PDI Check: The 3DS App That Costs US$100
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- The Switch Lite may be on the horizon, but that doesn't mean the 3DS is dead in the water! As especially evidenced by this amazing program¹ that costs you just 99 easy payments of 1.01 dollars!
¹ Smith, K. A., Damarjian, A. G., Molina, A., & Arnold, R. W. (2019). Calibrated measurement of acuity, color and stereopsis on a Nintendo 3DS game console. Clinical Optometry, Volume 11, 47-55. doi: 10.2147/opto.s199992
Music List:
• Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes A Day! - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• Statistics - New Super Mario Bros. U
• Training Menu - Wii Fit
• Congratulations! - Rhythm Heaven Fever
• Good, Or Don't Be - Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Training Menu (Game Select) - Wii Fit
• User Settings - Wii Fit
• Donut Plains - Super Mario Kart
• Credits - Wii Fit
-----------------------------------------------------
Big thanks to my Patreon patrons for your support!
If you like what you see, consider subscribing and clicking the bell to be notified of new videos. :)
Follow me on Twitter to receive the latest updates, and probably some memes as well!
➤ / akfamilyhome
Support me on Patreon to get early access, sneak peeks and more!
➤ / akfamilyhome
Intro Music composed by COCONABE
➤ / coconabe_
Endslate Music composed by MistSomething
➤ / mistsomething
Avatar Design by StarnyArt
➤ / starnyart
#PDICheck #Nintendo3DS #eShop #3DS
You know that one doctor will accidentally buy a 2ds
They no longer feature any 3DS systems on the 3DS homepage. Only the 2DS and New 2DS XL. Things may look dark for this app if they stop selling the 3DS.
You can see the circle getting bigger tho
@@Valetravelgames yeah but youre at a bigger disadvantage
@@prosuperstar2617 People will have to buy used 3DS systems instead. The New 3DS XL is still superior and faster than the New 2DS XL. I don't know why Nintendo is hyping up that over the 3DS line.
@@JimmyFantage The New 2DS XL is literally just the New 3DS XL without the "3D", it's exactly the SAME hardware, with a different casing. Since it is cheaper for Nintendo to manufacture the 2DS XL vs the 3DS's special screen (which is basically 2 screens in one that adjusts the view manually). New 2DS XL = cheaper 3DS XL, same performance, same resolution, same compatibility etc.
This is going to be the rarest 3ds game, once the eshop dies
.cia files are currently nutting
eshop just dies for Europe.
@@aksiyonbizde3016 It's only because of an EU regulation that the credit card portion is going away for Europe. Nothing is said about eShop prepaid cards going away anyway, just credit and debit cards. As far as I know, the 3DS and Wii U eShop isn't going away until Nintendo decides it's time.
That’s not good.
Tyler Furrison I know it that’s why I’am telling it
4:08 I see President Haltmann is clearly investing his money in the right things
Christopher Moon you are the Nintendo Justin Y
Connor Francis I know right
@Christopher Moon I see you everywhere. You are like Justin Y.
Sup
Im not gonna lie I had no clue who that was.
(It turns out it's a Kirby character from Hal Labs game Kirby: Planet Robobot.
The main antagonist to be specific.)
Seems like a good investment.
100 usd is literally nothing for a medical / business tool.
Yeah and you get a 3ds lol
@@davidbass3178
It's a win for everyone
That and the 3ds is like cheap now, especially pre owned now
@@scoutdy6547 just imagine buying an app like this for more than the price of the 3DS itself
Its not. But there is also no justifiable reason for it to be that high either. Believe me there are various softwares made in japan that teams of people had to work 20+ hour days to make that don't cost that much. By the looks of it, its fairly cheaply made. Most of the money to make the game likely went toward licensing with Nintendo and a 3ds dev kit.
Ultimately, something is worth what people will pay for it i guess... even if it is a cheaply made piece of shit app.
Give it some time. It'll come down to $89.99 in a few months.
