More Nintendo 3DS info.

**Thrush** · 16th January 2011

Well the xbox,wii,and ps3 arn't exactly family units. The majority of games are still single player or multi over the internet.

**{{909}}** · 16th January 2011

200 quid isnt out of the family budget, parents give their kids phones and other luxuries for birthdays and xmas that cost far more. I dont think it will be that much though, �169 at launch I rec. Its interesting that the DS never got a price cut in this country, at least not officially.

**Greyfox** · 16th January 2011

Originally Posted by doughboy

psp has always been shit, it's a totally lost market..trying to downscale fullsize games.

Correct me if I'm wrong but have you pretty much just said that the handheld gaming market is 'pretty much lost'? Is that why the ds is the second best selling console of all time with nearly 140 million units sold?

**doughboy** · 16th January 2011

Originally Posted by Greyfox

Correct me if I'm wrong but have you pretty much just said that the handheld gaming market is 'pretty much lost'? Is that why the ds is the second best selling console of all time with nearly 140 million units sold?

Yes, I was referring to the PSP only.

**Greyfox** · 16th January 2011

Originally Posted by doughboy

Yes, I was referring to the PSP only.

You've got to be joking? The PSP has outsold the 360 by around 15 million, and the ps3 by 20 million.

**{{909}}** · 16th January 2011

Originally Posted by Greyfox

You've got to be joking? The PSP has outsold the 360 by around 15 million, and the ps3 by 20 million.

thats true but thats largly down to the sales in Japan, where the 360 has no market and the PSP is currently selling like hot cakes. You cant really compare home and hand consoles anyway, In terms of the hand held market, the PSP has lost massively to the DS.

While we're on the subject...where is the PSP2 anyway? Nintendo have the new DS poised for release and Sony haven't said a word officially, although there is the playstation android phone info 'leak'

**Greyfox** · 16th January 2011

Originally Posted by {{909}}

thats true but thats largly down to the sales in Japan, where the 360 has no market and the PSP is currently selling like hot cakes. You cant really compare home and hand consoles anyway, In terms of the hand held market, the PSP has lost massively to the DS.

While we're on the subject...where is the PSP2 anyway? Nintendo have the new DS poised for release and Sony haven't said a word officially, although there is the playstation android phone info 'leak'

Even so calling the psp a failure when it's sold over 60 million units is a joke. And you say that but the psp has sold just over 16 million units in Japan but almost 22 million units in America. Also with regards to the psp2 there are a shitload of rumours going round. 2 analougue sticks, touchscreen etc Apparently it's going to be announced soon, January 27th supposedly.

**{{909}}** · 16th January 2011

The PSP isnt a failure, its currently the best selling machine in japan, but that's probably due to the fact that everyone there already has 3 DS's

. It has certainly taken time to fruit though and I have to agree with the other poster, the PSP's ports of home console games wasn't to my personal taste. At this moment in time I don't even know where my PSP is.

Rumours are rumours, they dont mean anything, saying it will have a touch screen or 2 analogue sticks are nothing more than guesses from people who think thats where the PSP fell short. I have since read that Sony have spewed some meaningless tech specs , but they ALWAYS do that and it ALWAYS means absolutely nothing. They probably are right in sticking with the PSP(1) for a good while yet anyway, its selling well now and its showing no signs of slowing just yet, atleast in the far east and its very unlikely they would release it successor anywhere else first.

**Chubbs** · 16th January 2011

Originally Posted by Thrush

Well the xbox,wii,and ps3 arn't exactly family units. The majority of games are still single player or multi over the internet.

But you share experiences easily on a TV, nobody else will benefit from the experience but the player.

Originally Posted by {{909}}

200 quid isnt out of the family budget, parents give their kids phones and other luxuries for birthdays and xmas that cost far more.

Kids have shite 30 quid PAYG round here - where do you live?

Don't forget even regular folks have DS flash carts making the DS about a 100 quid investment, 3DS games look to be priced well north of DS games game.co.uk Parents, rightly or wrongly, see flash carts as acceptable.

Home consoles don't hit major saturation until they have been out a few years older games are f'all and casual gaming types find that attractive.

**Karoline** · 6th February 2011

Well i hope i've done the right thing.. I just pre-ordered one of these, for �219 with a game..
Looks like it might be a slightly late Birthday pressie for me

**Chubbs** · 6th February 2011

Originally Posted by Karoline

Well i hope i've done the right thing.. I just pre-ordered one of these, for �219 with a game..
Looks like it might be a slightly late Birthday pressie for me

What game have you opted for?

**{{909}}** · 7th February 2011

i went for pilotwings, its not a release title according to some sites though but if thats the case ill make do with 3DS ware until it or zelda comes out.

I'm really looking forward to the rehashed Zelda, mainly because I never finished it on the N64 (kooky back up device lost my save). Its kind of nice that the first game that really used 3D graphics to any advantage is now hopefully going to make use of true 3D. It would be nice if we had a new Zelda game though. Saying that, I haven't finished the second DS game yet.

**SiE** · 7th February 2011

Streetfighter is supposed to be the best launch title which considering it's a nintendo console is strange. Can't believe there is no Mario, zelda or even metroid on launch day.

**{{909}}** · 7th February 2011

When has a Nintendo console ever released with a Mario, Zelda or Metroid title? The nature of AAA first party games means they usually come months after launch.

I have to admit, Nintendogs is sounding VERY clever, with its usage of the hardware being particularly impressive, wouldn't buy it though!

**SiE** · 7th February 2011

Wasn't super Mario world and mario 64 launch titles?

**SiE** · 7th February 2011

And zelda twilight princess was a launch title wasn't it??

**SiE** · 7th February 2011

And super Mario bros

**SiE** · 7th February 2011

And super Mario land on gb

And super Mario advance on gba

And super Mario 64 ds

**{{909}}** · 8th February 2011

well a few of those were rehashed older games, and a few were launch titles in the UK but that was back in the days when we got our consoles 18 months later than Japan, by which time the premium games were starting to appear. I think I'd only really class Mario64 as a launch title. The N64 was amazing really, Mario, Pilotwings and waverace on launch day.

I loved Warioware on the DS though and that was my reason for importing one, but looking at a game like that you would imagine the production costs and time would be far lower than a Mario/Metroid/Zelda title. If Pilotwings lives up to its potential, it could well be a AAA title though, fingers crossed.