Hardware Is It Still Worth It?

[Maz7006]

ill be buying it along with Mario Kart and Mario Bros towards the end of the year !

 

[TheDarkSeed]

When there is bias in a question that you post, it immediately taints the thread...

I personally would say no, THIS 3DS is not worth it for me.

When Nintendo releases a revision, then that's when I will make my decision.

 

[Kioku]

To the above (too lazy to quote, don't judge): Can you elaborate on that? What needs revised?

Honestly? Yes, I do think it's worth it for me because I've wanted one since launch and with the price drop it'll be easier to obtain. Not to mention all the games coming out, even if a bunch of rehashes/ports.

Game I'm waiting for? Super Mario 3DS Land or whatever it's called. Can't wait for Mario Kart, either.

 

[Weaselpipe]

With the slew of amazing games coming out by the end of the year it's most definitely worth $170. Hell, it's worth $250 which is why I bought it at that price. So many good games coming out in the near future.
Agreed. I would rather have it now with only a few games, than to have to choose which game I wanted as I couldn't afford the console and all of them at the end of the year.

QUOTE(darkranboria @ Aug 4 2011, 06:37 AM) It's not worth it compared to Vita. I'm sad cuz I had to go get one and now probably won't get a vita.

Not this AGAIN! The 3DS and Vita are not direct competitors, they are completely different beasts capable and designed for completely different things. Completely.
Nintendo have bypassed the console wars by being their own thing- Wii cannot be compared to PS3 and the 360, likewise the DS and PSP should not be compared- a lot of people have both due to the fact they are both so different that you can't choose one or the other until a few years and several hundred games later.
If Ninty had released GBA2 instead of DS, they could have been compared.

"I'm sad cuz I had to get a lobster and now can't get a pigeon"

 

[misssmk]

With the slew of amazing games coming out by the end of the year it's most definitely worth $170. Hell, it's worth $250 which is why I bought it at that price. So many good games coming out in the near future.
Agreed. I would rather have it now with only a few games, than to have to choose which game I wanted as I couldn't afford the console and all of them at the end of the year.

QUOTE(darkranboria @ Aug 4 2011, 06:37 AM) It's not worth it compared to Vita. I'm sad cuz I had to go get one and now probably won't get a vita.

Not this AGAIN! The 3DS and Vita are not direct competitors, they are completely different beasts capable and designed for completely different things. Completely.
Nintendo have bypassed the console wars by being their own thing- Wii cannot be compared to PS3 and the 360, likewise the DS and PSP should not be compared- a lot of people have both due to the fact they are both so different that you can't choose one or the other until a few years and several hundred games later.
If Ninty had released GBA2 instead of DS, they could have been compared.

"I'm sad cuz I had to get a lobster and now can't get a pigeon"

Well said. I have already owned the dsl & dsixl plus I still own a PSP 3k. I need a new DS system and might as well go ahead and get the 3DS.

 

[Chhotu uttam]

everyone, don't buy it !
if the sales are still terrible nintendo might drop the price even lower
I'm buying when it's under $100

(second degree post)

I'm with you,Costy.
3ds still lack new games.

Off Topic- Hope ^this happens with PS vita also

 

[Weaselpipe]

everyone, don't buy it !
if the sales are still terrible nintendo might drop the price even lower
I'm buying when it's under $100

(second degree post)

I'm with you,Costy.
3ds still lack new games.

Off Topic- Hope ^this happens with PS vita also

By January the 3DS will have a pretty stellar line-up. In fact, a better roster of games than the DS had after it's first year. Have some patience!

 

[koimayeul]

I don't like much 1st party Nintendo games anymore, and couldn't care less about stylus play and migraine inducing 3D
So i save up for PSV if it prove itself a worthy successor of the PSP (im fond of Falcom and Atlus games huhu)

 

[Weaselpipe]

I don't like much 1st party Nintendo games anymore, and couldn't care less about stylus play and migraine inducing 3D
So i save up for PSV if it prove itself a worthy successor of the PSP (im fond of Falcom and Atlus games huhu)

Well don't post in the 3DS forum? If you don't like the console or any of the upcoming games surely you'd be better off posting in the Vita forums.....

Sidenote- I have had no migraines from the 3D, and will probably get a Vita once there are a few good games.

 

[koimayeul]

I don't like much 1st party Nintendo games anymore, and couldn't care less about stylus play and migraine inducing 3D
So i save up for PSV if it prove itself a worthy successor of the PSP (im fond of Falcom and Atlus games huhu)
Well don't post in the 3DS forum? If you don't like the console or any of the upcoming games surely you'd be better off posting in the Vita forums.....

