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Why are people suddenly against the 3DS now?

It feels like such a bad joke that in the face of what is potentially the greatest handheld platform ever, the older, uglier more uncomfortable 3DS keeps getting substantial support.

People really just want Nintendo to move the fuck on and stop playing half a gangster
 
Gamers are quick to abandon old tech regardless of continued strong software support. Nintendo and 3rd parties are doing the right thing by continuing to produce games for folks who haven't made the jump yet, it's better than leaving your fans in the dust (Wii U) and it's not like the Switch isn't getting games.
 
It's 6 year old hardware that is a drain on development. Nintendo largely has to rely on themselves in software support, which is then being split between two products. Why not consolidate development into one strong platform?
 
Suddenly? It's 6 years old. There's a new handheld out now any people hating new releases on the old hardware is nothing new at all for crossgen, hell people here used to hate on games that did make the hardware jump just because they offered versions on the old hardware as well.

Love my 3DS, but now it's my Switch's turn. I only wanna bother taking one portable with me, and it's gonna be my Switch.
 
because if a game is coming out on 3ds, I have to play it on the 3ds. If its coming out on switch, I can play it on the tv or portably
 
My biggest gripe is the 240p to 720p gulf in handhelds, even worse when comparing to docked. I'm just having a tough time being excited for upcoming 3DS games even though I'm still into them.
 
I don't see how anybody after has played on the beautiful Switch screen can go back with pleasure to play on a 3ds, except for contrarians. There is a night and day difference.
 
That screen was horribly low res form day one. It was fine for 2D games, but 3D games are a pixelated mess. I couldn't wait to move on tbh, sold it last year.

I'm actually not too bothered that Nintendo are still making games for it, because none they are releasing are appealing to me. They seem to be focusing on the younger crowd now for 3DS which is fine by me, makes sense.
 
jimmygnome9 said:
Gamers are quick to abandon old tech regardless of continued strong software support.
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I feel sorry for Switch owners then if they pick up a mobile phone next year.

If 3DS is old, then mobile phones advance faster. Nintendo hasn't been future proof since the Gamecube.
 
ScientificPizza said:
No one is *suddenly* against the 3DS. It's just an old system now, anything that can be done on it has been. Nintendo has new and exciting hardware out and people want to see them leverage it, so any continued support of the 3DS is going to just seem like a wasted opportunity

It's not that people hate the 3DS now, it's just that it's old. It's no different than if a game was to be released exclusively on the PS3.
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It's much worse than that IMO. The difference between a switch and the 3DS is much bigger than the gap between the PS3 and PS4. In terms of pure power the gap is much bigger and that's before you take into account the more modern architecture. On top of that you have the far better and bigger screen and more comfortable controls. Then there is the fact that it's a hybrid and not just a handheld so I can play on my TV with improved graphics and a controller. Even just the look of the switch is so much better.

The switch blows the 3DS out of the water as a product.
 
Chairmanchuck said:
Have a 3DS, Vita and a Switch.

Would rather have all games on either Vita or Switch. The resolution of the 3DS is not making games look good imo.



Citra, the 3DS emulator, already shows how good 3ds games can look.
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I hate these emulator shots because they're always so disingenuous. The game doesn't look nearly that bad on the actual display.
 
I love my switch and while I love my 3DS, I'd like to play portable games on a system with hardware from the last decade. The 3DS's resolution is atrocious for anything that isn't 2D.
 
They see the Switch as a replacement of the 3DS and think all games should be moved to it for the future. Problem eith that is games have been in development for years on 3DS...also install base of 3DS is much larger and system is not supply constrained.
 
JordanN said:
I feel sorry for Switch owners then if they pick up a mobile phone next year.

If 3DS is old, then mobile phones advance faster.
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Get back to me when mobiles get a game as ambitious as Breath of the Wild or as smooth and good looking as MK8D.
 
