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hi im hydrotonix and im not cool. fuck my life i wish i was as cool as garison
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A few months ago, when the rumors first started popping up around different sites about the NGP, I was really excited over it. Well, not that I wasn't ecstatic about the 3DS, because I totally was. I had my mind set on the 3DS simply because I prefer Nintendo's games over Sony's. I held off on buying a 3DS not because its a bad console, or I don't like the games *droolLoZ:OoTdrool* but because I cannot see the the 3D screen. I have always been pretty much blind in my right eye. Its so bad that my good eye just takes over the bad unless my good eye is closed. As you know the 3DS display has two layers and each layer shoots at the opposite eye and in turn creates the illusion of the images on the screen seeming somewhat 3D. When I first got my hands on a 3DS, I was wondering if it would work for me, I have dabbled a little bit in other 3D mediums, like the 50 inch 3D televisions you see in stores and all that just to try out. They never worked for me. Jackass 3D in the theaters did not work either. It is very frustrating for me not to be able to witness and be a part of this new "revolution" of 3D. It seems alot of the big names are taking part in it, not so much Microsoft, but Sony and Nintendo sure like to get their sticky little fingers inside of any new kind of technology that comes around. Motion Controllers, cameras, microphones, touch screens, pretty much anything new that comes out the big N is the first and Sony is right behind. I will most definitely eventually buy a 3DS but what they have to offer right now just isn't what I want. I want games. Sure there are already a few good ones out I'm sure, but not enough for me to buy another upgraded DS when I already have about 25 games on my DSi I haven't even gotten halfway through yet. Since the 3D doesn't work for me the only thing I would want one for is the new games that are coming out. The PSV is actually kind of more appealing for me right now, when it comes out I know I will be one of the first in line for one in my small town. Not only is it affordable, well for what your getting anyway, a touch screen, rear touch pad, beautiful graphics, online play that actually looks pretty good for a handheld, probably the best that I have seen in my opinion. The two sticks will really add a whole new level of play on a handheld. The Vita looks like a great little system to me for 250 bucks. It will most likely eventually get a Call of Duty game which I am really excited to see and try out. I always wanted a good first person shooter on my PSP. Medal of Honor Heroes 2 was actually an alright game with laggy ass fun shitty online play. Surprisingly you can still log on and find a match with relative ease. The face buttons really suck for FPS's on the original PSP. And that may be one of the reasons the PSP didn't really do as well in North America because Americans and Canadians are so into first person games these days. On that note, it really pisses me off how all these people like only play these shooter games, they are alright for a little while, I mean I pristiged twice in Modern Warfare two on PS3, but I can't see how people can play ONLY COD. I mix it up with all types of games, Adventure games, Role Playing Games, Puzzlers, Rhythm, Platformers, Shmups, all that stuff. ANNYYYWAAAAY, the point I am trying to get at is, Nintendo has never brought up the issue I am having with the 3D display and I have never heard anyone bitch about it online. Me and my younger brother both have the same problem with our eyes and can't see the 3D display. It would be cool if you could actually buy a cheaper 3DS without the 3D display. That is kind of out of the water here but I'm just saying, they could probably drop the price 60 or 70 bucks on their new system and sell a fuck load more of em. The 3D is a gimick in my eyes and I don't want that shit. Period. It doesn't even work with my glasses. I will buy a 3DS eventually, but not until after I buy a PSV. The PSV looks like a better deal for my hard earned money and I just don't really like the direction nintendo is going with all the gimicks. Give me a Gamecube 2 and I will come back to your side. Normal Controller, no waggle shit, no touch screen, no camera, none of that bubble gum "next generation family lets get grammy to play wii golf it will be awesome I love to see how much I weigh on my balance board and OH SHIT I LEAN ON MY RIGHT LEG TOO MUCH I'M GUNNA HAVE SCHOLIOSIS WHEN I'M 70" bullshit. Sorry guys, but i'm gunna have to say Sony Playstation Vita for me this generation guys. Thanks for listening.
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My eye problem (and yours by the sound of it) is probably more severe than most people's but any diffeciency in eye sight causes the effect to fail.
The Vita offers me nothing interesting. Well, nothing interesting yet. The DS has proven to be a great handheld, and I'm pretty sure the 3DS will be the same.
I'm on the 3DS boat 'cause my experience with the DS was magnificent, and my experience with the PSP was...
OK.
Well, it didn't work coming from anyone else, so what were you expecting there? The problem isn't the devices or methods and the problem isn't you because you are just naturally the way you are. There's just nothing you can do about that.
I have to wear my prescription glasses to enjoy the 3D effect at all and I'm usually all about lounging on my bed or couch playing handhelds when I'm tired from a day at work. Of course, this made the games harder to complete because I would fall asleep doing that and either stop playing. That or the PSP or DS would hit me in the face.
At the end of the day, I'm not in anyone's camp on handhelds. Truth be told this Nitnendo Vs. Sony stuff dies off in the handheld audience pretty fast because we're mostly the same audience and anyone who makes up silly myths about handhelds will continue to do so. You know, like those people who like to play games on their couch and think handhelds somehow stop them from doing that.
You can be sure someone is going to say the Vita's screen is too small and hard to see, they say it about DS, 3DS and PSP and I find it weird because ever since handhelds became I've never had a problem seeing anything. I think those people are still thinking back to Game Boy or the original GBA where strain was involved.
Really, for the next generation of handhelds it will come down to the game library. 3D or not, some people will buy the 3DS simply for the games it will offer... others will choose the Vita.
Valid points.
Same happened with the DS for me, i wanted one, always wanted one, but the games just don't speak to me. I borrowed one, the only game i could find that i really enjoyed was GTA Chinatown, and once that was finished the DS was severely neglected!
The PSP sold the PSV to me a long time ago, perhaps a year after the PSP changed my life (proper gaming in your lunchbreak? FUCK YES) I had practically decided that i'd buy whatever the next PSP was. luckily I won a GO, but i'm soooo buying a PSV, probably on day one too.