Sidenote- I have had no migraines from the 3D, and will probably get a Vita once there are a few good games.

fanboy much?
QUOTE(koimayeul @ Aug 5 2011, 09:56 AM)

I don't like much 1st party Nintendo games anymore, and couldn't care less about stylus play and migraine inducing 3D

better without PSV part?

 

[Weaselpipe]

I don't like much 1st party Nintendo games anymore, and couldn't care less about stylus play and migraine inducing 3D
So i save up for PSV if it prove itself a worthy successor of the PSP (im fond of Falcom and Atlus games huhu)
Well don't post in the 3DS forum? If you don't like the console or any of the upcoming games surely you'd be better off posting in the Vita forums.....

Sidenote- I have had no migraines from the 3D, and will probably get a Vita once there are a few good games.

fanboy much?
QUOTE(koimayeul @ Aug 5 2011, 09:56 AM)

I don't like much 1st party Nintendo games anymore, and couldn't care less about stylus play and migraine inducing 3D

better without PSV part?

It isn't the PSV part that bothered me, I have stated before that I don't see the two as rivals- rather as a pair of completely seperate things which will inevitably be compared mostly by people who don't really know what they're talking about as everything has to be a competition. The majority of gamers will likely end up with both due to them being capable of doing totally different things

And what's fanboy-esque about pointing out that if you have no interest in the console and do not own one you should maybe post in a forum that isn't in the 3DS section? The NDS forums aren't full of people saying PSP is better and vice versa

 

[koimayeul]

well the 3Ds and the Vita are the two next gen handhelds on the market so it is inevitable to make a choice and compare the features / game library

how could it be otherwise, have to think twice how to spend money

 

[bahamut920]

Seeing as I need to replace my DS anyways, and I like a bunch of the games either already out or coming out for the system (Devil Survivor Overclocked, Cave Story 3D, Ocarina of Time, Four Swords, Legend of Zelda), yes. I don't give a damn about 3D, and if I want to go on the Internet, I have a laptop, a desktop, and a smartphone.

EDIT: It's the system's first year, so of course there are gonna be a lot of remakes/enhanced ports for it. Remember when people were calling the GBA a "portable SNES" due to the number of ports? I do. I doubt that anybody nowadays will deny that the GBA was a success as much for its own games (Golden Sun, Metroid Fusion, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, etc) as it was for the SNES ports (Super Mario Advance, Breath of Fire, F-Zero, etc). And IIRC, the Game Boy Color has quite a few NES ports in its youth...

 

[dreary79]

Since your DS is near death you should definitively buy a 3DS. If I didn't already own a 3DS I would look for pre-August 12th sales/discounts and buy one now to get into the Ambassador Program.

Why You Should Buy a 3DS Today
http://ds.ign.com/articles/118/1184813p1.html

 

[sonicsmash2]

With the slew of amazing games coming out by the end of the year it's most definitely worth $170. Hell, it's worth $250 which is why I bought it at that price. So many good games coming out in the near future.
Agreed. I would rather have it now with only a few games, than to have to choose which game I wanted as I couldn't afford the console and all of them at the end of the year.

QUOTE(darkranboria @ Aug 4 2011, 06:37 AM) It's not worth it compared to Vita. I'm sad cuz I had to go get one and now probably won't get a vita.

Not this AGAIN! The 3DS and Vita are not direct competitors, they are completely different beasts capable and designed for completely different things. Completely.
Nintendo have bypassed the console wars by being their own thing- Wii cannot be compared to PS3 and the 360, likewise the DS and PSP should not be compared- a lot of people have both due to the fact they are both so different that you can't choose one or the other until a few years and several hundred games later.
If Ninty had released GBA2 instead of DS, they could have been compared.

"I'm sad cuz I had to get a lobster and now can't get a pigeon"

Well said. I have already owned the dsl & dsixl plus I still own a PSP 3k. I need a new DS system and might as well go ahead and get the 3DS.

Im with this, ive bought almost all DS console's *except dsiXL* and well why the hell not, i bought a 3DS, not because its the newest DS, but because this is a new system in the DS genre, completely new graphics, new additions, new games, the programs in it are new aswell (i also love how the friend system works, you no longer have to register a FC for EACH game, instead just register for the 3DS FC and play along

)

 

[bahamut920]

Not this AGAIN! The 3DS and Vita are not direct competitors, they are completely different beasts capable and designed for completely different things. Completely.
Nintendo have bypassed the console wars by being their own thing- Wii cannot be compared to PS3 and the 360, likewise the DS and PSP should not be compared- a lot of people have both due to the fact they are both so different that you can't choose one or the other until a few years and several hundred games later.
If Ninty had released GBA2 instead of DS, they could have been compared.

