Talk:Petit Computer 3/@comment-15296152-20140911174956/@comment-5334617-20140911223932

It is quite possibly a "smart" decision... but.

If SmileBoom has the development tools for the new 3DS platform with enough time for testing before release, there is a choice to be made, and there will be a restriction, one way or the other. If PTC3 has a 'switch' to use the extra CPU power available in the new system (I imagine it should be easy to implement), the restriction is in the hardware. If it does not, and both platforms run SmileBasic at the same speed, the restriction is effectively in the software. Either way, someone is going to come up against a restriction and be disappointed by it: either "Oh darn, I have a system but I can't use all of its power (because of some designer's decision)", or "Oh darn, my system has less power than someone else's and I can't do what they do (because reality)".

I don't have much patience for jealousy, particularly when rooted in an inescapable fact of life, a logical tautology. A less powerful system does less - fact. This is not sufficient justification to deprive people of the full use of the hardware they bought. So while I understand that it may be a 'smart' decision (in some ways), I disagree with it on more fundamental grounds. Pettiness and jealousy should not be driving concerns in technology decision-making.

... Of course, such pettiness can be a very major concern in marketing decision-making. And I suspect that's where the final word is. &lt;sigh&gt;