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The Louvre Stops Renting Out Nintendo 3DS Consoles, Which Helped Visitors Navigate the Massive Museum for 13 Years (api-www.louvre.fr)

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YouTube video talking about the console use as a guide.

The New Nintendo 3DS consoled will be retired in September 2025 to make way for a new audio guide. During the transition period from 1 September 2025 to 21 October 2025, no audio guides will be available to the public.

Source: Louvre Website.

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[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

First of all, fuck me the 3ds is 13 years old.

Second of all, now would actually be a great time for other museums to buy 3ds's for virtual tours. It's "old" technology but it seems perfect for this use case and would likely have no noticeable change from using any sort of modern device and would probably cost less.

Third of all, fuck me, a 3ds is still 150-200 dollars a pop what the hell.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I actually think now is the worst time to adopt 3DS's! They aren't making them anymore, which you would think would mean they'd be cheaper, but it's Nintendo hardware. Collectors, scalpers, and enthusiasts are all willing to pay inflated prices for the hardware because... this is their last chance. There's around 2,000 games for it, so if you have physical games or hack yours, it's still completely viable as a powerful, portable gaming console. I think prices for the hardware and physical games will only go up from here.

Also, because the hardware isn't supported anymore, any replacement parts or knowledge won't come directly from Nintendo and will also be overpriced and hard to find...