"I'm sad cuz I had to get a lobster and now can't get a pigeon"

I've got news for you; when the PS Vita is released, it and the 3DS will MOST DEFINITELY be in direct competition, despite the fondest wishes your heart can conjure up. If two devices perform different functions, like a television and a microwave, then they are not competitors. However, both the PS Vita and the 3DS perform the same essential function; they are both, at their core, portable gaming consoles. That, by definition, puts them in direct competition; they are both vying for the same market, because many people will not have the money to buy both. Nintendo hasn't "bypassed" the console wars; they're fighting just like Sony and Microsoft. What you see is Nintendo's method of differentiating themselves from their competitors in order to attract sales, and both Sony and Microsoft have their own ways of doing just that. Microsoft has XBLA and the Kinect peripheral, Sony has the machine with the best technical specifications (which means prettier games) and a built-in Blu-Ray player, and Nintendo has motion controls and 3D gaming.

You've found an oddly-colored apple and are maintaining that it is, in fact, an orange, despite the fact that you found it in an apple orchard and the sign says "Macintosh."

Also, your analogy at the end there is faulty; if you buy a lobster to keep as a pet, and not as dinner, then it was most definitely in competition with the pigeon. They may not be similar creatures, but they are serving the same role.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Not this AGAIN! The 3DS and Vita are not direct competitors, they are completely different beasts capable and designed for completely different things. Completely.
Nintendo have bypassed the console wars by being their own thing- Wii cannot be compared to PS3 and the 360, likewise the DS and PSP should not be compared- a lot of people have both due to the fact they are both so different that you can't choose one or the other until a few years and several hundred games later.
If Ninty had released GBA2 instead of DS, they could have been compared.

"I'm sad cuz I had to get a lobster and now can't get a pigeon"

I've got news for you; when the PS Vita is released, it and the 3DS will MOST DEFINITELY be in direct competition, despite the fondest wishes your heart can conjure up. If two devices perform different functions, like a television and a microwave, then they are not competitors. However, both the PS Vita and the 3DS perform the same essential function; they are both, at their core, portable gaming consoles. That, by definition, puts them in direct competition; they are both vying for the same market, because many people will not have the money to buy both. Nintendo hasn't "bypassed" the console wars; they're fighting just like Sony and Microsoft. What you see is Nintendo's method of differentiating themselves from their competitors in order to attract sales, and both Sony and Microsoft have their own ways of doing just that. Microsoft has XBLA and the Kinect peripheral, Sony has the machine with the best technical specifications (which means prettier games) and a built-in Blu-Ray player, and Nintendo has motion controls and 3D gaming.

You've found an oddly-colored apple and are maintaining that it is, in fact, an orange, despite the fact that you found it in an apple orchard and the sign says "Macintosh."

Also, your analogy at the end there is faulty; if you buy a lobster to keep as a pet, and not as dinner, then it was most definitely in competition with the pigeon. They may not be similar creatures, but they are serving the same role.

You sir, are wrong. They may be used for the same purpose, but they are to different to try and compare. This would happen to be the second time I've made this analogy today, lets say you have a chicken and a cow, both are food right? They both provide the same purpose? You can't say "My cow is better because it makes milk AND beef!" Or "My chicken is better because it gives me chicken AND eggs!". They may be similar, but they can't be compared as they are directed towards completely different kinds of players. The PSPV, from what I understand, is more for hardcore gamers and mobile media while the 3DS is for the more casual gamer and fun, 3D effects. You just can't compare the two. "My PSPV has a touchpad on the bottom!!! 3DS Doesn't so it sucks!!". No, doesn't work that way. As Weaselpipe said, you just can't compare the two. Anybody who has compared the two are basing most, if not all, of their arguments off of pure opinion. "Well the PS3 is better than the Wii because it has Uncharted on it!" Again, doesn't work that way. The PS3 and the 360 can be compared, as they are essentially the same basic system with a lot of the same games and a lot of the same features, but the Wii is different from both. The only thing similar between the Wii and PS3 are the Wiimotes and the PS Move and a very very small amount of games. You just can't compare them. Sure they may compete for better sales but that has NOTHING to do with the systems themselves.

 

[deathking]

That logic is flawed from the meat farmers standpoint
and the store keepers stand point
the vita and 3ds are direct competition with one another and take up the same shelve space
they are direct competition with one another as there is no real 3rd party hand held consoles out there except for the ds , the psp or the nd which isnt out yet

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Marketing ? System comparability.

You can do all the wrong things in marketing a great device, it has nothing to do with the quality of said system. Again, they are different products targeted towards different audiences so you can't compare them. Just because they are released around the same time doesn't mean you can compare and compete them. Neither is better than the other, it's all based on opinion.


Please, disprove my analogy.



Just noticed I'm neither a Sony fanboy or a Nintendo fanboy...I'm a 'buy both or shut the hell up' fanboy