>3DS launches at 250$ >tanks >Switch wants to launch

>>30802414
Stop pulling numbers out of your ass. We don't know the price.

>>30802414
ios/android
get ready for always online drm and paying real money for shit

>3DS
>tanks
>3DS
>TANKS
You're hilarious anon

>>30802428
We do actually, you're just a fucking retard that doesn't know how to use Google

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>>30802414
The only reason the 3DS jobbed in 2011 because $250 was too expensive for a handheld. If it was a home console that started at that price, it would sell like hot cakes like pic related.

>>30802453
3DS did tank the first 6 months.

>>30802475
And the library wasn't good in the beginning.

>>30802414
GF will buy Pokemon out of Nintendo and create their own handheld.

>>30802414
Why would normie parents buy a switch for 300$ if they can get a Xbone for 250$?

>>30802456
People making random guesses and journalists who think they are in the know does not mean the price is actually out

>>30802522
normie parents dont buy systems i dont a kid is asking for nintendo systems. there gonna wait for holiday sales. nintendo fans will buy the system at launch. im not a nintendo fan. im a pokemon fan so i'll wait until they announce a pokemon game on the switch to buy it

>>30802522
Mario and pokemon vs minecraft?

>>30802456
There are leaks from retailers that suggest £250 and $349 CAD for bundles.

>>30802522
For Christmas, kids mostly wishes for one specific console. Cartman in that iPad episode (season 14? 15?) perfectly explains the situation

>>30802626

Kids don't want consoles anon. They want iPhones.

>>30802414
>Probably Cheapest New Gen console
>Uses prices as why it failed
>Also included the price of the 3DS which had more pre-orders than the Wii and has sold over 60 million units
This guy is a hoot

>>30802782
iPhones and mac's. Mam!!!!!!!!!

>>30802453
Obv you missed the pricedrop emergency they had to do and ambasdador games (nes and gba ones) they gave to early suckers... (myself included)

>>30803159
>>30803027

Guys, the Switch is probably going to bomb. It'll have Pokemon but that can't save a whole system by itself. At most, it will have a good standing in Japan.
>>30802453
You're an idiot. Google it and educate yourself.

>>30802414
>>>/v/
This has absolutely NOTHING to do with Pokemon.

>>30803385
Thrid part support and no gimmick controller. Won't bomb.

>>30803027
Dude. Nintendo just said that "they learned from the Wii U" and won't be "making Switches at a loss", which supposedly excludes prices drops, that saved the 3DS.

As for the console itself, I don't see how normies and kids will find it attractive. Considering the leaked prices, it's a worse console than the PS4, and a worse mobile device than a tablet or a phone. It's simply not a good investment. What demographic is the Switch targetting?

>>30803430
>This has absolutely NOTHING to do with Pokemon.
>What will be of Pokemon after Switch's inevitable failure?

>>30803462
The Wii U also began with good third party support until they realized that it wasn't worth porting games for it.

>>30803504
>Don't get how Normies and Kids will find it attractive
Yeah, Portable Console is exactly what NO KID OR NORMIE would ever want. Are you one of the idiots who thought the Wii would fail?

>>30803567
Which is a shame because some games would have flourished with a second screen to clear the clutter off them.
Like Madden on Wii U where you could draw routes or dicks like I did

>>30803462
This always happens though. They get third party support in the beginning but then it suddenly trickles out after a while.

>>30803609
Not for the switch. Wii u only lost it due to being a nice n commerical success.

Whereas n64 and gamecube had all their third party stolen to sony via contracts. Yet they still had more than wii u. Wii u has the less games and third party support of all ninty systems.

>>30803659
*Non-commerical success. Sorry the jews gave me typos.

>>30803659
Which sucks because a lot of the First Party Games and Exclusives (Xenoblades, Splatoon, Bayonetta 2) are some of the best games of this console generation

>>30803577
>>Don't get how Normies and Kids will find it attractive
Are you serious? Normies only want PC and kids only want Xbone for shitty CoD games. We are the only ones that this system would be really targeted at.

>>30803750
(You)
Are
A
Fucking
Dumbass
Who Is
Talking
Out Of His
Ass.

>>30803750
Dude bros want shooters. Geeks want xbone and pc.

Normies and girls want ps4.

Casuals and kids will want switch. Just like mobile gaming and gimmick lovers.

>>30802414
. the 3ds launched at $360 didnt it?

>>30803826
I see you still think it is 2010.

>>30802414
You made up that number, but the way Nintendo sees it is a $300 handheld and home console. And since it is also a home console, that's a totally fine price.

