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Squilliam on 12 November 2010
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WereKitten said:
richardhutnik said:

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Nintendo is doing this.  Did you forget the 3DS?  That is a Blue Ocean move.  Did you even think that Nintendo would do a 3DS before it was announced?  By the time others move into there, they will be into another market.  Nintendo HAS already moved on and the videogame industry has grown as a result. 

Hmm? how so, exactly?

The 3DS sounds like a very conventionallly positioned handheld. It has a nifty display tech and had very good press exactly because of it and of a very solid, but again very conventional, lineup. It impressed the specialized press and made a lot of old Nintendo fans happy with some fanservice, but which big untapped market is it going to rely on? It's aiming fair and square for the present market of DS and PSP, as far as I can tell.

My guess is they are going to leverage the utility of taking and sharing photos with the 3D camera. It would also be the first consumer grade 3D camera to hit the market IIRC. I wouldn't be surprised if the followup 3DS revision included a significantly better camera if this feature is popular. The 3D camera would mean theres another reason for people to take it out of the house and for some it may be all they want for simple point and shoot action.



Tease.