Nintendo 3DS

[JSR]

It also unleashes the power of the third dimension.

This is actually a important point, as what we see on its screen, the 3DS actually renders twice. So it's more powerful than just how "good" everything looks.

[hudson]

Anyone here played on one and thought, 'McWowzers!'?

[charlesr]

Does this mean the end for the normal DS? Or will games get release with 3D and non 3D version on the same cart or... or...

[Neon Ignition]

Definately the end of the DS. Like all hardware manufacturers they'll claim continued support but every mid to big dev will jump to 3DS to establish a presence. Like the PS2 now, lol

[abigsmurf]

I imagine we'll see more than a handful of DS ports in the first 6 months (Ghost Recon is the only one I've noticed).

The console will die quickly though. Only licenced titles and localisations I'd bet

[elaniel]

ShopTo have dropped their 3DS prices to ?199.85.

[Neon Ignition]

Cool! That means mines now gonna cost £195! Go price wars!

[elaniel]

I've now pre-ordered a UK one. I'm happy with that price. Hopefully I get first allocation.

[Dogg Thang]

That's a good price. I'd consider going for it but poxy ShopTo registration has never worked for me. I had forgotten I had this problem before, which is why I never bought anything from them. Their signup page just gives me a 'some fields need attention' without telling what fields or why. I wonder if I'm the only person that happens to or if they've lost a bunch of sales as a result...

Edit: Typing Shopto.net into Google gives the first two prompts as 'Shopto.net complaints' and 'Shopto.net registration problem'. Guess that says it all.

[Matt]

This is actually a important point, as what we see on its screen, the 3DS actually renders twice. So it's more powerful than just how "good" everything looks.

Not quite. When 3D is enabled, it's rendering at half the resolution than 2D.

[abigsmurf]

That's a good price. I'd consider going for it but poxy ShopTo registration has never worked for me. I had forgotten I had this problem before, which is why I never bought anything from them. Their signup page just gives me a 'some fields need attention' without telling what fields or why. I wonder if I'm the only person that happens to or if they've lost a bunch of sales as a result...

Edit: Typing Shopto.net into Google gives the first two prompts as 'Shopto.net complaints' and 'Shopto.net registration problem'. Guess that says it all.

Tried the usual suspect of spaces in post codes?

[redael]

That's a good price. I'd consider going for it but poxy ShopTo registration has never worked for me. I had forgotten I had this problem before, which is why I never bought anything from them. Their signup page just gives me a 'some fields need attention' without telling what fields or why. I wonder if I'm the only person that happens to or if they've lost a bunch of sales as a result...

Have also had issues registering card details at ShopTo in the past leaving me unable to preorder and limited to PayPal and the ?40 limit ShopTo enforce , but ?199.85 was too good to pass up so tried again and its worked fine this time.

[Dogg Thang]

Yeah, but I'm in Ireland. Maybe it doesn't like Irish codes or maybe it doesn't like Google Chrome or something. Not to worry..

[yesteryeargames]

the shopto pre orders. why does it say tnt delivery £23 ?

when i look under pre orders i cant change it either :S

[elaniel]

the shopto pre orders. why does it say tnt delivery ?23 ?

Mine says free TNT next day delivery.