Why was the 3DS such a success? Is an amazing library really all that is needed for a handheld to do well?
Yes.
Monster Hunter is all that's needed for a handheld to do well.
It had
monster hunter
pokemon
yokai watch
mario
4 biggest franchises for handheld
>>323452147
>great library
Haha okay
>>323452369
This
It's a meme handheld with shitty meme games that only normies like.
>>323452665
>Yokai watch
Lel and a half
It is comfortable to hold, has great games and support, cheaper games than home consoles while having good length, decent battery life, backwards compatibility, and finally pokemon/monster hunter which has a good following.
>>323452147
A success compared to what?
Certainly not to its predecessor.
And even then its doing numbers that were normal for Nintendo handhelds.
>>323452854
its bigger than pokemon in japan, and handhelds are bigger than consoles in japan
>>323452854
It apparently has a decent fanbase in japan.
>>323452147
It's really easy to make friends with children at a playground if you have one, they all want those streetpass hits. It's even more easy to lure them in if you have high lvl pokemon to trade away, they just do anything to get them !
>>323453072
Isn't it selling more than the DS in its first 4 years and is on track to hit around the same numbers?
pokemon monsterhunter and mario
3ds library sucks.
ds>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>3ds
i dont know if i would get one exclusively for 3ds games, but the backwards compatibility is nice and since my ds lite broke ages ago, i have been able to play some amazing ds games like The World Ends With You, 999, Chrono Trigger remake, etc
overall i'm very happy with my purchase, i spend a lot of time on it compared to my consoles which are pretty much Souls machines at this point
>>323453319
DS had shit first party support
>>323452916
>great games
>decent battery life
>>323453286
4 years into its lifetime DS was around 70-90 million.
>>323453319
Agreed. The DS had a fantastically strong library. The 3DS is disappointingly weak in comparison.
>>323453440
It had great third party support, something 3ds lacks.
>>323452665
I bought one due to
SMT
3D Classics
literally monster hunter
look at the new 3ds
>>323453072
>A success compared to what?
Compared to everything.
>>323452854
The new Yokai Watch movie is out grossing Star Wars in Japan you retard.
>>323453072
>>323453681
BTFO
T
F
O
>>323453107
>>323453129
and so does the Vita
>>323452147
It literally has one of the best libraries in existence.
Every game on it is god tier and redefines the genre in every single way. Anyone who doesn't own a 3DS is missing out on the greatest gaming experience in the past 30 years of gaming which is why it did well. It had a lot of amazing games and it kept releasing them nonstop every week every month.
>>323453681
Hardly a success when 3DS has two years on PS4 and it, a home console, is already on track to selling more.
It's better to compare it to the other handhelds in its "family".
MonHun is the best handheld franchise of all time. Whichever handheld platform has MonHun wins the race, the end.
>>323453780
>>323453681
PS4 is actually outpacing the 3DS by a pretty huge margin.
>>323453681
How many smartphones were sold?
They are taking away the market, handhelds are dying.
>>323452147
Why was [Gaming device] such a success? Is [Good games] really all that is needed for a [Gaming device] to do well?
Don't be retarded.
>>323452147
I don't even know.
It's really rare to see children these days. They're either playin on their parents cellphone and tablet in Europe>>323452320
. To be honest it boggles my mind how successful it is.
>>323452147
>Why was the 3DS such a success?
It's a Nintendo handheld. When has a Nintendo handheld not been successful?Virtual Boy isn't handheld.
>>323453681
>>323453780
What a shame, a few seconds longer and I could've just dismissed you as a samefag, now I have to look at you with pity as a complete retard.
>>323453941
Asshurt Vitafag found
>>323453851
10/10
>>323452147
It had an okayish library of games.
>>323452147
Is a cheap system to get for the kiddies
The library is far from amazing tbqf
>>323453851
At least put some effort into your bait
Shame its all but fucking dead
I mean what is even coming out for this thing anymore?
>>323453898
>Hardly a success when 3DS has two years on PS4
Haha, yeah. Give the Xbone two years and it will catch up!
3DS wasn't a success at all!
>>323453681
>3DS releases in 2010
>PS4 releases in 2013
HURR DURR BTFO IT SOLD MORE
>>323454045
>now i have to look at you with pity....
calm your tits, coldsteel
>>323453924
Why didn't the psp knock the ds out back in the day then? O.o
>>323453792
Vita is discontinued and dead in japan, literally nobody gives a shit about it anymore.
