Why is the 3DS so fucking expensive now?
>>736292972Should've bought one when they still made em
>>736292972They don't make them anymore. 3DS and its games were cheap as fuck in 2019
Thor
>>736292972>easy as fuck to mod>Access to the entirety of DS and 3DS libraries through physical copies, plus tons more systems with emulators>hinges that are fragile as fuck and break or snap over time and were mostly handled by little kids, thus making mint condition handhelds extremely valuable>portablet. video game seller
>>736293228Also>not being made anymore>zoomers that were like around 10 or so in the early 2010s are now starting to become nostalgic for 3DS era, so handhelds are getting super expensive from the demand, games not so much (yet)
Tech generally gets more expensive over time...or even not much time at all. Nothing is cheap or easy. Never has been. Convenience is a myth.
they all usually come prehacked full of games to sell to dumb normies.
>>736293415you sure about that?
>>736293415I remember buying my friend the 2DS Zelda bundle on black Friday for $100.If you wanted a 3DS you should have gotten one already.
Like CRTs, millenials realized they could offload their old hardware onto zoomers at inflated prices. Once the process starts the zoomers themselves perpetuate the trend via TikTok drawing in more sheep to fork over their cash.
>can't find my 3DS anywhere in my house>probably stolen by an AC technician or whateverfucking hell
>>736293782Damn son, keep your shit locked up.
>>736292972Not manufactured anymoreIncreased demand due to cfw
>>736292972>2nd best handheld console of all time, second only to the vita>nintendo tax>zoomers that grew up with the console started to acquire disposable income and nostalgia for the system>literally no other first party dual screen handheld came out after>emulating ds and 3ds games will always be dogshit because of the low resolution and dual screen >only like 2 options for dual screen chinkhelds, one of which is more expensive than just buying a n3dsxl>homebrew scene was and is very active around the time the prices started going up, making people want to buy one just to hack it and fuck around with homebrews
>>736292972Just get a ps: vita man!
>>736294106lmao no
>>736293706>If you wanted a 3DS you should have gotten one already.I wanted a USA N3DS, not an N3DS XL, and not a N2DS. a N3DS. I didn't have the money at the time. It's not a pain in the ass to get these at all let alone unmodded for less than $250, and you coin flip if these people are lying to you that they region changed an LL. I just want a working Pokemon Bank and to system transfer while still having 3D and faceplates in my own region, why does this have to be so difficult?
>>736294106and deal with proprietary storage? Fuck no. Steam Deck or current chinkhelds are superior choices
>>736292972>>736293225>>736294106OP one look at these devices side by side and it's obvious what you should be doing.There are increasingly fewer benefits to official hardware, short of needing the 3D effect of the 3DS or the back touch screen of the Vita.Look to the future.
>>736294741Except the Thor and RG DS both are unplayable on games that require constant touch screen usage and even in Rocknix the Thor suffers from this. Until that gets fixed it's not a replacement for the 3DS at all.
>>736292972I've also been looking to get one recently. I can't find my old one or any of my games and I have no idea where they could have gone outside of secretly being stolen or maybe I left them with a relative somewhere. How's the 2DS? Is it a better buy than a 3DS at this point?
There is some forced thing about being the best handheld ever feed to zoomers who buy them overpriced like nft now that the console main online connectivity is disabled!Hilarious truly a marketer genius to make zoomers buy them like that
>>736294806It's only unplayable in like 5% of cases like rhythm games at max difficulty
>>736294741Can't transfer Pokemon to Bank with that only official 3ds
>>736292972I don't get it either. The resolution is literally worse than PSP.
>>736292972it's for larping. Nobody actually plays the thing. Why do you think people just post the title screen? It's for fashion and pretending you play games but all the games are dog puke.
>>736295007and TWEWY.and Trauma Center.and both DS Zelda games.and Ninja Gaiden DS.and Pokemon Ranger.and Pokemon Dash.There's tons of games that mandate constant touch screen usage that aren't rhythm games.
