Louvre Museum In Paris to Discontinue Nintendo 3DS Audio Guides (nintendosoup.com)
(Thursday April 03, 2025 @11:30PM (BeauHD)
from the end-of-an-era dept.)
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- News link: https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/04/03/2248237/louvre-museum-in-paris-to-discontinue-nintendo-3ds-audio-guides
- Source link: https://nintendosoup.com/louvre-museum-new-nintendo-3ds-console-audio-guide-to-be-discontinued/
The Louvre Museum will [1]discontinue its use of Nintendo 3DS XL consoles as audio guides by September 2025 , replacing them with a new system. NintendoSoup reports:
> For several years the Louvre has been using specially dedicated New Nintendo 3DS XL consoles to give visitors an audio guided tour of the famous museum. According to the museum's [2]official website however, it seems that the program will be discontinued in September 2025, to be replaced by a new system.
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> Presumably, this is due to Nintendo slowly phasing out the Nintendo 3DS line in general, having stopped supporting repairs for the console in a few countries. The consoles used by the Louvre would have broken down sooner or later, necessitating a change if they could no longer be sent in for repairs. At the time of this writing, it is not known what will become of the unique special edition consoles that were being used for this purpose.
[1] https://nintendosoup.com/louvre-museum-new-nintendo-3ds-console-audio-guide-to-be-discontinued/
[2] https://www.louvre.fr/en/visit/visitor-amenities
> For several years the Louvre has been using specially dedicated New Nintendo 3DS XL consoles to give visitors an audio guided tour of the famous museum. According to the museum's [2]official website however, it seems that the program will be discontinued in September 2025, to be replaced by a new system.
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> Presumably, this is due to Nintendo slowly phasing out the Nintendo 3DS line in general, having stopped supporting repairs for the console in a few countries. The consoles used by the Louvre would have broken down sooner or later, necessitating a change if they could no longer be sent in for repairs. At the time of this writing, it is not known what will become of the unique special edition consoles that were being used for this purpose.
[1] https://nintendosoup.com/louvre-museum-new-nintendo-3ds-console-audio-guide-to-be-discontinued/
[2] https://www.louvre.fr/en/visit/visitor-amenities
Good Run (Score:3)
by Kunedog ( 1033226 )
> For several years
Since 2012. That's a pretty good run, even by Nintendo standards.
Is 3D really beneficial? (Score:2)
by drinkypoo ( 153816 )
The art is in 3D, except when it isn't, but you're not there to stare at a device are you? Pretty much any Android tablet has AR features now, so there's tons of hardware that can do what you would expect a museum guide device to do.
Looks like a job for the Switch 2! (Score:2)
by jfdavis668 ( 1414919 )
Good thing they are about to release it.
Phone? (Score:2)
by Valgrus Thunderaxe ( 8769977 )
Why wouldn't they use a phone for this?
Re: (Score:2)
by Valgrus Thunderaxe ( 8769977 )
Yes, the one in Paris, as opposed to [1]the Louvre in Abu Dhabi [wikipedia.org].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre_Abu_Dhabi
Good - It's a HORRIBLY OUTDATED system (Score:3)
Was just at the Louvre a few weeks ago and wasted a bunch of money on these stupid 3DS for the family.
These might have been state of the art at the time, but nowadays they are SO OUTDATED compared to what people expect from an app. The navigation IS HORRIBLE AND INACCURATE and it just results in a super confusing mess. You want to throw the thing in the trash after about 5 minutes.