An amazing library is at the end of the day pretty much all any gaming platform needs to do well.
>>323454124
No one cares about XBONE, stop trying so hard.
3DS isn't an amazing success like you retarded drones are insisting, but it certainly wasn't a failure in these awful times for the industry.
>>323454121
Two dq games that will sell like shit because of piracy and fire emblem.
maybe a pokemon game and that's it.
>>323453792
What the fuck does the vita have to do with that game? The game sold units and was a contribution to its success.
>>323453851
>RPGs
>Bravely Default
>Rune Factory 4
>Xenoblade Chronicles
>Fire Emblem
>redefining the genre
I'll give you RF4, but in no way do any of the RPGs on the 3DS stand out as some of the best of all time. You're either fucking delusional or stupid if you think these rather generic titles are some of the best of the genre.
>>323454238
Please. If that were the case then the Dreamcast and Gamecube wouldn't have flopped
>>323452147
>Is an amazing library really all that is needed for a handheld to do well
Probably not considering the success of the 3DS.
>>323454238
Tell that to the Dreamcast
>>323454238
Bullshit.
It only needs good marketing.
ps4 has shit for games yet and is still blowing everything else the fuck out.
>>323452147
>3DS
>an amazing library
>>323454236
>has all of these games coming out
>discontinued and no one cares
>>323454121
Bravely Second
Fire Emblem Fates
Dragon Quest VII
Dragon Quest VIII
SMT
A new Yu-Gi-Oh game
Monster Hunter X
And another Pokemon game no doubt.
>>323452147
3DS sold worse than the PSP and less than half of the original DS.
I'd hardly call that a "success".
>>323454230
>>323454230
Because PSP would've still lacked any other heavy hitters.
It didn't even have DQ.
>>323454342
The RPGs yet to be released on PS4 appear to be waay more redefining, if anything.
>Why was the 3DS such a success?
Compared to the DS, it's a failure. It only seems successful because the Vita dropped the ball hard.
>Is an amazing library really all that is needed for a handheld to do well?
The 3DS doesn't have an amazing library, it's decent at best.
>>323452147
Have they started selling the black n3ds in NA? I remember the only sellig the white
>>323452147
I haven't bought a game since ALBW
None really interested me, Azran Legacy and Layton Vs Wright were two, but never got around to getting them
Just too many disappointments from Nintendo
>>323454427
must've gotten it confused with DS.
>>323452147
I dont know, it was getting shit on so hard, and everyone expected the Vita to annihilate it, but then Fire Emblem Awakening and Kid Icarus came out, and the hate decreased, and next thing you know its got a fuckton of games and vita is six feet under.
>>323454453
Vita sold 1/10th of the PSP, so the 3DS selling half of the DS (The best selling console of all time) is hardly something to be sad about.
>>323454369
>Gamecube
It had shit games.
>>323454409
Well, it has only the Wii U and the XBOne to compete with. And the Wii U has fuckall third party support and, compared to the Wii or the GC not even that many great first party titles while the XBOne has... literally nothing, as far as I can tell.
>>323453681
That's nice, now how about you use a real source instead of VGChartz?
>>323454230
It might not have in terms of sale, but I would argue that it was the much better platform.
>MonHun
>Peace Walker
>Portable Ops
>Battlefront
>Final Fantasy Tactics
>Persona 3
>Trails in the Sky
>Valkyria Chronicles II
>>323454592
>The best selling console of all time
That's the ps2, numbnuts.
>>323454592
Is this a good rationalisation in your mind?
Also, PS2 sold a little better than DS, just by a very small margin.
>>323454549
>>323454453
Sonyggers on suicide watch. Stay salty bros.
Why the fuck they don't bring the New3ds that isn't XL like holy shit i really want a N3DS but i don't want the huge XL version
>>323454549
>Compared to the most successful handheld of all time, it's a failure.
>>323454230
It did. PSP sold way more than DS
PSP was massive in japan, many still use it today
I'm tired and I don't want support home consoles anymore.
Handhelds have better experiences and less problems.
>>323454446
You forgot FF explores in 2 weeks
>3DS
>amazing library
I want this meme to end.
