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Posted on Tuesday, September 13 @ 12:33:03 Eastern by


"The 3DS stinks." Now that's what I call journalistic integrity!

Maybe I shouldn't be so mean to Rebecca Greenfield about criticizing the 3DS. (Or feed her.) Game Revolution hasn't exactly been glowing about the 3DS price drop, the 3DS launch launch line-up, the recent 3DS analog stick doohicky, the 3DS health risks... okay, you get it.

But Rebecca, like so many other mainstream journalists, love to just troll Nintendo (and any game company, really) over not embracing the so-called mobile revolution. She asserts that Nintendo is apparently "killing itself" because it just doesn't understand its own industry:

But things are different now; gaming has changed. Its (wrong usage for "its", by the way) gone mobile and Nintendo refuses to jump on that. And its reluctance to evolve is suicidal.

Nintendo doesn't get that nobody wants Nintendo gaming systems anymore. The 3DS stinks.

...The whole gaming scene has gotten less expensive and more social--Nintendo hasn't adapted. Like we said, the company hasn't opened itself up to smart phones nor has it developed games for the changing consumer. Think: More Farmville, less Mario.

If that last sentence just made you throw up mushrooms, I wouldn't blame you. Now, I can see Nintendo perhaps taking advantage of the mobile space by offering more Mario—and maybe even Animal Crossing if we're going down the Farmville route—titles on Android or something like that.

But to suggest that the lack of mobile integration is the sole reason for Nintendo's downfall, and not, say, the lack of first-party platform-selling titles—for instance, A MARIO TITLE—is just another blundering talking point by another talking head. So let me just end this rant by saying not to click on the "Source" below. That will just get her hits. Unless you want to troll her. Fair is fair.

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  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Sep 13th, 2011 at 12:38 pm
    I see no reason to withdraw my claim that Nintendo should develop for Sony.
    0 0
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Sep 14th, 2011 at 6:31 pm
    If they fail enough to be like Sega, they just might one day.
    0 0
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Sep 13th, 2011 at 12:50 pm
    Iwata: "Today, we are announcing......"

    "PINK!"

    "Thanks everyone, have a nice day."
    0 0
  • Eddy_DS_Fettig
    Eddy_DS_Fettig
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Sep 13th, 2011 at 3:54 pm
    Nintendo surprised me yesterday. I really wasn't expecting anything, and yet they got me more solidly interested in a 3DS. Great first party lineup on the way, and the Monster Hunter stuff is NOT to be dismissed. That is a BIG deal franchise. It's practically like Japan's equivalent to CoD or something, from what I understand. And I've become a fan of the franchise myself through MH Tri, so the idea of playing MH on the go has me much more excited than remakes of N64 games.

    That said...bleh. Not a fan of the dual pad thing. I don't get why they didn't just incorporate it into the original system. I'm still curious to see how well it feels/works.
    0 0
  • LinksOcarina
    LinksOcarina
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Sep 13th, 2011 at 5:17 pm
    Nintendo not Social...WHAT?

    Fucking idiot...this is why I hate journalism sometimes...even though I am a part of it...
    0 0
  • 213EDD
    213EDD
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Sep 13th, 2011 at 6:58 pm
    Analysts don't understand the gaming market. You can't assume something is going to do good or bad. Its much like the human factor
    0 0
  • KevinS
    KevinS
    Joined: Dec 2008
    Posted: Sep 14th, 2011 at 2:00 am
    This reminds me of that one moron from a while back... oh yeah, Michael Pachter. Maybe one day analysts will start listening to people who have some idea of what they're talking about instead of "let's look over recent numbers, not look back, and make rash judgements about the future."

    *le sigh*
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  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Sep 14th, 2011 at 3:16 am
    If anyone actually thinks that the dedicated handheld game system is going to be killed off by iPhone, iPad, or smart phones needs to get there head examined. That’s as illogical as saying face book games will kill off home consoles. As long as Nintendo and Sony put out good handhelds devices and games that people want to play there will be a viable market for them. Sure Nintendo has had some missteps with the 3DS but I think they are working to overcome them.
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  • Jessica_Vazquez
    Jessica_Vazquez
    Joined: Sep 2010
    Posted: Sep 16th, 2011 at 10:03 pm
    I'm not a huge Nintendo fan but I'm with LinksOcarina on this one. At E3, I witnessed first hand how the Nintendo 3DS street pass allowed gamers to interact with each other in order to get unique items for games along with various other perks. Last time I checked that counts as socializing.

    Rebecca Greenfield, Think: more common sense, less misinformation.
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