Not going to lie; this is actually cool.
I see you everywhere
J u s t i n y
S i I v a g u n n e r
H o w t o c l e a n y o u r m e t a l c o m p u t e r
W h a t d o e s t h i s m e a n
Imagine going to get a surgery and then your doctor appears with a 2DS
a 2ds? ouch
F
Alejandro Pulido Rodríguez it wouldn’t work on a 2ds because it requires the 3D to work properly
Tod the Toad SMM2 that’s the joke
@@judewashere610 says the edgy xbox 360 player icon
Watch this game slowly grow a speedrun community.
G3nius N1ckame “who can stare into the sun the longest and score the worst without going completely blind”
@@queenbiscuit311 Blind% speedrun
Call me Zelda ONE moar time yes
@@queenbiscuit311 zelda
that was the guys username but thank you lmfao@@toastrave7820
I figured I should pin Dr. Robert Arnold's response to this video, since he commented, but on my channel trailer instead. Thank you!
"Thanks for your careful review of PDI Check; We believe that video games can be bad, or good for kids- depending on content. PDI Check currently evaluates vision, but we are also developing games to make treatment of AMBLYOPIA easier and more fun for kids."
Oh he replied! Wow, that's honestly really cool!
Akfamilyhome neat!
Oh man, They just put it on sale for 5 bucks now :D
I MISSED IT!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!!!
"What can you buy with 100US$?"
An engagement ring in -a team-based first-person shooter- a war-themed hat simulator.
I agree with your conclusion, although I think the judgment about the price should be left to doctors =)
Teem difence fort tue
i have one of those and have never regretted such a decision
/unexpectedtf2
Marioshi [Grampa Soldier] There's a red spy in the base?
The mad lad did it
PDI: Pretty Dang Interesting
Ah yes, PDI Check is such a great game to play with friends
"Remember when parents were paranoid that the 3DS would destroy vision like the Virtual Boy did?"
Whats funny is that the Virtual Boy would of gotten an eye training game if it didn't fail so hard.
I think it is worth it.
A. It is made by 2 eye doctors. Which is worth something. You said any old programmer can make it. And while it isn't technically impressive. A programmer would at least need to consult with eye doctors to make sure that he is doing things right and not making subtle mistakes
B. It spits out accurate data. Which usually has to be received through cumbersome measurements.
C. Usually thing that isn't intended for a mass market is more expensive. Especially because it isn't cheap to get a 3DS dev-kit and E-Shop license. So the few customers who buy it pay more.
Edit: Also, You can buy 1 copy and use it all over a clinic. So even though it is $300 for 1, it is $2100 for 10. $300 worth of equipment for 1 room would still be $3000 for 10 rooms.
regular people: ophthalmologist
intellectuals: *e y e d o c t o r*
Stay safe in Hong Kong man, praying for your rights.
_bite_
Amen to that
Why, what's going on over there?
Pixelcitizen tl;dr mainland China is pushing for Hong Kong to make it legal for the mainland to extradite people who are critical against the government. Naturally the majority of Hong Kong citizens don’t like this, and are thus protesting. The pro-China police is being just *a tad* brutally suppressive towards these protesters.
EJ Yikes!
Remember guys, it's free for doctors in third world countries. Watch the whole video before you complain about it being $100.
Me: *Loses a Mario Kart race due to hitting a banana peel I placed on lap one*
Me, to myself: 5:47
This is made a day before the video even existed
*WHAT*
@@CrumbleKoek I'm a Patron of AK, so I get early access to core videos
Oh i guess that us common folk cant bend space time
The new "task failed successfully"
If that's US dollars, then I hate to know what this peculiar app costs in Canadian Money...
Well seeing how an 80 dollar 2ds is 109 in canada plus the two taxes (gst and hst) giving thats a 120 dollar value..
so yeah I don't see it being any cheaper..
Oh.... thanks
150 Canadian roubles
400 Brazilian Reais 👺
Kiddos don’t know what inflation is
PDI Check speedrun when?