>>323452834
Monster humtern is for normies
>>323454775
Compare it to the GBA, too. It's still lacking.
>Animal Crossing: New Leaf
>Bravely Default
>Mario Kart 7
>Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
>Ocarina of Time 3D
Rate my small 3DS library, what games should I get next?
>>323454775
The DS is the 3DS's immediate predecessor, so comparing the 3DS to the DS is 100% fair, just like how the DS was compared to the GBA.
The only competition it had in the hand held market were smartphones. The vita didn't really compete
>>323454230
>O.o
Die in a fire.
there is anyway to break the region lock of the 3ds's?
>>323453898
>>323454124
can we put this shit to rest yet, by nintendo handheld status the 3ds has been selling slower than both the GBA and the DS
Post your face when the 3DS was shilled here to hell and back but you managed to dodge the bullet.
>>323454230
>O.o
Delete this.
>>323454549
You do not compare a system's sales to one of the most successful selling systems of all time, otherwise literally everything is a flop except for the PS2.
>>323454968
welcome to nintendo :^)
#4theplayer
>>323454921
You call that small?
I have pokemon y and SMT IV.
>>323454843
Seriously
Most of the weakest entries in their respective series been 3DS games
>3D Land
>NSMB2
>Triforce Heroes
>MK7
>Pokemon X& Y
>>323454921
DOA Dimensions
>>323454815
I love how handhelds are underpowered. lazy devs can't fall back on pretty graphics to sell their games. forces everyone to actually make compelling experiences with smaller budgets.
>>323454776
So? It has to be a success in America to actually be good.
>>323452147
Yes.
With a library like this, what's not to love? I've spent over 1000 hours on my 3DS.
If it weren't for the 3DS, this gen would have been the worst gen we've ever had.
>>323454968
yes
>>323455050
>You do not compare a system's sales to one of the most successful selling systems of all time
Ya.
Comparing the 3ds to it's direct predecessor is a bad idea because it makes Nintendo look bad.
Nintendo Soul for life
>>323454971
And yet it's the second best selling console of this generation.
That makes it a success, anon.
>>323454706
clearly he is talking about handhelds shit for brains.
>>323452665
Replace Yokai Watch with SMT and you right
>>323455024
I still got one for Etrian Odyssey and upcoming Dragon Quest.
Third party is what always draws me to consoles, no idea why people ramble on about how first party means something.
>>323455024
Way to go anon. You sure dodged paying money to play video games. Keep it up.
>>323454446
>SMTIV Final
I've been waiting for this!
>>323454921
Fire Emblem and Majora's Mask, steer away from gen 6 Pokemon, at least until Pokemon Z comes out.
>>323455149
really? because i really want a regular N3DS
>>323452147
The 3DS is not even half of what the DS and PSP was.
I hope the Vita also gets pirated soon. Now that will be great.
>>323455050
>You do not compare a system's sales to one of the most successful selling systems of all time
I'm comparing the 3DS to its predecessor. The fact that the DS is one of the most successful video game platforms of all time would only be irrelevant if I were to compare the DS to something like the Game.com or the Atari Lynx.
Comparing the PS2 to the PS3 is also a fair comparison. Comparing the PS2 to the Apple/Bandai Pippin is not.
>amazing library
Like what?
Almost everything on the 3ds is kiddie games
as in games that don't have any depth to them and are aimed at kids
>>323455264
Even their flagship Pokemon is moving to Smartphones while Yokai Watch is pressuring it
>>323455184
Yet you're ignoring it's biggest competitor that's trashing it, mobile games
>>323454754
I think one of the special versions is, I believe it is the animal crossing one.
>>323455131
how was codename steam? looks like xcom.
>>323452665
That reminds me. I really want a new mario for 3DS.
I still replay 3D Land here and there. I liked the bite sized levels. That and a new zelda would be cool, but really I should probably finish majora's mask as I haven't ever played it before.
The 3DS is successful, but not as ridiculously successful as the DS.
The DS had extra stuff going for it from the get-go. Like the Wii, it was released at just the right time, before the advent of smart phones. This meant that the DS was the place to go for casual portable games. It had the best of both worlds; casuals loved it and so did regular gamers because of the system's wide variety of games across the spectrum
3DS still has some of that type of casual stuff, but it's not as big a selling point or deciding factor when, by the time it launched, most people had smartphones capable of getting their casual shovelware fix. Basically, it's as successful a handheld could possibly ever hope to be now that we're in the smartphone age.
