Nintendo Of Europe Halts New Nintendo 3DS Production

[Guest]

The company plans to continue making other members of the 3DS lineup, including the upcoming New Nintendo 2DS XL, but this could be a sign of a shifting focus to the Switch.

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[PancakePuppy]

"which means a lot of unhappy people who can't get their hands on the device" So, business as usual at the big N, huh?

 

[koga73]

I don't really see this as a big deal. The new 3ds is offered in small size and XL. I have the XL and imagine most consumers are purchasing this model which is why they are stopping production on the smaller version. Not to mention they also have two versions of the 2DS

 

[cryoburner]

Perhaps ending the New Nintendo 3DS' production could help free up just a little bit of NAND for the Switch, which costs more and is more widely available than its handheld-only counterpart.

Considering that the New 3DS only contains 1GB of internal flash memory, along with a 4GB Micro SD, I doubt that would make much of an impact, compared to the Switch that contains 32GB, or newer smartphones that can contain 64GB or more. The Switch might cost more, but Nintendo likely makes more profit off the sale of a 3DS than they do a Switch, at least in the short term.

More likely, they are just ramping down production in anticipation of the Switch largely taking over the handheld side of the market over the next year or so, at least in terms of new hardware sales. The 3DS came out over 6 years ago, and the DS came out 6 years before that. Nintendo usually operates on a roughly 6 year cycle, so it's simply nearing the end of its run, and the Switch will be taking its place. I suspect they might even launch a more compact version of the switch before long. Maybe it won't have the dock, or removable controllers, but will play the same games, albeit in a slightly smaller form factor.

 

[number1guy]

"(Yes, that is the product's official name: "New Nintendo 3DS.")"

Oooookay? *rolls eyes*

 

[redgarl]

The new is having an additional joystick and triggers. It's also more capable graphically. It can run Wii games like Xenoblade.

Honestly, they should had just release the XL.

 

[DSpider]

"The company declined to comment on why New Nintendo 3DS production is ending."

Probably because of MagnetPWN? If it's a hardware exploit, there's only two things they could do: new hardware revision or stop manufacturing it, and they chose the latter. It was getting kind of crowded anyway ("old" 3DS, "old" 3DS XL, New 3DS, New 3DS XL, 2DS, 2DS XL, New 2DS, and soon New 2DS XL, fuck me...).