Topic: How long until the 3ds dies?

On a full charge I can usually get a few hours of gaming in, of course I don't have the 3D effect on because of my eyes.

I have heard that it depends on the game, if you play in 3D mode and how long for the battery to be drained but I don't remember actual lengths of time.

I think it's fair to say that it's dead in the corporate sense, not being actively promoted and marketed for. In the fan sense, though? It has years and years ahead of it. I love the 3DS community. The modding, fan hacking, discussion, the fact that many people still prefer it to the Switch.
Gaming moves at a blistering pace these days, often too quickly. Let's enjoy whatever we want for as long as we want to.

@Maximumbeans same thoughts. I hope we can enjoy this console in the future and replay value doesn’t become an obstacle.

@MarcusIsCool Hopefully when certain services are shut down we can rely on the homebrew scene to unofficially keep them going!

I have a great plan. The 3ds eShop is going down sometime next year. I just turned old enough to get a job where im from last month. So heres my plan. Im going to buy most of the old dsiware games and put them on an sd card. I will then sell said sd card in 5-10 years and become a millionare

It will not happened.
And selling a pirated NDSi softwares in SD Card is a crime.

@Odins_Right_Eye no

@Anti-Matter its not pirated. did you even read what I said

@Odins_Right_Eye
DSi ware games are no longer available anymore from eshop and you said you want to sell DSi wares in SD card.
It called piracy and it's a crime to sell DSi wares in SD card.

@Anti-Matter Pokemon emerald is no longer being made. It's not a crime to sell that secondhand. It's not piracy if you got the software legally

If you wanted to hoard DSiWare games to sell them in the future, you'd need to sell the entire 3DS console, since 3DS digital purchases tied to the console.

@Odins_Right_Eye
There is a difference between second hand product and repro product.
Second hand product is still a legit copy of old game.
Repro product is an unofficial product (counterfeit) that made by unauthorized peoples.
Selling a genuine NDS cartridge (for example) is legal.
But selling a pirated DSi wares in SD Card (Not a legit copy from Nintendo) is a crime.

@Anti-Matter you can still buy dsi games on the 3ds eshop

@Odins_Right_Eye
Yeah, I know.
I have purchased 1 DSi game from 3DS eshop (Animal Boxing) long time ago.

@Odins_Right_Eye I don't really have a stake in this conversation but for what it's worth, Anti-Matter is right. Selling them on a cartridge would count as a repro and be illegal. I don't say this as a purist, I say it as a reminder to just be careful. This is Nintendo we're talking about, after all.

Well it's only been 5 months so I can still post here.

It's real impressive even now the 3ds is getting games somehow.
Last year on December an indie dev released their game 'Moonbound' on the system and according to them its selling decently well.

https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/game-developers/moonbound...

So maybe theres still a pulse on the console after all if people still want to release games on it.

@iLikeUrAttitude yes. But when is a console really dead?? It’s when a player doesn’t play the console anymore.

@MarcusIsCool Well a console is dead when production stops and its no longer being supported with software. This happens usually when it stops selling too.
Also when servers for it are being shut down along with other features, like online play and the eshop.

@iLikeUrAttitude 👍🏼👍🏼

I’m bringing life back to mine. I feel like I never played the New 3DS XL as much as my previous 3DS XL. I have Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and struggle to really get into it for some reason. I thought about getting MH Rise for Switch, but not sure I should since I never played MH 4 enough.