My prediction for Pokemon (since you had to loosely relate this shitpost to the board) is we'll get either a Sun and Moon port or Starts/whatever. The game was blatantly made with the Switch in mine, heck it feels like a port. No 3D, minimal use of the second screen, no spotpass, etc.

I think what will probably happen is Sun/Moon's third sister will go to the Switch and MAYBE we'll get Z on the 3DS.

>>30803909
>MAYBE we'll get Z on the 3DS.
Why the fuck would we get that now? XY is dead and buried.

>>30803826
>Dude bros want shooters.
Not a console.
>Geeks want xbone and pc.
It's not 2010, dudebros play Xbone and a shit load of people play PC now thanks to mobas.
>Normies and girls want ps4.
Or Xbone, most girls I know play on Xbone now but were PS3 last gen. Again, it's not 2010. Normies are on either PS4 or Xbone, they don't know or care of the difference.
>Casuals and kids will want switch. Just like mobile gaming and gimmick lovers.
No, lol. Casuals and kids play Battlefield now not Zelda.

>>30803567
>The Wii U also began with good third party support
You're joking right?
The third party support was incredibly poor. All they did was shit out quick and generally glitchy or unstable ports and fail to support them. Then they went on to act as if it's the consoles fault that they didn't sell when we all know it's because they were shit.

>>30803927
Because, if the Switch does well the 3DS is going to be abandoned. They'll put Stars on the Switch only to sell the console, and shit out a low effort Pokemon game for the 3DS because they said they weren't going to abandon it.

>>30803577
>Are you one of the idiots who thought the Wii would fail?
>revolutionary new controller
>cheap compared to the PS3

I'm not seeing the revolution nor the price advantage in the Switch.

And no, I wasn't one of those people. I bought a Wii at launch and still have it today.

>>30803973
>I'm not seeing the revolution nor the price advantage in the Switch.
It's a portable home console anon basically the thing that attracts people is the fact you can instantly switch between the two with no issues.
Also if it goes for $300 it'll still be cheaper than the Pro and S.

>>30803826
>Casuals and kids will want switch.

Why the fuck would they spend so much money on this instead of just playing on their phones?

>I wanted to start a platform war thread, but I got banned from /v/ for three days

>>30804003
You could connect your PSP to a TV with the AV out port.
You could take out the GB cartridge, insert it on a SNES and play it on your TV.

This isn't a revolution, unless people are legit impressed by the attachable controller gimmick.

>>30804023
This is wirth discussing considering Pokemon no longer has a safe home.

If you want to feel offended or personally attacked by this discussion, you're welcome to insert a fork into an electric outlet.

>>30804052
>the fact you can instantly switch between the two with no issues.
I don't think you understand the difference between switching off a console, pulling out the cart and putting it into an adapter cart and switching on a different console and what the Switch does.

You literally just slap the joy cons on, pull out the screen and you're set.
No wires limiting your movability.
No accessories you have to purchase separately.

>>30804052
>You could connect your PSP to a TV with the AV out port.
Which requires finding and buying additional cables. Not to mention those cables were loose as fuck making them prone to falling out.

>You could take out the GB cartridge, insert it on a SNES and play it on your TV.
>Save game on GB
>remove cart
>insert into Super Gameboy (sold separately)
>switch on SNES

Meanwhile on the switch
>pull out screen

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>>30804023
>>30804076

>>30802414
They'll do the exact same thing they did with BW/2 when the 3DS was an unsafe bet: make a 3DS game that's improved by the Switch (playable on the switch through digital distribution or maybe Remote Play) and if it takes off, they stick to it.

>>30804288
They never did that with Black and White 2.
The game was the same on a DSi or 3DS.

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>>30804151
>>30804265
You Switch fanbois are delusional

>>30804357
Do you have an argument against that?

I really hope pokemon doesnt change over to switch i just bought 3 new n3ds for sun moon and the third version

>>30803955
>>30804019


Triggered. Xbone isnt selling good as ps4. It's also fucking failure in japan. It's geeks brand, sure enjoyed bullying geeks in hs tho.

Iphone users use them in doors while tablets are increasing in sales.

You clearly don't use global or sales numbers.

>>30804551
Everything about this post is retarded, and doubly so when you put it into the context of it being made on a Pokemon forum.

>>30804379
Yeah Nintendo is dying and is gonna have to sell its IPs to survive. The Vita destroyed the 3DS and all the Wii U and 3DS exclusive games were critical and financial failures.

>>30804651
>Vita
>Not dead
Are you from the other timeline?

>>30804815
I think he's from a timeline where Sony didn't suck at advertising their Handholds

>>30804651
I wish the Vita had done that well.

