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Bought a 3DS XL last year (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 days ago by neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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I bought a 3DS XL sometimes last year. It was under $200.

After seeing the surge in demand, I feel lucky that I bought it when I did. I also decided to take it out and play some animal crossing new leaf for the first time and I’m really enjoying it.

I sometimes wonder if I should have bought the “new” variant back then, but they were much more expensive and I’m still not sure if the performance improvements would have been worth it.

I’m basically just using not for ds and 3ds games, so, I’m guessing the power difference would not really matter.

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[–] tuckerm@feddit.online 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What a coincidence, I just saw someone playing a 3DS (not XL I think) on the train on the way home today. I haven't seen someone playing a dedicated handheld console in forever. I should've struck up a conversation about it.

I also saw someone using an MP3 player last week. Single-purpose electronics making a small comeback this year?

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

Yeah, that’s what I have been hearing.

I basically only play older games.

I grew up with nes to ps2 gen games. I don’t really like all this online stuff l, dlc, or paid skins.

I’ll just stick to my old stuff.