Kthulhu said:
You've clearly never bought a console during the launch window if that's how you think early adopters determine their purchases.
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lol I mean we had a poll over at r/nintendoswitch in April where people admitted to buying indie scraps to justify their purchase because they were burnt out on zelda. I'm satisfied with my switch, and I know the games that I want so I can't relate.
 
phanphare said:
yeah the 3DS as a piece of hardware is pretty meh across the board

although I was pretty wowed back in 2011 at the thought of glasses free 3D and it delivered I just stop caring about it pretty quickly and then I was wowed again with 3D Land where the 3D actually factored into the level design and then I stopped caring again and continued to stop caring. the New 3DS almost made me care again because the face tracking works really well but that 240p screen really ruins it. I knew the Switch was probably going to drop 3D but it would have been pretty cool to see glasses free 3D with face tracking on an HD display.
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3D had me very hyped for like one year before I came to understand a few things:

3D fractured the 3DS's power in practice
a tiny, 240p screen can't do 3D worth a damn
3DS's controls meant many of the genres I'd most want to play in 3D weren't happening

Resident Evil and 3D Land were the only two games that really nailed 3D in my opinion. Resident Evil was almost too ambitious for the 3DS's screen - you could force some downright impressive depth through the options, at which point the limitations of a small, low-res 3D screen become terribly apparent. There were a few other games I can recall with solid and consistent 3D - games like ALBW, Kirby, Mario Kart, Luigi's Mansion, Street Fighter come to mind - but 3D made little difference to my experience with those games. And then, there were others - games like OoT 3D and Rayman come to mind, games where the depth would change from room to room, area to area. That shit was not comfortable to me.

I still remember the day 3D Land's logo leaked. I immediately envisioned the final product - a bite-sized portable 3D Mario that used 3D depth to make for more accessible 3D gameplay, solving the age-old "Will I make this jump" problem that dictated Sunshine's entire design - and I expected Nintendo to follow up on that with more games that, somehow, would take meaningful advantage of 3D, as Nintendo had attempted with hardware gimmicks of years past. Those games never came.
 
If you owned a Switch, you'd understand. No one wants to game on that screen, with that analogue nub after using the Switch.
 
It was outdated the day it launched, even more so next to the Switch. I got a lot of fond memories of playing my 3DS but I'm more than ready to let it go after 6 years. I've always hated the 240p screen and never got comfortable holding it in my hands for long sessions. Its gearing up to have a great last hurrah of new games though.
 
The sole reason is the 240p resolution, really. It was bad not only in 2011 when it launched, but even by... I don't know, 2009 even. In 2017? People just want to move on from it.
Even when the Switch successor will be out and the Switch will still be getting some games (probably Pokémon!), I doubt people will be complaining as much, because the Switch isn't bad by any stretch of the imagination and will still be good in 6+ years.
The lack of backwards compatibility didn't help either.
 
People want more content for their shiny new toy, and the 3DS is an active competitor to the Switch in this regard. It serves no purpose living alongside the Switch.
 
Oregano said:
The Switch game might not be years away if they weren't wasting their time on the four set of Pokemon releases on 3DS.
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How are they wasting time by developing games on a platform they are familiar with? A platform with millions of fans and potential sales to be made? Sun and Moon and these new versions were probably in development/planning before the switch SDK was even available.

King_Moc said:
If you owned a Switch, you'd understand. No one wants to game on that screen, with that analogue nub after using the Switch.
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I own a switch and I haven't touched it in weeks. However , I use my 3DS almost daily.
 
WolfeTone said:
I imagine it's hard to do cross gen with 3DS and Switch because of the massive difference in specs. I'm no expert, but wouldn't it involve releasing a Switch game that looked like shit. Unless the developers designed their 3DS game specifically to be ported up to higher resolutions.

I know people have posted these HD Pokemon images, but what would actually be involved with getting a 3DS game running on Switch and not having it look awful?
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I don't think there's any detailed public info on Game Freak's workflow/toolset but I'm inclined to agree. That said, Nintendo SHOULD have put forth the resources to have Game Freak deliver a Switch title alongside these remakes, as it's difficult to believe it wouldn't be profitable, and it's far more straightforward to port a game than to make something entirely new for an unfamiliar platform because a majority of the work is already done. Hell, if I were Nintendo I'd rather have my devs get their first Switch project under their belt as quickly and easily as possible, and that'd be a port.

If you recall that thread from a few days ago questioning Game Freak's technical capabilities...I'd want to put the training wheels on them, lol, whether it's true or not, because Pokemon is a property who's quality assurance is damn near sacred. A transitional project would be financially safe and technically prudent.

But then, this is all armchair speculation anyways beyond basic knowledge of software development. For all we know Nintendo's got more ambitious plans for Game Freak's next game and we're all not giving them enough credit.
 
JordanN said:
I feel sorry for Switch owners then if they pick up a mobile phone next year.

If 3DS is old, then mobile phones advance faster. Nintendo hasn't been future proof since the Gamecube.
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If the Switch were a straight handheld as opposed to a hybrid platform, it would be hard to consider it underpowered.
 
