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Why The 2DS Is Actually A Good Idea

Random Nintendo examines how the curiously designed, 3D-less handheld will help Nintendo overcome the issues that currently face the 3DS.

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trafalger4661d ago

people often ask why nintendo doesn't just go the route of sega and sell software. nintendo is interested in selling hardware. in what seems like an annual schedule we see new hardware or revisions of older systems all the time. and they most often make money on that hardware from launch unlike m$ and sony who often sell there hardware at a loss.

the 2ds is a good idea in that it offers a very cheap alternative into dedicated handheld gaming with a ton of software already available. on the other hand what it says to me is that 3d didn't seem to gel with gamers. sony failed with it and now nintendo knows gamers don't care for it either.

mcstorm4661d ago

I kind of disagree with the last bit of you post as the 3DS is selling very well so if the 3D side was an issue we would of seen that in the sale of the 3DS.

I think Nintendo made the 2DS because of the issues that have been raised about young kids using the 3DS and I know they give the option for turning the 3D off but this still puts some parents off. Now that a hand held is out that will paly 3DS games but no 3D screen they know they can go out and get the console for them without worry about there eyes.

I still see the 3DS and 3DSXL selling the most but there is a small market for the 2DS which will do well for Nintendo as it is showing they want everyone to paly there games even the ones that worry.

rawshack4661d ago

All so it mite get people buy a wii u as that is a tablet gaming as well

wheresmymonkey4661d ago

I don't see a problem with it at all. you want 3d it's there, you want something a little cheaper here's the system in 2d.

you've got small kids and you want a more robust easier version of the console. well here it is.

I will never understand the mentality of people that thinking that having potentially more people being able to play anything is a bad idea.

isarai4661d ago

Why is it a good idea? well it got me and several other people i know a LOT more interested in buying one with such a cheap price

Ultraplayerxp4661d ago (Edited 4661d ago )

Here's my situation:
I only want to play Pokemon and Zelda.
Will I pay full price for a 3ds to play two games? No.
Will I pay $130 for what is basically the same handheld to play the same games? Hell yes.

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U.S. patent examiner rejects Nintendo’s summoning characters patent as obvious: non-final ruling

The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).

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Relientk7763d ago (Edited 63d ago )

Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.

PRIMORDUS62d ago (Edited 62d ago )

Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.

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Nintendo Completes Share Repurchase and Sets Price for Secondary Offering

Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.

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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.

Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.

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Deathdeliverer88d ago

Well dayum lol. Old agent orange pissing off every industry and nation.

0hMyGandhi87d ago

The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.

AuraAbjure86d ago (Edited 86d ago )

Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.

EveryPlatformGamer88d ago

LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.

-Foxtrot87d ago

That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.

It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.

Outside_ofthe_Box87d ago (Edited 87d ago )

A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.

People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers

Inverno87d ago

The people should sue these companies for having to over pay cause of these tariffs.

Eonjay87d ago

Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.

Inverno86d ago

I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.

Killer2020UK86d ago

The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷‍♂️

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