@abHS4L88 @FortyPercent When the Mario games (Mario Tennis/Golf/Party/Kart/3D Land/NSMB2/Luigi's Mansion 2/ etc.) stop outnumbering the non-Mario (Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing, Pokemon, Kid Icarus and Zelda LBW) you might have a point. Right now even the Wii U has a more diverse library of first party that isn't Mario.
@abHS4L88 @FortyPercent I'm sorry, but if Streetpass is the biggest unique feature, I can honestly say the system isn't unique at all. I own one, and I don't touch Streetpass because it's little more than a glorified social integration platform - something every other platform under the sun has, and has little to no impact on the games themselves.
As for sales, there's not really much anyone can say about that. People want the cheaper console that has big brand names on it. That doesn't make the system inherently good. The DS sold a lot, and that was a good system because it was unique despite a lack of power. The 3DS isn't selling on uniqueness, it's selling on brand name.
@russelloh @FortyPercent Saying you don't personally have interest in the games doesn't really mean anything. I'm not telling you to buy a Vita. All I'm saying is that you can feel free to buy the next Pokemon and Mario - I will too - but don't pretend they alone constitute uniqueness or quality games.
@Elem187 I'm not sure what you expect me to say. I could name more like Killzone Mercenary and Tearaway on top of what I already listed, but you clearly don't care for anything that isn't a sequel to a Nintendo IP. Enjoy Monster Hunter - so will I, on my 3DS, but don't act like there's anything unique about a system entirely based on sequels.
@mario1028 Do you actually think review scores DO represent game quality? They never have
@Elem187 If you actually believe review scores justify your opinion of quality in a game, I worry for you.
I own a 3DS and have a decent library of games for it, but the last thing about them is that they're unique. They're all sequels to previous games, and steps down in a few significant wars for 3D Land, Luigi's Mansion 2 and Fire Emblem.
When Nintendo actually tries developing new IPs like Sony have, which I know you read in my other post, then they can claim the unique card. But they haven't.
@russelloh @FortyPercent Nintendo can call the 3DS unique when it gets games that aren't sequels to Mario IPs. When it gets new IPs like Gravity Rush, Freedom Wars or Soul Sacrifice, then they can try and say they're going for "uniqueness", but when the games are Pokemon, Mario and Zelda, I'm not exactly sure what it is they're calling unique.
Not even close. You've never actually looked at the Vita or 3DS library. If you'd actually look at Nintendo's first party offerings for 3DS, you'd see the vast majority of it is from the Mario IP, while with Sony the vast majority of their support for the Vita is new IPs like Soul Sacrifice, Gravity Rush and Freedom Wars, that you're choosing to ignore because they aren't brand names like Pokemon and Mario. Both of them have solid first party offerings, the only difference is that you and the vast majority of consumers only care for brand names
Do you think those 193 3DS games are all great games? Those Disney tie ins and other shovelware are the same as the "indies" you claim pad the Vita.
Sony have never ignored the Vita, FYI. It's 18 months old, and has had more Sony-published games than the 3DS had Nintendo-published games in that same time frame.
The 3DS does not have "better" or "more" games just because it has bigger brand names.
"Sony's ambition is to extend the living room experience, while Nintendo's goal is to create unique experiences for on-the-go gamers."
You mean Sony's ambition is to make a device actually capable of "the living room experience" among other things, while Nintendo's is to sell underpowered hardware at a premium because they know it will sell if it has Mario and Pokemon
This "unique" concept might have applied to the DS, a system that actually was unique and that made its games unique, but that's not nearly as true of the 3DS when the only unique aspect the system has is 3D, which not even every revision of the system even has now, and that doesn't actually impact game design positively.
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