Japanese Gamers Not Liking The Nintendo 3DS?

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Quote From: Nintendo Life

"Japanese Gamers Put Off by High Price of 3DS

Posted Wed, 01 Jun 2011 by James Newton

Are you the same?

3DS had a decent start in Japan but its sales have notably fallen behind the Monster Hunter-powered juggernaut that is the PSP. Japanese survey firm Goo Research quizzed over 1,000 Japanese citizens about why they haven't bought the console yet, with the most common reason simply being "it's too expensive".

Other reasons include being satisfied with existing DS and DSi consoles, concerns about eye-strain and nausea from the 3D screen and the lack of games available.

The complete top 20, as translated by Andriasang, reads like this:

    1. Price is high/waiting for a price drop
    2. Satisfied by DS/DSi
    3. Worried about eye strain
    4. Worried about getting sick from the screen
    5. Few launch titles
    6. Will buy once a game I want is released
    7. Satisfied by cell phone and smartphone games
    8. Satisfied by PSP
    9. The battery is weak
    10. It's heavy and I don't feel like carrying it with me
    11. Can't play Game Boy Advance games
    12. The color I want isn't available
    13. Can't play Game Boy games
    14. I'll save my money for NGP, thank you very much
    15. Waiting for a version with a larger screen
    16. Because you can't move your DSi Points over
    17. The buttons layout looks hard to use
    18. No Famicom/NES in the Virtual Console
    19. The zoom view for DS games is hard on the eyes
    20. Waiting until my friend buys it

If you haven't bought the 3DS yet, are any of these reasons to blame?"

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It's kind of sad that the Japanese gamers are not as pleased with the 3DS. I find #13 invalid, why backward-compatible from generations ago? At least it's coming soon for the E-Shop. Although it had a strong start, it's going down quickly. Could the reason also be that the earthquake/tsunami incident on Friday, March 11, 2011 discourage them from purchasing them? Ah well, I guess Japan is not pleased with the 3DS, just because the price is too high. The price isn't going to decrease, either. The Nintendo 3DS is still new.
 
I think they meant GBA games. If they wanted to play GB/GBC they could use an old handheld, or emulate it. :p

FWIW it's completely logical for those reasons above. I don't think the 3DS provides an appropriate target niche - even those wanting a gimmicky device can just resort to things they already have. IMO the 3DS will really have to capitalise on the games it hosts.
 
3DS had a shitty launch, what do you expect?

Give it some time to season.
 
Tyler Treese said:
cookieboy17 said:
Sounds like the Japs are a bunch of whiners to me.
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It was a poll =P 20 reasons out of 1000 people isn't bad.

AegisReflector said:
3DS had a s***ty launch, what do you expect?

Give it some time to season.
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It didn't have a killer app at launch but it was far from s***ty.
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Have you seen the reasons? Stuff like #17 is just whining lol.
 
cookieboy17 said:
Tyler Treese said:
cookieboy17 said:
Sounds like the Japs are a bunch of whiners to me.
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It was a poll =P 20 reasons out of 1000 people isn't bad.

AegisReflector said:
3DS had a s***ty launch, what do you expect?

Give it some time to season.
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It didn't have a killer app at launch but it was far from s***ty.
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Have you seen the reasons? Stuff like #17 is just whining lol.
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Yeah I saw this article a couple days ago when it was posted. It's hard to come up with 20 reasons =P

A lot of people complained of the layout issue, the d-pad is in an initially awkward position but it's fine imo. I got used to it within the first play session
 
cookieboy17 said:
Tyler Treese said:
cookieboy17 said:
By the way #11 and #13 are like the same thing I mean come on. :p
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They aren't. 13 is complaining about game boy games
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I know they aren't literally the same thing but it's not necessary to say both, just to inflate the list.

The Japs are still whiners. :p
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They asked 1000 people whats one reason they havent bought a 3DS yet and apparently thats one of the reasons =P they must love them some Pokemon Blue
 
Number 10.

Yeah, the 3DS is so frickin' heavy, it weighs 50 pounds! D;
 
kineticsilvia563 said:
Number 10.

Yeah, the 3DS is so frickin' heavy, it weighs 50 pounds! D;
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It seems fine to me. Compare it to the Game Gear and then you'll see that it's not that bad. =P

Yeah, the price is "too damn high". I only bought it so I'd have the first build of it. Just like the phat DS, NES, 360, and PS3. I usually stick to the first ones.
 
I know smartphones only ranked #7, but you have to wonder how much they're impacting the handheld market since the 3DS is really the first brand new handheld to launch since they got big.

I don't think thats the main thing behind this though. I think its a combination of the price, people being skeptical of 3D tech (TVs still haven't taken off) and a lackluster launch.
 
3DS VC will be released soon enough, so I don't understand why they are hating for no Game Boy games. They just need to be patient.

And i'm pretty sure Ninty will put some GBA games in the mix soon enough.
 
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