Also, you have to remember that the 3DS only really started doing decently like a year after launch. Remember that it launched at 250 fucking dollars and basically no games. It didn't start selling like hotcakes until after they slashed the price.
>>323452147
For handhelds it is. Consoles have to have top of the line graphics and the "promise" of games.
>>323454038
It's hard to not be successful when you don't have much competition, plus Nintendo made it so their handhelds had some interaction with the contemporary home console and that was beyond just cross platform titles.
The PSP was the first actual handheld competitor, but that was when Nintendo was arguably at its prime in that market (it didn't help the DS was much easier to pirate for).
Also a funny thing is like 9/10 people I know who have/had a PSP use it mainly to emulate SNES and GBA games
>>323454472
The other post stated that the system that has monsterhunter wins the race, this just isnt true. D:
>>323455264
Don't use the best girl for such shitposting.
>>323452147
Yes, all it needs is a good library
3DS is on track to sell worse than the GBA and PSP
I wouldn't call that a success
In terms of having to compete with tablets and smartphones, then sure it's been successful.
>>323452147
>amazing library
The 3DS is Nintendo's most disappointing handheld to fate.
R8 my 3ds library.
>>323455542
>implying PSP was hard to pirate
unlike the DS flash carts, it didn't even cost money
>>323455131
3DS's library is so good it singlehandedly beats the shit out of it's predecessors in every single way.
How is it possible that in one gen we got the best handheld in gaming history while the worst handheld in gaming history came out and bombed and died to the 3DS in a year or so?
>>323455442
Mobile games are trashing everything, anon. They aren't only the 3DS' enemy, they're an enemy to us all.
>>323455451
jesus anon I LOVE YOU i'm going to try to get that!
>>323453319
both have etrian odyssey
>>323454230
americans are too casual for monster hunter
>>323454971
Friendly reminder that anytime a sony friend mentions that the 3DS (Which is beating every current gen console in sales by a massive margin) is selling less than the DS, they always somehow, someway fail to bring up that the Vita is selling a fraction of what the DS/PSP sold.
What's it on? like 10 mil after being out for 4 years?
Pic related.
I laugh every single time.
>>323455398
Monster Hunter 4U is harder than any new game on any system. And Pokemon has more depth than any other game on any system. Pretty big fail there anon.
>>323455471
>3D Land
I'm surprised at how well the 3d works with it.
>>323455686
>3DS's library is so good it singlehandedly beats the shit out of it's predecessors in every single way.
L O L
>>323454342
>I'll give you RF4
As a fan of Harvest Moon ever since the SNES game was first release I will say: Rune Factory 4 sucks.
>>323454921Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon
>>323455631
atlusfag here so 9/10
>>323455242
Exclusives mean something. On this board mostly everyone has a decent PC so if it's a multiplat you get the PC version. The only two reasons you would buy a console are: you couldn't afford anything else or you want to play the console exclusives not on PC. First party games are almost always exclusives, which is why people care about them. This is also what makes Nintendo handhelds so popular. Almost everything released on a Nintendo handheld is exclusive to that handheld.
How does the vita manage to still be better than the 3DS despite selling a mere fraction of the 3DS's sales?
>>323455631
>he doesn't have the special edition of SMT 4
What the hell are you doing nigger? 0/10
>>323454921
Kid Icarus and Etrian Odyssey IV.
>>323455631
>>fuckload of ps4 games, most jrpg and weeaboo shit
>>owns shit like FPS on a console.
>>Not owning bloodborne, argually the only game worth to have on ps4.
-10/10 get cancer and die.
>>323452147
>such a success
>lowest selling handheld Nintendo has ever made despite FIVE iterations alongside a piss-poor library of games
>>323455453
Not many people played it (mostly due to them disliking the art style, myself included), but the ones that did swear by it and say it's an excellent game.
>>323455024
>>323455317
>Fire Emblem and Majora's Mask
MM is a definite, debating on getting Awakening or just waiting for Fates and seeing how it turns out.
>at least until Pokemon Z comes out.
That's at least when I will be considering it.
>>323455765
That's part of why I like replaying it. It's just done so well that you think it'd be more interestingly used for other titles on the whole. It's definitely got its uses.
