Nintendo is going the Gamecube route next gen and dooming itself, thoughts?

[Immortal]

KungKras said:

Immortal said:

I find it hard to believe how much people are dooming Nintendo for a console that we have no solid information about and a console that launched a month ago and has its entire software library ahead of it. I still don't know why people are saying the 3DS is not appealing to the casuals, too - glassless 3D is as "gimmicky" as it gets and would definitely appeal to the mass market if Nintendo properly got the word out about it.

Bold part is you making the same mistake Nintnedo is making. Don't underrestimate the mass market like that.

xD, I'm more part of the mass market than the "core" market myself. The "gimmicky" was a mockful reference to what core gamers think of it.

As for its mass market appeal, whilst this is completely anecdotal and probably exaggerated due to my bias, I've found that pretty much everyone I show the glassless 3D to finds it cool. The mistake that Nintendo's making, though, is perhaps trying to get people to buy the 3D themselves. They should actually just try to get the traditional Nintendo fans on board and the word of mouth of the 3D will sell itself as it did for the Wii. Right now, it's as if Nintendo's trying to force the "Wii effect" on the market by trying to sell the 3D (as motion control for the Wii) and it isn't working because people don't trust Nintendo and have to experience the technology themselves.