No, lol.
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Iwata 50% pay cut
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If Valve was the only company making games, we wouldn't have very many games to play, lol.
Psychonaut
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Some of my friends heard about the headaches the 3DS gives you if 3D is on for a while...that turned them away.
Lazyrs9090
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The economy in Japan is also terrible, and with a bad economy, people don't want to worry about purchasing an expensive handheld. You're right, cutting the price would help Nintendo.
Iwata is a good man. Usually other fat cats would just cut their employees pay, and leave their pay alone. It's great that he cut his pay more than his employees.
The whole headache issue has been blown way out of proportion. It's mainly the media's fault for reporting these stories, and for many people that was the first they heard of the device, so now people automatically associate the 3DS, and glasses-free 3D in general, with headaches and potential vision problems. But in reality, you're very unlikely to experience headaches from playing the 3DS in the long run, and the "potential vision damage" is a joke. While it is still likely that your eyes may feel weird or you might get a slight headache or feel dizzy when you look at/play a 3DS for the first time ever, your eyes will adjust shortly, and you shouldn't have any future problems like that. If you are getting headaches from playing your 3DS, it's more likely that you're just getting a headache because you've been playing a game too long, not because of the 3D effect.
It's sad that this misinformation about the 3DS has spread so rapidly, but things will turn around. Just give it some time, and when the 3DS starts selling at DS levels, and once more people actually start experiencing it for themselves, those misconceptions will begin to fade away. But it's still sad that things are how they are right now.
I actually just had a recent experience related to this at work the other day. A woman came in wanting to buy two DSi XLs for her kids. After I brought her over to where we keep the DS systems, I told her about the 3DS price cut on August 12, which will make the 3DS the same price as the DSi XL. She instantly told me "I don't want to bother with that one". I then told her that it's a completely new system that plays new games, and it's also backwards compatible with DS games, and that it can do everything the DSi XL can do, plus a lot more. She continued to tune me out and said "I know, but I don't want it because of the vision problems". I told her that you can turn the 3D off and even restrict it with parental controls, and even offered to show her my 3DS, but she still refused and made it clear that she just wants the DSi XL. Poor kids.
DSi exclusive games? When? Where?
Also, I forgot what it's called, but I learned about it in a psychology course I took. It's when you hear something everywhere/convince yourself of something (mainly medically related) it happens. Say, someone keeps telling me I have a headache. Then someone else tells me I have one too. Contrary to my belief that I have no headache, everyone is telling me I have one. Naturally, I eventually start to develop a headache. This is the same case with the 3DS.
Also, I forgot what it's called, but I learned about it in a psychology course I took. It's when you hear something everywhere/convince yourself of something (mainly medically related) it happens. Say, someone keeps telling me I have a headache. Then someone else tells me I have one too. Contrary to my belief that I have no headache, everyone is telling me I have one. Naturally, I eventually start to develop a headache. This is the same case with the 3DS.
Yeah, Nintendo definitely did the right thing. I'm still shocked that Nintendo is actually selling the 3DS for a loss.
And I have to say, I have a ton of respect for Iwata for taking that pay cut. You're right, most other people in Iwata's situation wouldn't have taken any cut at all. I've always had a lot of faith in Iwata. I think having a former developer as the company president is a very good thing, because they'll always be more in touch with how every part of the company works, not just the financial part. Iwata is doing everything in his power to make sure the 3DS becomes successful, and to make sure that third parties stay on board, too, and that's awesome. And hey, we're even getting free games out of it!
Yes, there are actually a few DSi-only games. I only know of three: Foto Showdown, Picture Perfect Hair Salon, and System Flaw. Nothing to see here, move along.
And that sounds similar to, if not a kind of, mass hysteria.
I don't think that's it. It's the same thing when you convince yourself that your sick or allergic to certain foods/things.
Psychonaut
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not poor kids, dumbass parent.
would've been a nice lesson for their kids, + won't have to hear "i want a new system" a year later.
Because it's a DSi with bigger screens? lol
But the real question is "Why would anyone want a DSi XL when they could have a 3DS instead?"
Lazyrs9090
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Because they're morons.
Actually, the DSi XL is more "pixely". It's blocky, but the 3DS is blurry.
Internetakias
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When you start the game, hold Start and Select. Problem Solved!
Psychonaut
Senior Member
Really? thanks
Actually, you only have to hold either Start or Select. Much easier on your fingers, lol.
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