Ezduo said:Speaking on online for the 3DS, are we going to get any more conferences for Nintendo to fully explain everything about this thing? Like, the home screen, how online will work, etc?
Nintendo's going to CES this January.
Ezduo said:Speaking on online for the 3DS, are we going to get any more conferences for Nintendo to fully explain everything about this thing? Like, the home screen, how online will work, etc?
I really don't think they can afford to be so clueless this time around. They know they've lost a lot of their fans with the Wii and they want them back. The Wii's online features were literally embarrassing as a company. When players encountered a game breaking glitch in Metroid Other M, Nintendo told them to put their save files on a SD card and mail them in so their save file could be edited. It's going to be 2011 when this thing comes out. You cannot release an entertainment device without decent networking tech anymore.Dabanton said:If Nintendo have shown us anything when it comes to it's online implementation it's that it doesn't really have a clue.
I await what bright idea they'll use this time that slows down what should be the simple act of playing online.
Keyser Soze said:It's fine, I will walk into a store day of release and pick one of a shelf, everything will be fine...
friskykillface said:good thing there's a gamestop 10 minutes from my house
Billychu said:I really don't think they can afford to be so clueless this time around. They know they've lost a lot of their fans with the Wii and they want them back. The Wii's online features were literally embarrassing as a company. When players encountered a game breaking glitch in Metroid Other M, Nintendo told them to put their save files on a SD card and mail them in so their save file could be edited. It's going to be 2011 when this thing comes out. You cannot release an entertainment device without decent networking tech anymore.
Nintendo knows they can't support a system on their own. Despite the Wii's success, it drove away 3rd party developers. It couldn't support the modern engines that he 360, PS3, and PC could share. And online is huge this generation. But on the Wii it was cumbersome and most users didn't bother connecting their Wiis to the internet other to download Virtual Console games.
Nintendo's reveal at E3 showed their commitment to 3rd party support. They've mentioned how online is going to be improve. They've released videos of the store in action. They are showing commitment to improving the online to at least an acceptable level, because despite all the sales the 3DS will get at launch, if the PSP2 completely blows it out of the water in online services, dev support will wither.
It would still do well, but they wouldn't win back their core audience that left them this generation. I just really think that investing in the infrastructure is vital for Nintendo to keep third party support.jeremy1456 said:You're being a little dramatic. Online is important, but not so much that it can spell doom even in this day and age. Especially for a Nintendo handheld.
Billychu said:It would still do well, but they wouldn't win back their core audience that left them this generation. I just really think that investing in the infrastructure is vital for Nintendo to keep third party support.
A month after Japan o.o They better not! The rest of the world got the Wii within a few days of eachother...Deadly Monk said:$50 deposit, $299 placeholder price, two colors. Zelda will be in the system too (meaning it will be in the computer to reserve).
Although I mentioned this in the other thread a while ago, the date also says March 27th.
asdad123 said:If i reserve at GS, how long will the hold the system for me? Because I may not be able to make it on launch day in the morning cause of school/work/other stuff.
Will they hold it the whole day?
SS4Gogita said:That far? Granted, I live in a college town, but still. I think there's probably about 10-15 within 10 minutes of me.
Technosteve said:300 dollars eh
Deadly Monk said:$50 deposit, $299 placeholder price, two colors. Zelda will be in the system too (meaning it will be in the computer to reserve).
AniHawk said:Glad one of my friends is a manager.
Deadly Monk said:$50 deposit, $299 placeholder price, two colors. Zelda will be in the system too (meaning it will be in the computer to reserve).
Although I mentioned this in the other thread a while ago, the date also says March 27th.
Wasn't that a mistake? They are doing nothing more than private demos?GDGF said:Nintendo's going to CES this January.
MindCollizion said:Which 3D movie will the 3DS come packed in with? What would be the reaction if Avatar 3D was a pack-in?
DefectiveReject said:Wasn't that a mistake? They are doing nothing more than private demos?
-Pyromaniac- said:Damn serious question. I was going to go pre-order the 3DS last week and got too lazy but I have a question, can pre-orders run out? I'm starting to think I should stop procrastinating. I know it won't run out anytime really soon, but just asking if it's possible.
Ah godamnit. Never pre-ordered a system before so I wasn't aware of that happening. Guess I should take my lazy ass there and do it.Deadly Monk said:Most likely (in the US anyway), it will be just like the 360 reserve debacle. There probably won't be enough systems to fulfill every reserve the first day so they will go sell them to people in the order they were reserved under with each shipment.
When 360 came out, one store only got 10 of them day one so the first ten people who reserved them got them. Then they got two the next shipment so pre-orders number eleven and twelve got their systems and so on and so forth.
richisawesome said:Indeed. They corrected the claims soon afterwards.
But they will not be showing a single thing, they are just getting a conference room in the back for private meetings.GDGF said:Nintendo's going to CES this January.
Yeah I'm only gonna pay the deposit anyway, I just know it will end up being 250 give or take 10 bucks and I hate overpaying at gamestop. They make me take store credit.DidntKnowJack said:I'm not pre-ordering until I know the price.
It's unknown if it'll come packed with any movie at all. But at E3 they had 3D trailers for How to Train Your Dragon, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'hoole, and Disney's Tangled. I would put my money on one of those if any movie is packed with it.MindCollizion said:Which 3D movie will the 3DS come packed in with? What would be the reaction if Avatar 3D was a pack-in?
AceBandage said:Probably right before it launches we'll get some videos detailing it.
Billychu said:I really don't think they can afford to be so clueless this time around. They know they've lost a lot of their fans with the Wii and they want them back. The Wii's online features were literally embarrassing as a company. When players encountered a game breaking glitch in Metroid Other M, Nintendo told them to put their save files on a SD card and mail them in so their save file could be edited. It's going to be 2011 when this thing comes out. You cannot release an entertainment device without decent networking tech anymore.
Technosteve said:i don't want to get a second job for the 3DS, but this is nintendo and a handheld system.
At least you can play it on the way to your job.Technosteve said:i don't want to get a second job for the 3DS, but this is nintendo and a handheld system.
Codeblue said:I hope Amazon starts pre-orders at around that time.