dollars."
How is this even possible?
Gravijah said:never buying another console day one ever again
Futureman said:Where did the Andrex part about it being for internal use only come from?
Without the touch controls from the beginning? You can bet your ass, dudeAmICoolYet said:Man the DS was NOTHING without touch controls.
InsaneZero said:Also, I agree with the average sane sentiment that this is most likely a leak plugging if anything else.
The question is, what do you do with the people who supported your "failure" and are now stuck with a gimped system?Mama Robotnik said:Regarding the supposed crime of "admitting failure"...
If something is, or looks like it is going ot be a failure, doesn't it make sense to admit it as soon as possible, consolidate your losses and move on to more successful ventures?
I'm not saying the 3DS is a success or failure, its too early to tell by far. But if Nintendo felt that it was, that it was not an avenue to anything even resembling DS-level success, doesn't it make business sense to cut losses and run?
A 3DS redesign, rebrand and relaunch makes sense to me as a consumer, as I'm completely unconvinced by the current product. I'd love it. Its too early to say whether it makes business sense for Nintendo though, as its yet to be seen if the current product can gain more substantial momentum.
My reletively near launch GBA still works fine. The only problem is the battery cover is broken, celotape fixes that though.Littlegator said:There were problems with day-1 GBA and DS?
Weird, mine are still running fine.
If the revision has a second analog nub, then the peripheral will probably be for the purpose of providing backwards compatibility. I'm sort of given to believing that by rebranding the revision, it won't be necessary to re-imburse existing owners of the 3DS.seady said:Odds for Nintendo NOT supporting their peripheral: 100%.
No matter how suck or how super successful their peripheral is, they will barely support it after it launched- look at how many Wii Motion + and Wii Board out there and how little they care.
Even with Color, that's only 3 (including the Japan only Gameboy Light).Grisby said:Well, I was kinda looping all of the gameboys together too (except for advanced since that was more powerful).
Mama Robotnik said:Regarding the supposed crime of "admitting failure"...
If something is, or looks like it is going ot be a failure, doesn't it make sense to admit it as soon as possible, consolidate your losses and move on to more successful ventures?
I'm not saying the 3DS is a success or failure, its too early to tell by far. But if Nintendo felt that it was, that it was not an avenue to anything even resembling DS-level success, doesn't it make business sense to cut losses and run?
A 3DS redesign, rebrand and relaunch makes sense to me as a consumer, as I'm completely unconvinced by the current product. I'd love it. Its too early to say whether it makes business sense for Nintendo though, as its yet to be seen if the current product can gain more substantial momentum.
This is what it should have been like in the first place.Leona Lewis said:Old mock-up time! I wonder if the redesign could look like any of these...
DoomXploder7 said:You know I'm a big Nintendo fan but I'd have to say i'd feel just like you if this happened (except the never buying another nintendo hardware thing would be an empty threat on my part) . If this happens this would officially become the worst handled hardware release of all time, ALL TIME. Price drop i can accept, even releasing the red colored one I wanted is stomach-able but this........:|. Though my belief in this happening is close to absolute 0.
Just think about what amazing inside info parts 2, 3, 4, and 5 will bring! Iwata resigning? Miyamoto retiring out of shame? Kondo being made president?!Father_Brain said:Or that someone at 01net is gullible and is getting his chain yanked by a bullshit "source."
RandomVince said:seriously, who the hell thinks this rumour has even a grain of truth to it. Burnt porks dick is safe.
You don't get a ten page thread out of that.Cow Mengde said:I'm surprised nobody posted the Fire Emblem 3DS rumor.
It made me giddy when I saw it, seeing they're returning to Lin's universe, and with 2 games at that.Cow Mengde said:I'm surprised nobody posted the Fire Emblem 3DS rumor.