>>30804870
I wish Sony and Nintendo still worked together so we could have a Nintendo 3DVita

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>>30804651
>The Vita had destroyed the 3DS

>>30804916
>Nintendo playstation could have been a thing
>A powerful wii without a majority of third party trash could have been a thing
>Xenoblade X on a PS4 tier system
If only Sony and Nintendo weren't trying to fuck each other on the deal.

>>30804967
Yeah but then we wouldn't not have gotten the HILLARIOUS CD-i MEME MACHINES

>>30804967
>Nintendo and Sony
>Perfect blend of both first parties
>Perfect blend of Japanese games
Who would their competition be? Because ya know, without competition we would have shit like $599.

>>30805110
In this world Sega is still a huge competitor.

>>30805127
>They Rename themselves SegaSonic

>>30802522
Because the Xbone is a failure and cant manage to sell anything in Japan. PS4 is the undisputed winner of this gen both by sales and what kids are playing on. It's all they talk about at school, you should have heard the shit talking when Rainbow Six Siege released.

>>30802414
Funny how Switch falls more in line with "It all comes together" than Pokemon's 20th Anniversary.

-The simplicity of the NES
-The "it's not perfect but it works" development approachability of the SNES
-Portability of the Game Boy line
-Flashcart technology carrying the heritage of the DS/3DS line
-Touchscreens like the DS/3DS/Wii U
-Analog sticks that started with N64
-(Allegedly?) Shoulder triggers like the GameCube
-Motion sensor "wand" controller functionality like Wii
-Hardware is more or less Wii U with more juice (albeit with AMD's competitor's GPU instead)
-There's even supposed "VR" which is more or less how a glorified Virtual Boy works.

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>>30804651
>The Vita destroyed the 3DS

>>30805281
Sun and Moon was pretty much "It sort of comes together but not really".

>>30804379
Not him, but dude, read that defense again.

If not having to insert cartridges or an AV cable is such a huge game changer, then people truly have become lazy retarded bastards.

t. i spend a lot of time on 4chan and know a lot about the video game industry

>>30803504
>Dude. Nintendo just said that "they learned from the Wii U" and won't be "making Switches at a loss",

Considering how much Shields cost, I doubt that'll be much issue. They don't have to pay Android a licensing fee and ARM hardware is fairly inexpensive.

>>30805202
>sell anything in Japan
Japan sales stopped mattering last gen.

>>30805558
>read that defense again.
What defense? There's literally nothing there.

Also are you seriously trying to say that convenience isn't a factor? With that kind of attitude we would have never had wireless controllers or even touchscreens in general.

>>30805558
>lazy
>not wanting to buy a peripheral you most likely won't use very often or is absolute shit is laziness
What.

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>>30803159
i bought my 3ds for £120 second hand on the day after release. still got the ambassador stuff.
feelsgoodman

>>30802560
This

>>30805110
microsoft would step up as the western alternative to Nintendony.
they would've release Windows/Xbox cross platform like ten years earlier

>>30805800
You realize that the same applies to the Switch right?

Anyone know if Pokemon being on Switch will have good graphics? Or at the very least, a 720p version of Sun and Moon.

>>30806164
Are you retarded?

>>30802585

And that means the Switch will probably be in $250-$299 range for us in the US.

>>30806185
https://mynintendonews.com/2016/12/14/junichi-masuda-cautious-about-bringing-the-pokemon-series-to-the-switch/

Stars seems to have been a bullshit rumor. They haven't even started developing a Pokemon game for Switch yet. If there's a third SM game, it'll probably be on the 3DS.

>>30806164
Except it doesn't.
In one you have to purchase a peripheral just to enable that function which often just stretches the visuals when transitioned to the screen.

The Switch on the other hand has it built in for no extra cost with little to no visual downgrades as well as the fact it's considerably faster to make the switch between console and handheld.

>>30806319
Lame. But all right. Thanks for the info.

>>30802585
a UK retailer has price guaranteed it for £200, so there's that.

>>30806319
Well GF haven't.
Someone else might have given what Ishihara said so expect a spin off.

>>30804815
Isn't the Vita doing really good in Japan?

>>30806402
Good relative to the western sales.
So no, it's still extremely niche.

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>>30806399
I just hope they keep Chicken-chan around in some way.

>>30806435
Don't bet on it.

>>30805202

Xbone sold much more than WiiU or Vita ever did

>>30805202
>Japan
>mattering

Country's dead as far as game sales go

>>30806456
And it still flopped harder due to production values.