>>736293413MR. MIYAMOTO GET DOWN
>>7362951153ds main screen is 800x240, psp is 480x272Do the math
>>736295230its only 800x240 in 3d mode. its 400x240 in 2d mode. 400x240 is worse than 480x272.also vita is 960x544. these chinkhelds are 1080p or 1440p and about same price.
>>736295157The Zelda games don't have a high enough difficulty barrier
>>736295230>3ds main screen is 400x240Fixed for you.
>>736294741Can any of these emulation devices play the physical game if you have a copy? Is the lack of a card reader the only thing keeping them from being sued?
>>736295489No. Only backups of your physical games via emulation
>>736293225>>7362947413DS emulation is TERRIBLE. Don't fall for it.
>>736295607It's aiight. The definitive way to play SMTIV or MH4
>>736295157>There's tons of games that mandate constant touch screen usage that aren't rhythm games.Not really, actually it's a minority
>>736295292Yes you use a 3ds in 3d mode so you see fancy graphics who would have thought!
I wish i got a N3DS but i still got my original one from like 2013 and got a 3DS XL for cheap from marketplace a couple of years ago.I'll be okay, i should maybe buy one or 2 spare batteries just to have on hand because i had to change one from my original 3DS since i got bloated
>>736295489Only fpga devices usually do that, no fpga of a 3ds system yet
what the fuck happened to taki udon? he wasted time selling oleds for the switch light when everyone just wants oleds for their 3ds.
>>736294741what kind of bundle discount can I get with a Thor and a dilator?
>>736295157Can it do the thing where you have to press two areas at the same time? I remember getting stuck on a part in Hotel Dusk when I played it on an emulator because you needed to pull down two levers at the same time on the touchpad
Has there been any further reports of physical 3DS cartridges starting to die? The last I heard was>early copies of Persona Q>some copies of Pokemon ORAS (maybe Europe only?)>some copies of Mega Man Legacy Collection>some copies of Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney
>>736297447The hardware supports multitouch but it depends on if the emulator supports it. I'd assume the android version would since they implement overlay touch controls
>tfw DS Lite with still working ~18 year old Acekard and hacked 3DS XLFUCK YEAH SEAKING
>>736292972Are glasses-free 3D screens even made any more?
>>736298828There's some expensive PC monitors that do it.
retro fatigue
>>736302098it isn't retro
3D is meme. C-stick borderline is unusable.Unfortunately I got New 3DS, which seemed like the better option, but I found screen to be too small to be comfortable.I might get the successor to Thor, if the screen hinges prove themselves to be good. I heard that they fixed input lag recently, or something like that.
>>736292972If price is that much of an issue you can buy the old 2DS or launch 3DS. They aren't nearly as expensive.
I keep telling people how easy it is to mod and how they should have one and so everyone keeps buying them all.
>look up my awakening edition 3ds and fates edition new 3dsWhat the fuck lol
>>736303198I was telling people that they should always get double the amount of RAM they think they need, since RAM is cheap.1 or 2 months later, the RAM shortage started.
>>736292972I just got my 3DS around 150 bucks on ebay the other day. It was a Japanese one with custom firmware to make it region free and in English.
>>736297876I own a couple of cartridges that are going, but there's a fork of GM9 that allows you to consistently refresh them, keeping them alive, for now
DOESN'T ANYBODY KNOW OF A GOOD AND RELIABLE ONLINE 3DS REPAIR SERVICE?!?!?
>have a pristine new 3DSLL>have a slightly scuffed old 3DSXL>both have 64gb card filled with pirated 3DS games>both have 34gb R4 cards filled with pirated DS games>3DSXL has a circle pad pro attachment>both have brand new batteries and USB-C charging cables>both sitting in my bedside drawer collecting dustwould trade both for a 5070 ti if I could find a legit buyer
>>736302278bro the 3DS is 15 years old. It's retro.
>>736309727age has nothing to do with itretro is something new imitating something old and last time i checked the 3ds was something entirely new and unique thing at the time
>>736309727you're not retro just because you are 15 years old
3DS games have a lot of sovl. Buying an expensive pre owned 3DS when Ayn Thor exists is definitely retarded though.