5:46 nice Evangelion reference
lol I noticed
This is *totally* worth those hundreds of burgers
I've heard of some spoilers that there will be a PDI Check Gaming Tournament this/next year if you're reading in 2019.
Seriously!?
For whatever reason, PDI check is on sale right now until April 30 for $4.99. 95% off!
Anyone else here after the $5 sale?? This game is bloody amazing, couldn't be anymore happy!
Oh so actual doctor's made this thing. Thought it was another lo-quality shovelware title from some backwards game company
I've been following your Twitter for awhile and just subscribed! And I'm glad this is the video I see (I saw the original tweet) Thanks Angry for making this possible XD
The amount of people in this footage who touch the top screen instead of the touchscreen kind of annoys me. ^^'
The program should've probably had a disclaimer to touch the bottom screen to answer.
I love how in every clip of people using it they are touching the top screen while someone tries to correct them.
The only thing that comes from the negative reactions to PDICheck's price is the side of gamers that can be generally exploitive. Think about it. The media has been painting gamers like me & you as these disgusting folk with no actual lives for years. Now, they can use these comments about an app that was meant for medical purposes to their advantage and show the "negative side of gamers & their dorito-filled budgets."
What about the 500 gold coins gained from it?
Gold coins take more to gain
you'd get wayy more gold points if on swich im sure. maybe?
Nice Evangelion reference
Episodes 25 and 26 were great
1:45
COLOR VISION TEST TURT
COLOR VISION TEST TURT
agreed
You can get it at 5$ as of now 😉
It's on sale until 30th April 2020
I just stumbled upon your channel last night and I love it already! You deserve to be as popular as creators like Scott the woz! Keep making these great videos :)!
Phew tought I was the only person who knew about this weird (and expensive) app
Glad to see someone else talking about it
Medical equipment is always overpriced to the point that it actually reduces quality of care because most clinics simply cannot afford good enough equipment for their clients.
Something should really be done about this, but it seems like people just accept it.
That app looks very cheap. Like it was made in 2 week maximum if devs had day jobs and kids.
The Wii Fit Music just adds to it.
It might be $100 but hey at least you get $5 Switch cash worth of gold coins
God damn evangelion congratulations reference
The PDI mascot has been a running meme within my friend group. He looks so depressed it’s kinda funny
When he states “$500 per exam,” there are many devices, programs, etc used by medical professionals in different fields that require licenses to use, or bill per test. He doesn’t mean $500 for the equipment that’s reusable, he means $500 for each and every exam.
That being said I don’t know anything about optometry in particular, so I can only think of some of the tests I’ve taken at my eye doctor
Hey, that boot sound is normally used internally at Nintendo for dev kit 3DS systems!
A piece of software's price may also reflect the number of people the developer actually expects to purchase it. If there are about 37,000 eye doctors in the US (according to the bureau of labor's statistics from about a year ago) and if every one of them buys this app, that's a pretty decent profit. But the actual sales numbers will probably be much lower than that. Still, if one out of every hundred eye doctors picks it up, that's $37,000 . . . minus whatever Nintendo's cut is. Could be as much as 30%. I'm not saying that the developer was barely keeping the lights on, but they're not making crazy amounts of money either. Then again, it doesn't seem like it would take that long to make an app like this, though it depends on the developer's level of familiarity with the 3DS. Cranking out an app designed to work on PC or in a web browser is much faster than making something work on a unique piece of hardware. And I suppose they'd need to buy a development kit too.
But yeah, developers usually have to find that balance between development cost and total units they expect to sell in order to determine what to sell each unit for. Games that are more of a niche product tend to be sold at a higher price or have noticeably lower production values.
*Goes to eye exam*
*Doctor pulls out 3Ds*
Doctor: "Sorry to keep you waiting!"
Me: "W h a t"
I don't think the challenge in making this app was necessarily any sort of programming skill. The challenge was likely a programmer that had no experience in ophthalmology creating a tool for it. The doctor that sold it likely had to work very closely with the app's programmer, or teach himself to code.
