Tycho from Penny Arcade on the 3DS:
I’ve suggested before that my primary metric for a portable game is how many times I run the battery down playing it, something that has happened very rarely on the 3DS, which is kind of sad actually because its battery life is comparatively small change. I’ll play something, regret the lost time, regret the lost money, and then regret purchasing the system as a kind of container for the aggregated remorse.
Could not have said it better myself. I’ve probably gotten 2 hours of game playing done on my 3DS since I’ve gotten it.
Yikes. That bad? I’m pretty glad I waited on purchasing one. I got a lot of joy out of my 2DS but the 3DS just didn’t seem like it had enough going on to make the upgrade worth it. Especially when I can just grab my iphone from my pocket and play fun games on it.
Yeah, I’ve rarely touched my portable game consoles since the explosion of smartphone gaming in recent years. Although, I will say though that when genuinely awesome games come out on the 3DS that can’t be done else where, I’ll probably be getting good use out of it. First up is Super Mario 3D Land…
Yeah, Mario Land looks like it could be amazing. I just don’t know how amazing a game would have to be to get me to purchase a 3ds.