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>>30806451
She is REALLY popular compared to other female characters in the franchise. So, who knows.
But yeah, I won't be holding my breath.

>>30802414
3DS is still selling at 200 DOLLARS 5 years later. The reason it didn't sell because Nintendo didn't release any games. They have franchises that can move over 10 millions units a piece. They held them off for the most part.

>>30806185
At the very least, we can expect Gen 6 detailed models for everyone and little if any distinction between field and battle models.

Not much changes beyond that.

>>30805931
>ambassador stuff
Literal trash

>>30804651
Vita made Sony quit handhelds. Switch pretty much killed any chance of Sony succeeding there now. It's basically what Sony has been trying to do with their handheld line for years. Sony literally can never succeed there unless they gimp their home console line dramatically, which would let Microsoft completely obliterate them next gen at the only thing they do right.

>>30804596
hes not wrong about xbone selling shit as compared to ps4 doing very well

>>30806712
xbox has been keeping pace with ps4 for months now. and pro pretty much did nothing. it's pretty much exactly what happened last gen. except last gen the ps3 sold like shit at first.

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>>30806819
>xbox has been keeping pace with ps4 for months now.

>>30806877
well yeah. sony got greedy and didn't include an UHD bd player. xbox s have been flying off shelves here since it's release.

>>30807126
>here

>>30802414
>3ds
>tanks

what

>>30805202
Does PS4 even have any games?
The only thing I even bothered dusting mine off for was The Last Guardian.

>>30807201
the biggest gaming market in the world?

>>30802414
I wouldn't say the 3DS failed, it just took a while for it to get on its own feet. If they fail at the launch price, they'll just drop it like what they did with the 3DS (and hopefully give the early adopted some reward).

Between Yooka Laylee, Seasons of Heaven, and the better running Breath of The Wild, I know I'm most definitely getting this system.

>>30804076
Fucking rekt.

>>30802414
>3DS
>Tanks
Hi /v/

>>30802414
Masuda and Ohmori both said they're apprehensive about putting Pokemon on the Switch anyway, so the next game(s) are going to be 3DS anyway.

>>30804651
I don't even know anyone with a vita but all my gamer friends and even some of my normie friends have 3ds's.

>>30807454
As it should be. It'd be weird to have a transition towards a new console mid gen. We're just at the start of gen 7 so it will be plenty of time to see how gen 8 games will run on the Switch.

>>30802414

Wii U flopped because casuals didn't know what the fuck it was.

They've learned from the Wii U disaster and made it perfectly clear what the Switch is.

>>30806027
;-;7 Truly, not all hero's wear capes

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>>30802414
Wii U's main problem was it has 0 games at lauch that someone would actually want to play... Much less buy the system to play them.

>>30807465
I mean Vita Is great for weeaboo ass games but 3DS outclasses it in everyother area

>>30807465
The vita is a weebmachine

>>30804076
Pokemon pretty much sells system by itself. There's really nothing discuss unless you're an underage console wars babby. Heck the other franchises "saved" the 3DS before XY even came out.

>>30807535
>>30807533
Oh I don't hang out with weebs. I may be in 4chan but I do have standards.

>>30807613
No one has standards.

>>30807613
I don't think Vita's aren't even stocked in stores anymore. Of course no one has one. I have one my friend gave me, but the piracy is garbage atm with buggy saves so I don't even touch it anymore until they fix that shit.

>>30807669
Not on /r9k/ at least
>>30807671
Oh you reminded me I do know one guy who had a vita. He showed me how he had a gba simulator on it. Thought that was kinda cool

>>30807749
the 3ds has a gba simulator prob better than the vitas

Mark my words; if the Switch fails, Nintendo will just stop producing for an I ternational market and just make stuff for japan.

Then every one of the vidya boards will jump up on thier individual crosses and act like Nintendo owes them video games.

>>30807772
I just have mine on my phone. My only gripe with the 3ds is that I weren't with the xl for the bigger screen and that it's way to heavy for me to want to carry around all day. It only leaves the house when I'm sure it'll get some use.

>>30807671
Speaking of which, is it still necessary to pick up a $60+ dollar SD card for it?

>>30807789
Even Japan doesn't really want their stuff that much

>>30807891
Yes.

>>30807789
Or they could just make a normal non gimmick tier console. Might be too much to ask for though.

>>30807957
That's what the Switch is.

>>30807913
Nintendo pretty much dominated Japan in software/hardware the last 5 years even with the Wii U not selling anything. Seriously the closest thing is PS4 over there and it'll be lucky to sell half as much as the 3DS in its lifetime. Final Fantasy fell off a cliff over there.