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<blockquote data-quote="Rayder" data-source="post: 3613308" data-attributes="member: 63656"><p>I think it's a combination of issues preventing it from selling as well as they hoped.</p><p></p><p>No really strong launch titles.</p><p>The high cost of the system.</p><p>The backwards compatibility display issues. </p><p>Poor time of year to expect mass sales.</p><p>The system allegedly damaging itself just by being folded closed.</p><p>Loose hinge issues.</p><p>Occasional lockups.</p><p>Lame battery life.</p><p>Many people still struggling from the recession.</p><p>Arrived too soon on the heels of the DSi which may have left some people feeling burned.</p><p>Some people may not like the fact that the 3DS wants to connect to other systems all the time. There are people who exist in the world who don't give a tinker's damn about online gaming. The 3DS being so internet-intensive would be a huge turn-off to those people. (I'm one such person)</p><p></p><p>Plus all the other things people are talking about.</p><p></p><p>I think there is also another issue that might affect people's decision to buy a 3DS.......piracy, or lack thereof. Oh sure, you can play old DS games on it through some flashcarts, but a regular DS or DSi is still a better option for playing standard DS games, thanks to the bordering or blurring (depending on how you attempt to play them) on the 3DS screens. Nintendo has already bragged at how strong the anti-piracy measures in the 3DS are and that has likely dampened sales to those who have become used to the free-ride-piracy-fest on the DS/DSi. How big a niche pirates are in the install base isn't really known, but if sales of the 3DS are weak, it could be a possible indicator of just how mainstream piracy was on the DS/DSi. So why bother with a 3DS if there is a chance that you will never be able to pirate games on it? Hardcore pirates aren't likely to want to go back to paying through the nose for games again. I'll bet they'll see an amazing spike in 3DS sales if the system was to get busted wide open like the DS was.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rayder, post: 3613308, member: 63656"] I think it's a combination of issues preventing it from selling as well as they hoped. No really strong launch titles. The high cost of the system. The backwards compatibility display issues. Poor time of year to expect mass sales. The system allegedly damaging itself just by being folded closed. Loose hinge issues. Occasional lockups. Lame battery life. Many people still struggling from the recession. Arrived too soon on the heels of the DSi which may have left some people feeling burned. Some people may not like the fact that the 3DS wants to connect to other systems all the time. There are people who exist in the world who don't give a tinker's damn about online gaming. The 3DS being so internet-intensive would be a huge turn-off to those people. (I'm one such person) Plus all the other things people are talking about. I think there is also another issue that might affect people's decision to buy a 3DS.......piracy, or lack thereof. Oh sure, you can play old DS games on it through some flashcarts, but a regular DS or DSi is still a better option for playing standard DS games, thanks to the bordering or blurring (depending on how you attempt to play them) on the 3DS screens. Nintendo has already bragged at how strong the anti-piracy measures in the 3DS are and that has likely dampened sales to those who have become used to the free-ride-piracy-fest on the DS/DSi. How big a niche pirates are in the install base isn't really known, but if sales of the 3DS are weak, it could be a possible indicator of just how mainstream piracy was on the DS/DSi. So why bother with a 3DS if there is a chance that you will never be able to pirate games on it? Hardcore pirates aren't likely to want to go back to paying through the nose for games again. I'll bet they'll see an amazing spike in 3DS sales if the system was to get busted wide open like the DS was. [/QUOTE]
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