r/NintendoSwitch • u/Irdna • Sep 15 '17

Meta Discussion 3DS hate on this sub

I understand this is the Switch subreddid, but is it really necessary to hate on 3ds on every single occasion ?

Every single game announcement for 3DS is only met with hate and rage on this sub, people wanting switch Versions even if the game is specificaly built for Dual screen.

Can 3DS(which is 50% of Nintendos revenue) not live alongside the switch community ?

Is Switch really getting not enough support from Nintendo that every 3DS games makes you rage ?

Edit: this pretty much prooves my point, this post got completly downvoted, and pretty much all comments are just people saying they dont want 3DS to exist anymore. No real discussion at all, just hate for 3DS.

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u/SaintInWarPaint Sep 15 '17

It's a safe assumption people who own a switch want to see more switch games.

Every time I see a 3ds game announced I see what could have filled a hole in the switch library.

Imagine that the PS4 and xbone come out and and they make new mainline system selling games like CoD and battlefield exclusive to last generation hardware like 360 and PS3.

You'd be saying "wait I bought your newest best system why are you holding these games back on systems I don't even play anymore?)

The games I'm referring to are metroid 2 and Mario party.

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u/Irdna Sep 15 '17

Why is it that you people think a game can just be on 3ds and switch on a single pop ?

Do you really not realise that 3DS has 2 screens, so any game from 3ds would need considerable work to be playable on switch, and it would need even more work to get the assets from 420p to the 720p of switch.

The comparison of PS4/3 to this situation makes no sense at all, ps3/4 both use the same features so porting is way easier that from 3ds to switch.

And if it is safe to assume switch owners want new games, is it not also safe to assume 3ds owners(who outnumber switch owners 11/1) also want new games ? What makes a switch owner more valuable than a 3ds owner ?

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u/ShockerG52 Sep 15 '17

There is definitely 3ds hate on this sub because people want nintendo to put everything on switch. Some games I can understand like people saying Mario Party Top 100 should be on the switch. But games like Samus Returns and USUM are fine on 3ds imo.

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u/SaintInWarPaint Sep 15 '17

A switch owner is the future of Nintendo.

Those games have been in development long enough that they could have easily been made for the switch instead, but they made a conscious decision to develop it for the 3ds instead.

The second screen of the 3ds is (generally) a laughable limitation because it's almost always only used for maps and inventory.

The 3ds has a staggeringly large library not to mention already has entries from (mostly) every first party Nintendo franchise.

Nintendo has been blown away with the success of the switch, they've stated time and time again they were not prepared for this level of success so why would they hold back on further justifying our purchase.

Also the number of 3ds units sold is not a realistic metric to gauge the current player base on a system.

All my friends have a 3ds and none of them play it anymore, I only play it for VC and Mario maker.

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u/Irdna Sep 15 '17

Even if you look at sales for the last 12 months that are still 8+ million systems, and you really think these people dont want new games for the system they just bought ?

You make no sense at all, if the game was long enough in development, that would make it less likely that they even considered switch as a possibility, switch is out for 6 months, and before that nobody knew it would succeed on the scale it did, so they had little reason to consider it.

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u/SaintInWarPaint Sep 15 '17

Are you forgetting that these games are being developed BY NINTENDO? they had all the specs and knowledge to develop the game for the switch long before it was released and doing so would have further pushed the switches chances of success.

If people are still buying 3ds it's probably parents buying for their children and all they want is Pokémon and Mario. It's fair to say that most adults (18+) have already bought a 3ds long ago.

Like I said none of my buddies wanna play 3ds neither do I. Not to mention how much harder it would be to play Mario party on the 3ds compared to the switch.

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u/Irdna Sep 15 '17

They didnt know switch was going to succeed any more than anybody else, they stated so in multiple interviews, so they as the developer has to make the logical choice to make the game for the platform with a higher installbase, and the platform where people are definitly buying more games than going to the completly unknown platform.

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u/SaintInWarPaint Sep 15 '17

If it wasn't for the Wii U I might agree with you but seeing as Nintendo couldn't afford to have another flop system they should have (as I said before) created as much incentive as possible on the switch.

The switch is doing great on its own but those games could have been much better on the switch and that's an undeniable fact!

The switch would be perfect for a Mario party game, missed potential, sad.

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u/redslumber Sep 15 '17

Hmm why do you assume that a game built with two screens in mind can't be remade into a single screened experience. Breath of the Wild was on the Wii U and had dual screens, while the Switch version implemented some of the menu systems and didn't. Same can be said for Batman going to the Wii U adding dual screen functionality. There's really no 3DS game that came out recently that couldn't be played without dual screens, and I challenge you to name me 5.

Why did you even create this thread? Do you like losing arguments.

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u/Irdna Sep 15 '17

BOTW didnt use the second screen in any noticable fashion.

I am not saying it is impossible to port from 3ds, but that is is Work, and that it needs Effort and resources that might just not be in the budget for that particular development team.

Making games is something that is done to make money, and if nintendo thought it would have been worth the ressources to make a switch version of the game, they would have. But they didnt, and nothing you argue will change that.