3D Land is definitely the best example of it though. ALBW is really subtle though as well, which is worth appreciation.
>>323455819
>Rune Factory 4 sucks
Get out.
>>323455751
what a terrible choice of chart type
>>323452147
>is it really GAMES that make a video GAME console sell well?
This must be bait
>>323455631
>Awakening
Stop looking there.
Thanks for conveniently putting it at the top.
>>323453681
Nevermind the fact that the PS4 is outselling the 3DS at a ratio of greater than 2:1.
>>323455853
ok but where are the games*
*games refers to actual videogames, not Underage Pantsu Quest
>>323455974
>not liking 4th best FE game ever made
>>323455510
yeah i'd have to agree, so many of my friends who dont particularly care for games got a nintendo ds because the prime was a few years before the smartphone boom
>>323455751
Can we leave the vita out of this?Please?
>>323455853
Better support, Better online, Better software, Not region locked, WAY more 3rd party support,.
The biggest reason however is that the Vita has less "play it safe" games, while those kind of games make up the entire 3DS library
>>323454230
>O.o
>>323455553
>D:
>>323455453
It's alright, it more Valkyria Chronicles then, xcom.
>>323455957
The Dreamcast had plenty of good games. It was Sega's past mistakes that doomed it (and EA not joining up).
>>323455686
>3DS's library is so good it singlehandedly beats the shit out of it's predecessors in every single way.
You're delusional.
>>323455957
Games don't sell a games console, marketing and image does.
It's the same for all products.
>>323455510
>Still blaming smartphones.
Mobile gaming is PC gaming on the go, it's not portable gaming. Smart phone games are the same as the browser games available on computers 10 years ago. Smartphones and tablets compete with desktops and laptops, not dedicated gaming devices.
The 3DS is doing poorly compared to the DS because people don't give a fuck about 3D displays in games, it doesn't have games people want, and even the games that try to replicate the successes from the DS do poorly because they're half-assed and made poorly.
>>323455731
Enjoy anon
>>323455819
I feel RF4 is a good introduction to the HM series, and the adventuring keeps the game from being too stale. I can't really say whether or not it's better or worse than it's predecessors, but I had a good time with it, and I look forward to finishing it someday.
>>323456047
It has a shit story.
>Robin has a Plegian symbol on his robe
>everybody ignores it
>Robin held back on stabbing Chrom
>muh bonds
>BONDS
When did the game become Persona?
>>323455853
The support for the vita is amazing, it's sad that none of it is from sony. Vita is getting more games next year than the past two years of 3ds games. The vita's library is twice as big as the 3ds and growing. 3ds is stagnant.
There should be less focus on 3D games for the 3DS. Yeah, I get its in the name, but portables shine with 2D. That and 2D games are easier to develop. Just go ahead and compare the library of the DS to the 3DS. DS had so many fucking games in all sorts of genres from all sorts of developers. For the 3DS, there are much fewer. And yeah, you still have your obligatory nintendo franchise titles and stuff like monster hunter, but it simply doesn't have the breadth that the DS had.
Look at the vita for a more extreme example of what happens when you try to go all-out with 3D games on a handheld.
I would just love to see handhelds remain a place for solid 2D games. I want high quality 2D stuff along the lines of Neo Geo and Saturn, not goofy looking 2.5D stuff ala NSMB.
>>323455892
I have DS2, MGS5, and BB downloaded on my PS4.
>>323456042
>"where are the games?"
>"oh but not this game"
>>323455925
It was the only game in the series that I bought and the only one that I dropped before finishing.
Worse waifus in the series and the game felt boring and lazily done all around.
No wonder the devs gone bankrupt.
>>323452147
>Why was the 3DS such a success?
But it wasn't. It will become Nintendo's worst selling handheld, and what's worse, it's right off the heels of their best selling handheld. They've lost 66% market share in a single generation. 80% if you throw the Wii U into the equation.
4 out of 5 people who bought a Nintendo product last generation did not buy one this generation.
>>323452147
>amazing library
Come on now
>>323455319
look at the homebrew thread on /vg/
we already have CFW possible up to the latest version (10.3, downgrades to 9.2 for CFW)), but hurry up because 10.4 is coming out soon so you won't be able to update to 10.3 to which the downgrader is optimized for.
