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Netyaroze on 21 January 2010
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DirtyP2002 said:

Why are people excited for 3D anyway? It is not a new technology. There was 3D stuff back in the late 80s.

3D won't matter this gen for sure, maybe next. Here are a few reasons why:

  1. glasses. They look stupid, I need 4 of them to play with 4 friends on one console. When I watch a soccer match with my friends, we do need like 8 pair of glasses then?
  2. I am wearing glasses every day in order to see things far away sharp. How can I watch 3D with my regular pair of glasses? Do I need to wear 2 pair at once?
  3. TVs. millions of people just bought a HDTV in the past 3 years. A lot of hoiseholds don't even have one yet. You might have a problem to tell those people their relatively big investment last year is putdated and they need something new.
  4. As I said, this stuff isn't new at all.



The 3d in the 80s is not comparable to the 3d today. have you seen Avatar in 3d ? I am glad to see this development it is the beginnig of 3d and will end with full HD 3d without glasses in 15 years.
I will buy a 3d TV even if it wont be used too much this gen but 3d blurays some experimental games on the PS3 and I know I am future proof and can use the full potential of the next gen right from the start is enough to justifiy this purchase. I will wait for a plasma 3d Tv 42 Inch and I wont have to buy another TV for the next 10 years. Until the real 3d without glasses starts.

1: they look stupid ? I dont care Wii playing can look stupid too, a lot of things can look stupid and you are in your living room and not in a club so I really dont care if it looks stupid. Yes you need 8 pairs of glasses if you want to watch it with 8 persons.
2. Yes you have to wear 2 pairs at once. 
3. Most people havent bought a HDTV yet. 35% of them have one. So there are million potential customers out there. Plus some Million early adopters across the world. And it is not that hard to sell a TV on ebay and buy a new one.
4. Yes it is. Analglyph 3d is old but this technology is newer and the thing is the movie/game makers start to produce games in 3d its definetly another experience go watch avatar. And then watch some analglyph 80 movie this is like monochrome TV vs HDTV.

It will be like always some people which dont mind the costs will buy it the others will follow if its more affordable. 
The 3d advantage of the PS3 is small and I dont think it will have a big impact this gen but maybe 3d Blurays will take off and if prices for 3d Tvs will be affordabe it could make an impact the effect on games will be minor. But I dont care 3d is a good thing and I want to be prepared for the future.