Some of it was hype, some of it was genuine but people just don't complain anymore or simply turn the 3d off. Then you get odd cases like me. I cannot use a 3ds with 3d on without wanting to hurl. I also however cannot play most fps or watch others play them though I can handle the first person view in skyrim and minecraft (but not in portal) without getting ill. I'm legally blind in my left eye ( I can sorta see with it but it's like through really foggy glass and I can't use it by itself) and that has fucked up my natural depth perception to begin with. Like certain first person camera angle styles ( seriously hit or miss here) 3d does not agree with me, trying to see the effect rarely works and it tends to throw me out of sorts and made me sick. It's not the handheld's fault my eyes are garbage but it still means the experience is ruined for me.
Edit: I'm aware you can play all the games without having the 3d on but the system was partially hyped on this feature and not being able to use it makes it less appealing to me. It doesn't make the 3ds a bad system though, just not one I feel like investing in right now which is fine with plenty of other people have.
Again I think there are probably 3 categories of people at work here.
1. Rabble-rousers who never had a problem or only thought they did and commented on everything to spew hate and hype up negative things about the system.
2. People who genuinely have had some small discomfort and complained then either turned the 3d off or learned to live with it.
3. People like myself who have serious issues with 3d for any number of reasons, they probably complained the second loudest after those stirring up trouble but also shut up about it fairly quickly then just didn't buy a 3ds.
I do hate how the whiners have ruined the legitimate explanation of " it makes me sick" for the people it effects.