.etc .etc
>>323456292
All FE games have shit story and many flaws. Awakening also has too many "one trait" characters, Sumia is always clumsy and that's it, invisible guy is invisible etc... But none of those are reason to play FE games. PoE and Fe7 have generic story, I only liked story of FE4 (it can get Twilight-tier) and FE5 (very simple but not bad).
>Another Vita trashing thread
Thank you jesus.
>>323456067
>less "play it safe" games
>weebshit
>>323456095
Ok, but you can't sell a console WITHOUT having games for it, that's why the PS3 struggled for years (aside from the insane price point). Consoles can fail because of plenty of reasons, but it can't succeed without a decent library, nor can it fail due to a decent library.
>inb4 ps4
Ps4 has more games than just Bloodborne, especially if you account for normie multiplats.
>>323456505
>4 out of 5 people who bought a Nintendo product last generation did not buy one this generation.
Pray the trend continues
>>323456416
>where are the games besides that one incredibly generic and overdone to death genre
>well excuse me princess
>>323455751
>>323455686
>they always somehow, someway fail to bring up that the Vita is selling a fraction of what the DS/PSP sold.
So your entire metric for success is that it's beating the Vita? Also poorfag, I've got a gaming PC, Xbone, PS4, WiiU, Vita, and 3DS, that hardly makes me a "sony friend".
>What's it on? like 10 mil after being out for 4 years?
Nearly the same could be said about the WiiU, nintoddler
>>323456229
The issues you bring up are true, but the BIGGEST factor is the fact that people looking for a casual game fix now have smart phones. Want to play tetris or another puzzle game? Before, they would go to a DS and play tetris DS or meteos. Now they just play the tetris app on their smartphone. It's not hard to understand. They no longer need to buy a dedicated device for little pick-up-and-play casual games. Which were a big part of the DS's success.
>>323455853
Because the devs actually have a hardware to work with?
Also less underage players because most of the games are made for teens and up.
>>323452147
>an amazing library
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
It was a success because Nintenjew overprice fucking everything and because nostalgiafags buy anything with their name on it.
>>323455131
>Mfw I have 12 games for my 3DS
>Mfw I thought I had all the best ones
>Mfw this list
Fucking hell, when will this thing stop delivering?
>>323456632
>it doesn't count because i've convinced myself that all the games are kusoge
>shut up those don't count because i said so
Why are nintendo fans so underage?
>>323456572
But for a game that gets praised for its characters and occasionally it's story, it certainly offends and a bad story in any game, especially an RPG, will certainly drop it down a letter grade or two.
>>323456616
>you can't sell a console WITHOUT having games for it
The PS3 sold pretty well though.
>>323456086
yeah, was gonna say that too.
>>323455708
I'll agree with you there
Just bought a used DS recently. The 3DS library looks like a joke in comparison. I'll wait until emulation is good and ready, thanks.
Why does this thread have so much asshurt Vitafags mad that they wasted their money on the biggest handheld blunder ever that they have to attack the 3DS's amazing library of games?
It's depressing isn't it, people actually wasted money on a dead handheld with no games when they could have bought a 3DS instead.
>>323456145
No one will buy a console if they have nothing to play on it, regardless of hype/marketing.
Example: If the NX releases with no games announced it will not sell, even if Ninty would throw all their money at marketing. This is an objective fact.
>>323455853
the Vita has all the games people want, such as____ and ___:___ ___ and don't forget ____ 2
my favorite series remains _______ however, and I'll make sure to buy it first chance I get
>>323455762
>pokemon
This is a joke.
Monster Hunter is great though, but its one of the only real games on the system
>>323456857
It only started selling well after they slashed the price and started coming out with good games for it.
>>323455631
>Dat etrian oddysey 2 told box
nice
>>323456857
And the PS4
>>323452147
>success
Do you faggots not remember the first year
>literally no games
>overpriced as fuck
>so overpriced they had to actually give people who bought the game before the price drop free games
It's still a success not to be a contrarian faggot, but all that bullshit really fucked them up for having a DS 2.0 tier success, same shit that happened to the Xbone. Also the 3DS has pretty poor 3rd party success compared to the DS, GBA, GBC.
>>323456857
the PS4 is best selling console too
>>323455131
It's amazing looking at this list of games and seeing no japanese or weebshit on the 3DS while when you compared it to the VIta, it's nothing but absolutely weebshit.
