| LordTheNightKnight said: I asked this before, but the hype from before the 3DS launch made many here not even consider that possibility. Now things are different. Not only is there the price cut (another prediction I made, although even more drastic than I thought) due to low hardware sales, but 3D movie sales aren't that good anymore. In short, the 3DS might have come out too late, when the novelty of 3D from Avatar wore off (and that's even if you aren't considering what people like Malstrom are saying about 3D gaming), and it's coming across as just another fad that the entertainment industry likes more than the public. So I again am stating that it might be in Nintendo's best interest to drop 3D from the system. The depth perception advantage some tout is far outweighed by the disadvantages (not to mention the sales of Modern Warfare, Mario Kart, Gran Turismo, GTA, Monster Hunter, etc. show that depth perception isn't that much of a problem for most gamers). And some might still state that the name requires keeping 3D. Well drop the name as well. It's a piss-poor differentiation from the DS. It makes it look like it's just the DS with 3D effects. Call it something like the DS Advance. Give it a shape redesign as well. Of course better games will help, but if people are turned off by 3D, it needs to go. |
If they had not screwed themselves into an indefinite hole by putting "3D" in the name of the system then yes they could and possibly should have dropped 3d from the system at this point. You can't advertise one feature so much, to the point where it is in the name of the product, to then take it out. If it was called like "Super Game Boy" then they could get away with taking away certain features from future models because that title implies nothing beyond the simple concept of gaming.