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say people who are upset don't own a 3ds. Happy to get some more 3ds games, going to miss this generation.
 
I'll just say this .. if nintendo were to provide an emulation for digital 3DS titles on the switch , there wouldn't be such an issue for plenty of players.

It would be a good way for people who have plenty of digital titles to update


Just saying nintendo
 
JordanN said:
I feel sorry for Switch owners then if they pick up a mobile phone next year.

If 3DS is old, then mobile phones advance faster. Nintendo hasn't been future proof since the Gamecube.
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It will take quite some time to get on mobile the games comparable in quality with Switch. Even if the raw power will be higher on mobiles.
 
Huge Succeeded said:
3D had me very hyped for like one year before I came to understand a few things:

3D fractured the 3DS's power in practice
a tiny, 240p screen can't do 3D worth a damn
3DS's controls meant many of the genres I'd most want to play in 3D weren't happening

Resident Evil and 3D Land were the only two games that really nailed 3D in my opinion. Resident Evil was almost too ambitious for the 3DS's screen - you could force some downright impressive depth through the options, at which point the limitations of a small, low-res 3D screen become terribly apparent. There were a few other games I can recall with solid and consistent 3D - games like ALBW, Kirby, Mario Kart, Luigi's Mansion, Street Fighter come to mind - but 3D made little difference to my experience with those games. And then, there were others - games like OoT 3D and Rayman come to mind, games where the depth would change from room to room, area to area. That shit was not comfortable to me.

I still remember the day 3D Land's logo leaked. I immediately envisioned the final product - a bite-sized portable 3D Mario that used 3D to make for a more accessible 3D game - and expected Nintendo to follow up on that with more games that, somehow, would take meaningful advantage of 3D, as Nintendo had attempted with hardware gimmicks of years past. Those games never came.
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yeah pretty much. I turned off 3D in OoT once I realized that utilizing the gyro aiming breaks the 3D. it was really only seeing it for the first time when getting the system and then 3D Land that impressed me. I remember Pushmo was cool but I ended up turning it off.
 
-Mutsukki- said:
I think it's just because Switch is a more appealing portable platform.
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The 3DS is a far more appealing, and better, portable than the Switch.
Don't get me wrong, the Switch is great, but as a portable it's inferior to the 3DS in every way that matters for a Portable device.
 
Its more the idea of the 3ds still getting tons of support from core nintendo franchises while the switch is still pretty hurting for releases, yeah were getting a nintendo game every month but that wait is made a lottle worse without a virtual console
 
The only games I'm grabbing on 3DS since the Switch launched are Monster Hunter Stories and Fire Emblem Echoes. There are a few I'd grab if they put them on Switch as I'm ready to move on. The Switch has fabulous design and a very pretty screen. I'd like to play on that when I can instead of the 3DS.
 
PAULINK said:
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say people who are upset don't own a 3ds. Happy to get some more 3ds games, going to miss this generation.
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I own one 3ds, one 3ds xl, one new 3ds and two new 3ds xls... I'm also planning to get new 2ds xl so that'll make it 6 3ds.

I'm just done with 240p resolution.
 
Persona7 said:
How are they wasting time by developing games on a platform they are familiar with? A platform with millions of fans and potential sales to be made? Sun and Moon and these new versions were probably in development/planning before the switch SDK was even available.



I own a switch and I haven't touched it in weeks. However , I use my 3DS almost daily.
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Because they have already made their million of sales on six other releases and they could be working towards the future of the franchise instead of getting one last squeeze of the teet.

... and I'm calling BS on the idea of Sun/Moon rehashes being in development before they had details on Switch.
 
Because I was done with the shitty 240p screen on the 2DS years ago.

I bought FE Echoes, and honestly have barely played it because despite liking the game I just have no desire to pick up that crappy hardware. And this is from a guy who doesn't even own a Switch yet.

There comes a point where hardware just feels tired and dated, and you want the software you like to be free of it. 3DS is definitely at that point.
 
Persona7 said:
I own a switch and I haven't touched it in weeks. However , I use my 3DS almost daily.
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Right. And if those games were on both platforms, you'd pick the 3DS version? Isn't that kind of the point the OP was getting at? Obviously the six year old 3DS has a much stronger library, but new games will literally be better games on Switch.
 
It's the switch, that simple.

It's superior, new and better.

You can use it for everything you would use the 3DS for.

The 3DS aside from what it has had feels redundant at this point.
 
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