The main reason why the 3DS succeeded is the absolutely zero weebshit games on it as well. People hate weeb games on handhelds as they are never good.
>>323456889
Why not get a 3ds and have access to both libraries?
>>323456857
AFTER it had actual games release and the price dropped, which was well into its lifespan, there was a reason Sony was in so much trouble before the PS4.
>>323456347
This delusion.
Vita isn't getting Dragon quest, Final Fantasy, Etrian Odyssey, Pokemon, Monster Hunter, Fire Emblem, Bravely Default, Zelda, Metroid and more. This looks like another god tier 2016 for the 3DS just like 2015.
What does the Vita have?
Absolutely JACK SHIT
>>323457074
Because a used DS is 40 bucks and I don't feel like spending more for hardware, especially with such a lackluster library. It would be a different story if the quality of the library would be higher.
>>323456842
Which is why it is a solid 8/10 and definitely worth playing. Also game offers ton of extra content that is free, something other games could try to copy.
>>323452147
>240p
>fucking terrible hardware
>more gimmicks instead of games
>library is a joke compared to the DS
>the games it does have are just generic nintendo games that are arguably worse than previous versions of themselves
Don't delude yourself, even nintendo has just about abandoned it
>>323452147
I love my 3DS!
>>323457243
New Yu-Gi-Oh game too, if you're into that (Which I most certainly am, cannot wait).
why does Vita have all that graphical power? How hard is it to render animu?
>>323452147
>Why was the 3DS such a success?
Because it's competition was a fucking PSP model. PSP was successful for 2 reasons, easy to install CFW and MH. Both of these aren't present on the Vita.
DS on the other hand was known as the best handheld library period.
>>323456940
What makes you think it's a joke? Don't tell me you think pokemon is all about beating singleplayer gyms and that's it?
>>323457043
>bloodborne
>infamous ss
>ffxiv
>kill zone
>yearly ea games
>cowadooty
>assassin's creed
Say what you will about any of the games, the multiplats play better on PS4 than Xbone and they sell a ton, leading to PS4 sales. Not to mention the PS4 was cheaper by $100. It makes sense
>>323456896
Maybe because some people aren't so blinded by their stupid fanboyism (i.e yours) that they can see the value in the Vita's library? How about you actually play the games, for one, before you go judging the games like the shittiest of reviewers?
>>323457243
>"the Vita isn't getting these Nintendo exclusives."
Minus DQ and maybe MH, you're a real fucking idiot for even making this statement.
>>323457375
The better question is why does the Vita exist?
>>323457043
>>323457020
The PS4's issue is a lack of exclusives, not games. It gets all the multiplats and such.
To you or me, multiplats are irrelevant since I'm playing those on a PC. But for normies that can't into PC, the PS4 is the way to go. It's just like the 360 last generation.
>>323457340
New 3ds isn't far from Vita in power and very few games offer gimmicks. Also one of the best games on DS was with "gimmicks".
>>323457521
A handheld without those games are a handheld not worth owning.
Why would you be dumb enough to buy a handheld that doesn't have games like Pokemon?
>>323457521
>Maybe because some people
>some people
All 3 of you?
This thread has nothing but praise for the 3DS and the Vita is being shit on as usual, just like it deserves to be.
>>323457054
>The main reason why the 3DS succeeded is the absolutely zero weebshit games on it as well.
http://nichegamer.com/2015/06/fire-emblem-fates-has-naughty-dialogue-stripping-and-touching-gameplay/
>>323455264
Of course Pokemon can't save the next Nintendo handheld, they're going mobile this year with Pokemon Go!
>>323457243
A few english releases for this year
God Eater 2
WoFF
ToCS 2
SaGa
Echa & Logy
And a lot of japanese games that you should be importing if you're not an EOP
>>323452834
Ur a meme.
>>323457529
The Vita is unironically an absolutely incredibly handheld in terms of design and power.
Sony is the problem, that console with some actual games would be the best shit ever, fuck.
>>323457696
>Why would you be dumb enough to buy a handheld that doesn't have games like Pokemon?
Because pokemon is a yearly rehash
play through a couple and you've experienced everything the series has to offer
What I like about the vita is that some developers are really trying to unlock it's full potential. VD:B runs soo well and looks amazing, but it is time spent literally collecting panties so I can see why people would be upset. I won't complain, it's my game of the year.
