Breaking a Beta is not exactly anything big....
I'd disagree on that point, there are already very good titles on both hands with more very close in the future that are far superior than anything currently available on any smartphone/tablet device.
It's not that it's a "bad" article it's more that it must be the millionth article i've read where the writer says exactly the same thing.
I was holding back on buying a 3DS until Kingdom Hearts was released or there was a re-design. Both releasing on the same day is perfect for me and i will be getting one with Kingdom Hearts :D
This article isn't even worth your time reading.
I'm not a progammer? Erm yes i am. I have a Masters in Computer Science with Maths.
I think i know what im talking about.
It doesn't matter if it has got new functions, adding an analog stick to the base hardware would not affect how any existing games run.
I'm thinking with logical reasoning, it makes sense to include something in the next revision of hardware if you realise that you should've had it in the first place.
There's also the fact that they are talking about rendering/scaling up graphics. The resolution is still the same, it's just the screen is bigger. No scaling needs to be done.
No if you read the article all the writer is saying is that because the screen is bigger, the 1:1 pixel mode for DS games will produce a picture that is closer to what it would be on a DS or a DSi XL, somewhere in between those two sizes.
What you are saying makes NO SENSE. The games will still work on the 3DS XL if it still had a second circle pad. They don't need to utilise it.
It's bad business practice to release a handheld and then a short while after release think, "Oh no, we made a mistake in the design, let's correct it with a peripheral" And then forgot to include that correction in a subsequent re-design.
They don't have to make the other games backwards compatible though do they. They could leave those games as they are i mean the stick doesn't have to be used does it?
From my point of view i would've liked a second circle pad but from looking at the device you can see why. If they had added a second circle pad it would be very uncomfortable to use that second Circle pad and press the ABXY buttons.
Are you an unstable di-atomic molecule?
Or just a liar, according to your recent comments you don't even have a Vita.
People would be queuing up in droves to buy it if it was!
Just to note something here the US version, which you quoted the price of, does actually include an AC adapter anyway.
Nintendo of America have already confirmed this.
For those in the EU market it was not a brilliant decision in the slightest, even if it's easily obtainable it's another cost to the user that really should be included in the package. I mean seriously, it doesn't cost them much in the slightest to put one in the package.
Name one ot...
"we all own multiples" I don't. I'd rather have one included in the package then have to buy one separately.
How about all those consumers who aren't in the know? What are they going to say when they arrive home with their brand new 3DS XL only to find that they can't play it because they need to go back and buy a new charger.
The lack of an AC adapter was a stupid decision.
Well that list is rubbish apart from COD and Fifa, i agree with those.
HAH! You must be delusional.
Don't know what planet you're on, this is a fan-made BF3 video..
It never will be though because Microsoft aren't willing to give up a major income stream for them.
External HardDrives are an extra payout for those that don't already have one/have one that they would mind using plugged into the WiiU.
Believe it or not they certainly have, they were founded on September 23rd 1889. Although back then they made card games rather than video games. It was about 1974 when they started in the video games industry