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jarrod on 16 July 2010
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BBH said:
jarrod said:

BBH said:

In basic terms, the 3DS is an inferior 3D experience 

Well, except in terms of color saturation, light levels, cost and 3rd party software support. ;)

If the massmarket adopts what Nintendo's vision for 3D is, they won't settle for glasses based solutions.  They'll wait it out, keep their HD TVs they just bought instead, and upgrade when the technology eventually meets their needs at a reasonable pricepoint (ie: glassless 3DTV).

Well, what really matters is that the actual 3D is better on a big screen! Also 3rd party software will be far superior with 3DTV if you count all TV channels and their 3D content. (Not sure if you class that as software?).

People will settle for glasses due to many, many advantageous of watching on a TV compared to a small gaming screen. Also, glasses aren't a huge deal to many/most. Those who buy DS's and TV's are very different people - they want different things.

Also, it's going to be too long imo before glassless 3DTVs are produced and available to the masses.

It's only logical to think that if someone plays a 3DS and are impressed, that they are then far more likely to invest in a proper 3DTV. 

It's not logical to think that someones experience with a DS will put them off buying a TV.

But... it isn't inherently "better".  It's appreciably dimmer, less colorful, orders of magnitude more expensive, requires brand incompatible glasses and comes with a far, far worse lineup of games.  3DS is easy, clear and cheap.  3DTV/PS3 isn't really any of those right now.

You say too long, but I say the current 3DTV push is too soon.  The massmarket just got to HD, they're not ready yet.  It'd be like if Blu-ray came out in 2002, I just don't think the CE/content firms are going to be able to drive the cycle this fast...

And it's not logical at all to think people liking 3DS will want a 3DTV.  Look at the E3 media response to using a 3DS, and then to playing/watching 3D PS3 titles... worlds apart, and most media got their hands on 3DS first.  3DS won't directly drive 3DTV, and it's implementation (glassless) may actually set a consumer standard that helps slow it.