| Jumpin said: There is a 2DS available, it is called the DSi, it is a last generation handheld now. I don't think there will be much of a market for a 2D only version of the 3DS system, probably next to nothing; the graphical quality of the games benefits a huge amount from the 3D, and they look fairly bland and lifeless in 2D. The pricing likely won't go down a lot either, as the games are developed to meet certain hardware characteristics, which includes the 800x240 screen, the processor, RAM, etc... Not to mention the development costs - the tech is cheap to reproduce, but the dev costs were probably fairly pricey. Not to mention, creating a non-3D 3DS would be the same as creating a non-HD PS3, it just was never going to happen due to similar reasons to the ones I listed above. |
The 3DS in 2D would not be last gen. After trying the in store demo, the graphics look much better in 2D. While I could see in 3D, I could not keep everything in focus as once, the HUD was at screen level but was blurry because I was looking past the screen.
Droping the 3D screen along with a few other features mentioned would save battery life and costs. A price at around $200 would be a winner.
