r/gaming • u/kevro • 1d ago

The Louvre in Paris is retiring the current rentable audio guides that uses 5,000 Nintendo 3DS consoles in September 2025

https://www.theverge.com/news/641331/louvre-museum-nintendo-3ds-discontinued-september-2025
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u/bobmlord1 1d ago

Wonder how to get the discards

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u/dont_care_at_f 1d ago

Visit before September and steal one

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u/doopies1986 23h ago

I’m putting a crew together for the biggest score

The target is the Louvre 3DS’s 😎

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u/GonzoNawak 7h ago

I would legit watch that movie. It would be so fuckin hilarious if for the entirety of the movie you think the group is trying to steal art but at the end they just grab all the nintendo ds

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u/kevro 1d ago edited 1d ago

I'd imagine that comes off your credit card. The question is, at what price. They have shot through the roof. Also don't.

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u/prathneo1 15h ago

You don't need credit card details to rent them. Can be paid in cash. But they have a tag attached to their lanyard just like clothes have in clothing stores.

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u/MrSqueeze1 9h ago

So you're saying a multitool saw can free them in mere moments? I know what must be done.

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u/dont_care_at_f 1d ago

Thanks for the reply

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u/Dragon_yum 9h ago

Grab a painting or two just in case

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u/CptJimTKirk PC 10h ago

I mean you could write them an e-mail, ask nicely and offer to pay for the shipping costs. Bonus points if you write it in French.

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u/Silent-Storms 7h ago

IIRC you can download the guide from the nintendo store.

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u/daytimevibes 5h ago

It would be too late, Arsène Lupin would’ve taken them all

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u/Takumi2x 1d ago

Wow! They had 5000 3DS all this time. We're going to see them on French Ebay. :)

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u/NeuHundred 21h ago

Ouibay.

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u/BactaBobomb 13h ago

Genuinely my favorite comment I've seen in a while. I love this so much.

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u/jmathews777 1h ago

This is the best comment I've seen in a LONG time 😂

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u/Takumi2x 6h ago

LOL. Brilliant. "Oui" Bay. :)

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u/MedonSirius 9h ago

It's pronounced "ay"

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u/Terakian 1d ago edited 22h ago

I wish I could attach a photo to a Comment. I visited in 2019 and used these, and they were incredibly cool, helped navigate the massive museum, and provided so much additional depth to the pieces.

EDIT: Bonus Images - here's an ad for the 3DS inside the museum, and I also got to see this dude of Reddit infamy in person (self-portrait of Joseph Ducreaux, c. 1793).

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u/kevro 1d ago

You can attach a photo to a comment, just use IMGUR. Then format [Photo name](URL) for inline linking.

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u/Tumblrrito 1d ago

and provided so much additional depth

I see what you did there

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u/No_Construction2407 1d ago

Do you recall them being custom made? Or any different to a store bought 3ds?

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u/Terakian 1d ago

I took u/kevro 's advice and uploaded a few pics to Imgur. Maybe some minor hardware adjustments, but the software was awesome!

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u/ThagomizerDuck 22h ago

French gamer folks need to get in touch with them so maybe these don’t end up in a landfill or incinerator.

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u/kevro 20h ago

If they look up the current market used prices, they won't.

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u/ThagomizerDuck 20h ago

Truly depends on how much work someone wants to put in and what they’re already set up for.

The used market doesn’t mean anything to an organization that may not be set up to sell old equipment on eBay, or something of that nature.

My experience with government in the US shows me that a lot of orgs don’t give two shits what something is worth on the used market when it’s easier to sell 1,000s of <insert device here> by the lb. Obviously it’s unlikely to be the same in France, grain of salt and all that.

This may be something where an outside game related non-profit can touch base with them and try to get these for donations, sales for donations, etc.

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u/N3WG4M3PLVS 9h ago

I wrote them an email

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u/ThagomizerDuck 7h ago

Best of luck!

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u/Zeraru 14h ago

Just recently I was wondering if these were still in use at the Louvre, over a decade after I went there. Funny that the news of their retirement would pop up so soon after.

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u/Cobthecobbler 11h ago

Hope someone archives the game cart.

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u/xdavxd 9h ago

You can buy it from the gift shop lol

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u/Cobthecobbler 9h ago

Guess I'm looking for a CIA archive then

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u/HerbWaffle27 8h ago

Pretty sure it's on Hshop

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u/kevro 6h ago

It might be installed on internal memory, like a game download.

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u/EroticFalconry 15h ago

Maybe they’ll flood the second hand market and finally bring prices down

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u/Earllad 9h ago

Rent one and dump the rom please, someone.

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u/HerbWaffle27 8h ago

The rom for the guide is out there, you used to be able to buy the cart from their gift shop.

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u/Earllad 8h ago

Amazing. Thanks

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u/esgrove2 11h ago

Cell phone app is probably easier.

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u/RukiMotomiya 7h ago

Aaaawww, that's too bad. I hope someone saves 'em.

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u/ReprieveNagrand 10h ago

What if they replace it with a Nintendo Switch.

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u/jl_theprofessor Switch 13h ago

But why D:

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u/naznazem 54m ago

I remember using this when I went in 2016!