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PoV: What do 3DS sales mean? |
Listed in: Nintendo 3DS Tags: Japan, Nintendo, sales figures, Sony
Recent sales numbers in Japan have revealed that the Sony PSP topped the Nintendo 3DS this past week. What does this mean for the future of Nintendo's handheld?
Quick answer: Nothing. Nothing at all.
The gaming market in Japan is a hard thing to crack -- they tend to like a small amount of genres, and they go absolutely crazy about the ones they do like. For instance, the PSP is only relevant in Japan due to the various Monster Hunter releases. The game that allowed the PSP to dominate this past week in Japan was a dating sim called Amagami, another extremely popular genre in Japan -- just take a look at the success of Konami's Love Plus series.
Another factor is the relatively weak launch line-up for the Nintendo 3DS. Other than Professor Layton, which was only released in Japan, what is the killer app for the system at release? Looking to the future, though, the 3DS has a fantastic line-up.
Nintendo 3DS Games Releasing Soon:
- Dead or Alive: Dimensions (May)
- Kid Icarus: Uprising (June)
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (June)
- Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (June)
- Mario Kart 3D (Summer)
- Paper Mario 3DS (Fall)
- Super Mario 3DS (2011)
...and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Tons of new games will be announced at this year's E3, but by the time June rolls around, 3DS sales numbers will pick up.
Also, there's one last thing to consider: Nintendo's other new console releases took place during the Holiday season, whereas the 3DS released in the Spring. The 3DS broke Nintendo sales records in Europe, so things aren't all doom and gloom when you look at things without your bias-glasses on.
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Very few times they get good support from 3rd party companies.
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A remake is when they have people program the game again, or most of it, and use very few amounts of assets from the original game. A port is when they compile the data with different parameters and just tweak the game.
OoT is not a remake, it's a port.
And Kid Icarus is not even out, yet!
C'mon, dude. Think before you click 'Reply.'
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OoT on GameCube -- http://blogs.the217.com/anothercastle/files/2008/05/zelda_ocarina_of_time.jpg
OoT on 3DS -- http://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-3d-pic.jpg
Completely new assets, new menus, and some new gameplay mechanics with the gyroscope. Remake. Not a port.
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And wow, you found links of Link! Doesn't mean that these games are remakes. They are ports. Like Rayman 2. Like the Metal Gear game.
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3DS is very much a remake. I can't tell between N64 and GC. Never played it on GC.
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Some new character graphics and menus don't change the game.
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Sure, tons of people don't care and will play ports over and over again but there's also a vast majority of people that want a little more.
In this case, port or not, it'll be 3D so...there's your more.
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You have proven countless times you will buy anything with a nintendo logo on it. Only few companies deserve such brand loyalty.
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As for trainwreak, even I never used to be this pathetic of a troll.
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