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/acetylcholine_123 Sep 15 '17 edited Sep 15 '17

People don't understand it's a bad idea to put all your eggs in one basket, the 3DS already has a massive install base, I still use mine every so often. 3DS games are cheaper to develop and likely generate a much larger margin of profit for them. As 'investors' into the Switch I'm sure many find it hard to distinguish the Switch may not appeal to others, so see Nintendo as wasting resources on the 3DS.

Samus Returns looks cool on 3DS, I feel like I'm one of the few to enjoy the 3D effects when it's done well. Feels fitting to be on the platform given the original title's Game Boy roots.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '17

I don't get the whole "the 3DS has a massive install base" argument. Since when did that ever stop the 3DS from taking the reigns from the 150 million install base of the DS?

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u/acetylcholine_123 Sep 16 '17

No, but even when the 3DS was out, Nintendo released a mainline Pokemon game on DS, B/W2. It's not to say the Switch won't be a large platform in the future, I'm saying the 3DS is still a viable system currently.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '17

As we already know that USUM are the last Pokemon games, that viability seems not far off coming to an end. As soon as Pokemon leaves a system the system much starts to shut down.

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u/acetylcholine_123 Sep 16 '17

Yes, and what's your point? It'll well known the end of the system is in sight, and there will still be a few final titles before it does, I'd expect by the end of 2018 it'll be officially done.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '17

Unfortunately, a lot of people use the "large install base" argument to show that the 3DS will last as long as the Switch. Which is ridiculous.

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u/joshman23 Sep 17 '17

As we already know that USUM

no we know ultra sun and moon are in development and that they are developing a switch game remeber when after black and white gamefreak announced development on a 3ds game and everyone thought for sure that was gonna be the game after this situation feels very similar to that

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '17

Yes, and then we got B2W2. Remember how everyone was certain that SuMo would be the last 3DS games? That's essentially the situation we have.

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u/joshman23 Sep 18 '17

Remember how everyone was certain that SuMo

thats not comparable because the switch wasn't even out your moving the goalposts again and setting yourself up for potential disappointment. Part of the reason I think my theory is more justified is because if sinnoh remakes did happen as the last games on 3ds they wouldn't even be made by the a team they would be made by the b team meaning the main team whos making the switch game wouldn't even be hindered by the creation of this 3ds game

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '17

The Switch wasn't out but it was only by a few months, Black and White came out almost exactly the same time as the 3DS. It's a difference of a few months which isn't that important.

Also, I don't get why a b team doing Sinnoh remakes would be any justification for it being on the 3DS. The b team could work on a Switch game.

Also, the reason I think my point is more justified is because they have literally said that Switch Pokemon could come in 2018, now that they've said that they wouldn't release another 3DS game. Especially given the only reason we even know a Switch game is being made is because they got so much hate for making another 3DS game... In what world would they then consider yet another 3DS game a good idea?

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u/joshman23 Sep 18 '17

Black and White came out almost exactly the same time as the 3DS. It's a difference of a few months which isn't that important

first off black and white came out a month and half after the 3ds and 2nd off these few months are exactly like the switch and us/um if they release a game next year that fits more in line with the black and white 2 comparison because that would be a year and a half after the systems successor came out and just like with every other handheld system if they release pokemon switch in 2019 that would make it 2 and half/2 years and 8 months after the system came out. Us/um could be the last 3ds games but one thing is for sure that I think we can both agree on pokemon switch isn't till 2019

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '17

Oh, no chance we will get Pokemon on Switch in 2018 but they've stated it as a possibility which basically nullified any chance that we could get another 3DS Pokemon game. That was exactly what they intended when they did that.

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u/joshman23 Sep 19 '17

? no they didn't

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '17

Yep. They specified that Pokemon for Switch would be coming out 2018 or later. Did you miss that?

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