I'm thinking Nintendo might offer a later 3DS model without the 3D.

[LordTheNightKnight]

Viper1 said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

It's based on the concept of "box office poison", where it's noted that an element in a film is so disliked, usually an unpopular actor, that audiences will stay away from a film just because of that element. Take a film by Uwe Boll is box office poison. Thus if 3D turns out that way, and in any medium that has it, then potentially Nintendo would have to distance the 3D aspect of the system to avoid losing the mainstream.

The consumer market reaction to 3D beyond the 3DS is irrelevant.  It's a closed system with software independant of other entertainment mediums.   The market could hate theater 3D and have virtually no impact on the consumer intake rate of the 3DS.  In fact, it was noted prior to E3 last year that the 3D movie ticket sales were dropping pretty heavily suggesting that people were already losing interest in theatrical 3D yet the 3DS was a certifiable hit at E3 right as 3D mvoies were doing their worst at the box office.

Besides, the early reports of the 3DS 3D are so overwhelmingly positive that it's not likely that people will suddenly not like it anymore to the point that Nintendo will go to the efforts to release a 3D-less 3DS.

Your hypothetical situations are illogical, make dubious leaps of association, require you to ignore reality and are supported by absolutely no evidence whatsoever.   And then have the audacity to suggest all our counterpoints are flawed?  

Um, have you noticed a lot of increasing complaints from people online and in real life about 3D? It's not everywhere, but it's growing. Granted, I should have mentioned that earlier, but it's there.

Also how is it illogical to assume that if something drives consumers away, it would be best to remove that element from a product? That's a common business practice for when fads or failed markets happen (although many do it the wrong way).

As for the early responses, that is because the bubble hasn't burst yet. The point of a hypothetical future situation is that the present doesn't always indicate the future. Also, people entranced by novelties have often gushed about them at first.

I'm admitting it might not happen that way, but you're refusing to admit it might happn. You're assuming just because people like it now that it's impossible for them to get sick of it later. You're also assuming that just because the 3DS uses a different system that it's immune from a bubble bursting. Those don't work that way. Bubbles at least have some effect on anything involved in it during a burst.

And you're spewing basically the same reasoning that was said against the housing bubble bursting in its days, or the .com bubble (and just because not every .com failed doesn't mean others were not hurt or didn't have to change to survive).

Just because the response is good now does not mean it's impossible to change. Not saying it will change, just that it CAN.