Gonna make an app worth $200.
Edit: The app’s use is actually good. An interesting use of the 3D for the medical field.
Congratulations! You screwed up!
I can tell the game was made in Unity, that's the default jingle used for the banner: 3:58
Imagine this game at drinking parties. It'll be a riot.
Why not just make it a code only game if they didn’t want anyone else buying it?
What?
@@evanb6594 wait can't you get certain codes to buy 3DS games? or is that switch only?
penny, actually yes! Nintendo did it once for a meat or die promotion on Club Nintendo!
However only Nintendo themselves can do this...
@@elkitsu oh, huh
penny oh yeah, I get it now. Thanks 👍
Video games being used for beneficial health uses. What world :o
I think I get it that the reason for the $100 price tag is because A.) 1st world doctors can afford it and then B.) as a result ACES will have the funding behind them for every 3 or so sales to get a 3DS with the software to 3rd world doctors.
something in a US style eye/dental clinic:
real material cost: negligible
basic room cost: small
fixed tools cost: medium
main labor cost: medium
desired benefit for the clinic and the upper level companies: ???
for example, the PDI check booklet set cost around $300 to buy, but the production cost… maybe more than 20$?
2:12 Lmao the kid is trying to tap the top screen.
That doctor, however, definitely does not have an eye for graphic or character design.
Fun Fact: This is the 2nd game in the entire 3DS game library that requires the 3D Mode to play it; the other game being Super Mario 3D Land.
What do you mean? SM 3d land is playable on the 2ds system
salg23 There’s some puzzles that are much easier in 3D though
4:08 OK A custom Pres. Haltmann Yo-kai Dream medal I something I didn't know I needed until now. Man now I want to see dream medals of other characters like Meta Knight or Kracko
2:17 *taps top screen with stylus*
"Look at this *U shape*"
Landolt C: *Am I a joke to you?*
I remember seeing this in the e-shop and thinking; "Why is this even here?!"
So the stereo test is basically 3D Challenge then?
I'll show myself the door.
Me who doesn't own a Wii U: I'm four parallel universes ahead of you (you are forced to own a Wii U in order to download any digital 3DS game, in case you were wondering).
What if one were to buy a 2ds and PDI check...
Then this app cannot be fully utilize in the 2DS as it heavily relies on the stereoscopic effect.
@@sooji_gooji that is the joke
5:46
@@megazenn22 thank you for saying "that is the joke" instead of r/woosh
@@drainer3339 Agreed, thank you.
5:43 it’s a slow clap, which is the physical equivalent of sarcasm. so yes, she sayin “great job u screwed up” but sarcastically
I'm guessing this sold better than Persona Q2.
5:09 made me crack a smile tbh hope to see your channel blow up
the NGE theme playing at the congratulations moment was great
that neon genesis evangelion jiggle at 5:46 nice
5:47 is the real ending to Evangelion
This is an amazingly made video. Don’t mind all the other fools. 加油!!!
Now make a high quality rip of it’s soundtrack.
The absolute mad lad actually did it
The reason why this costs $99 is because they only expect to sell a handful of copies. Even if a hundred doctors bought this, they're only making $10,000, and then you have to subtract:
1. Nintendo's 30% cut (-$3000)
2. The cost to join the Nintendo developer program (unknown if any exists)
3. The cost of a 3DS devkit, which is several times more than the cost of retail hardware, at least for the model he's using. (-$500, proper debuggers are way more than that)
4. ESRB rating fees, which are reduced for low-budget projects like his (-$800)
5. Copyright E&O insurance. I don't know if Nintendo requires it, but Microsoft does for Xbone self-publishing and that's also similarly pricey (it depends but let's say -$2000)
6. Certification fees at time of submission (unknown but I've heard $1000s for other platforms)
If I assume Nintendo is really being nice and not charging a cert fee or requiring E&O, then this app would have made $5700, or about half. If we do include hypothetical costs and fees then that goes down to $2700. That's already really low, but if you think of how much they made per hour of work, it can get even worse. If we assume such an application took a month - four weeks of eight-hour days - to make, then they made $17/hr ($35/hr if we assume no insurance or cert costs). That, quite frankly, is pretty bad. (Worse if you count the fact that they're giving the app away to some doctors who would have ordinarily paid for it.)