On the other hand I felt like some developers (Game Freak) kinda shat on the 3ds and never even bothered to try and make the games run well or look good. Other than first party games and SE games most 3ds games are lack luster.
Some people will say game play > fps, but if the game runs like shit, I don't see how anyone can enjoy it. Also Stella Glow was amazing and no one cared because it wasn't mario. 3ds community is fucking dead or had terrible taste.
>>323457754
Nobody cares about weebshit on a handheld.
This is why everyone hates the Vita, name some nonweebshit games on the Vita, oh right you can't!
>>323457660
>but muh vita
How does that somehow make it better? It's a terrible system regardless
>>323457521
PsP was shit and people liked it only because of piracy options. And it had Monster Hunter and MGS games on it. Vita can't pirate and has no MH or MGS, literally no reason to own it. I am surprised people expected it to be good when PsP was meh and it had way more support.
>>323457785
I own a Vita and I completely disagree.
Its design is hand cramp inducing and the screen is literally worse than my sisters phones.
>>323454446
Also you forgot Ace Attorney 6
>>323457861
You're projecting.
Also you're refusing to listen to the games presented to you because you assume they're weebshit, when nintendo are objectively just as "weeb". Perhaps you're just insecure?
>>323457947
>mfw I used my PSP for nothing but emulating old SNES/GBC/GBA games
>mfw I loved it
>>323453792
Yo-Kai Watch franchise sales have outsold all Vita software sales.
>>323457947
>No reason to own a vita
>>323457034
Name one console that enjoyed the majority of its success during its launch period.
>>323458049
You should have gotten a 1000 instead of a 2000
>>323458049
Do you have one of the new shitty models with the shit screens? The launch OLED model's screen is absolutely gorgeous, damn new better colours tan my Dell IPS screen.
seriously though haven't phones caught up with handhelds in terms of power? They just need reliable and easy controller support
>>323458067
Nah, enjoy defending your dead handheld with no games while I enjoy the 3DS with the greatest handheld library of all time.
>>323456017
>ratio greater than 2:1
>you
>math
Heh...
It isn't even close to 2:1 if you actually do the math, which is basic shit, total sales / years in the market.
Guess who the dropout is.
>>323458196
>>323458221
I have a 1000. Got it a year after launch.
>>323458148PS4.
>>323457858
EDF runs nice aside from when you use large explosives or flamethrowers, with the same absolute batshit scale as the other games
>>323458240
Excellent argument, thank you for the intelligible insight into the average nintendo fan.
>>323457858
>shitty version of fft+fe with facebook game tier character design
Just google Hello Hero. How the fuck are the character models so fucking trash in stella glow?
>>323455442
no its because of the name just compare the sells of the gameboy and the gba this has happened before
>>323458114
There is also a new vita game every week in japan. It's crazy over saturated, every game catering to a different niche, not to the general pop. You will almost never see vita game commercials.
>At this year’s Jump Festa, Konami revealed that they’re currently developing three new Yu-Gi-Oh! games, with 3DS, smartphone, and PC each getting a piece of the action.
Who here hype?
>>323458148
Sega Dreamcast
>>323458118
oh boy, generic ecchi game #293420938402398409328490238q45093247509327509237509327409283q408230942830q48230985094328w4039284902376509184092849038q09482390489320 !!!
>>323457457
>implying there's anything more to pokemon than that
you're just kidding around anon
![playstation-phone[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/oBQpdce.jpg "playstation-phone[1].jpg")
>>323458228
Phones are a risky business (pic related). Also Capcom fucked up with invested in it.
>>323457696
Because the Vita has more to offer than shitty rehashes? In a world where AS and OR exist, your argument is nulled.
>>323457735
Because this thread is filled with a large amount of shits like you. As someone who can actually appreciate video games, the Vita offers some fun games and some memorable experiences.
>>323457861
>Vita isn't getting any games
>games are presented to him
>"but not these 'weab' games"
>weab
>in a discussion about Japanese consoles
>>323458517
>3DS, smartphone, and PC
My microtransaction senses are tingling
>>323458118
That looks like a good reason to not own a vita to me
>the 3DS has a shit library
>YOU'RE JUST MAD BECAUSE THE VITA
company warriors are truly the most retarded people
