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No clamshell? Fuck that. What were they thinking? Am I the only person perplexed by this?

• orclev 13y ago
  Yes and no. Surprised maybe, but not perplexed. This is just a lower cost version of the 3DS. All they did was remove all the most expensive parts to manufacture. By removing the hinge they simplify the design of the case, the PCB, the screens (or as some have speculated in this one, screen), and removed a point of failure. By switching to mono-audio they can get away with a single speaker, and no doubt a cheaper audio chip as well. By removing the 3D they eliminate some complicated and likely costly hardware from the screen, as well as the control slider from the side of the case. It may even be able to get away with a cheaper and less capable GPU now that it no longer needs to worry about 3D. Since there's no hinge, they can mount the whole thing one one giant PCB, and since the screens are smaller than the 3DS and 3DS XL they can use either two smaller screens, or else one giant screen that's masked by the case. So they knock ~$30 off the price tag of the 3DS (which you know they're at least breaking even on if not making a profit), and based on all the stuff they eliminated on this thing, I'm sure they're making crazy profits off it. Yeah, Nintendo is laughing all the way to the bank on this one.