Of course, one retort is that it probably didn't take four weeks to develop PBI Check. You have to keep in mind that PBI Check isn't just an app that displays circles on the screen, though. The doctor presumably spent a bunch of time user-testing the app with actual patients and doing experiments to validate the approach of using a 3DS app instead of dedicated test equipment.
I wouldn't be surprised if they wound up losing money on this app.
You are a total chad for purchasing this.
With 100 dollars, you could buy Futaba figmas
5:46 IS THAT A MOTHERFUCKING EVANGELION REFERENCE?
How fitting that I got an eye health ad.
And now Dr Arnold cannot use this anymore.
I better see a 3ds at my next eye exam.
Honestly expected this thing to be some weird cash grab but it's pretty cool that a 3DS can be used as medical equipment.
Thank you for this insightful video on PDI Check! This will help the decision making that goes into spending $100 on a game for my 7 year old son.
That Evangelion reference got me unexpected.
@Akfamilyhome Alex Damarjian recently reuploaded this video about a month ago.
(Edit: Just if you forgot, Alex Damarjian is the guy who coded the “game”)
Also... I'm sorry that you have to live in Hong Kong.
I’m sorry the people of Hong Kong can’t realize China’s government leads to a perfect society.
@@titaniumsalmon3238 Yes... Because authoritarianism is a lot better then.. Not authoritarianism.
@@spikethelizard2770 shit just works its crazy like that
5:46 A Cruel Angel’s Thesis (?)
there 's so many memes i can take off from this video...
It's on sale now for $5
And I am going to buy it
A cruel Angel’s Thesis
I get that this was mostly targeted for doctors and serious eye exams, but for $100 dollars you would think that they at least make it not look like some cheaply made browser game
Not related to the video topic but that Pac-Man shirt you’re wearing looks pretty fresh.
Yeah this stuff can be programmed in 2 seconds, but I think that the main reason this program has this asking price is due to all the tests and research papers that went into making sure this is professionally acceptable as a medical tool, which I think might up the asking price by a fair bit.
I hope that's the case at least and that it's not intentionally overpriced because everything else is like Dr. Robert seems to be implying, as those equipment costs are ultimately being paid by the people needing the eye tests, and with a lower price for equipment like this means more people would be able to get a proper diagnosis.
I have no idea why this was in my recommended vids but this was fascinating and educational
That evangelion reference was fantastic!
That logo looks awfully like the Policía de Investigaciones logo from the Chilean PDI
100 Canadian dollars is how much a regular game costs here with the sales tax of my province on top lol
Laughs in Albertan
I was bored and saw this on the Eshop one day, I thought nothing of it, but I am glad I came across the video!
Its priced high mostly because for medical tools cost so much in licensing fees and crap so they can be used in a medical field while being reputable. Then you add supply and demand, Nintendo fees, with all the extra bs. It all adds up. Think of how much it costs bigger companies to put a game that's guaranteed sales every couple days. Now think of the amount of doctors buying this and they have to cover the costs of all those fees plus what a game developer has to pay to be officially supported by Nintendo. Then you add the fact they are giving it out for free to some countries. 99.99$ is cheap and makes sense when you think of all the stuff it has to go through. It's not like a game, this has to be a reliable tool to be used involving someones vision. This will hopefully lead to cheaper vision tests too as it can help with better tech for the future.
and just like anything in the medical field, the tech is hella outdated but the charge 100x what it is worth
Can't doctors just download a cia and save 100 dollars?
that would involve homebrew which isn't always possible
8.5 from IGN 👍