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UncleScrooge on 01 May 2012
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Malstrom's posts are generally very interesting but he is focusing too much on the "3D obsession" of Nintendo. Yes, putting 3D into the 3DS didn't help the system. It was a mistake. But it was not put in because Nintendo is "obsessed" over 3D. Miyamoto? Maybe. But not Nintendo as a whole.

Malstrom had one great post right after e3 2010 in which he said Nintendo was using 3D in the context of disruption. That one post was a bulls-eye because that was exactly Nintendo's intention (it still didn't work out but that's not the point). But after that Malstrom went bonkers over Nintendo's "sick, sick 3D obsession" and wrote dozens of bullshit articles on something that doesn't exist.

Malstrom: "3D was put into 3DS because Nintendo likes 3D".
Fact: It was put into the 3DS because Nintendo thought it was disruptive. Just like Malstrom after e3.

Malstrom: "Nintendo doesn't want 2D Mario to succeed. It only wants 3D Mario because it's obsessed over 3D."
Fact: We got 2D Mario in 2009 (with a special red package), a full featured collection in 2010 (yes, it was full-featured and packed with bonus stuff) we will get 2D Mario in 2012 and in 2013. Mario also spawned a slew of 2D platformers on Nintendo systems. Releasing too many different Mario games is pretty stupid - but Nintendo being obsessed over 3D is not the cause. I think Nintendo got the message now: the market wants 2D Mario.

Malstrom: "The Wii U tablet is Nintendo's way of ramming 3D down our throats because they want to put a 3D screen in there."
Fact: The Wii U tablet is obviously a Nintendo DS for the living room with some extras. If they wanted to put a 3D screen in their - why haven't they done so? "Because it is expensive" is not the right answer. If Nintendo was obsessed over 3D they'd put it in there anyway. If being obsessed over something doesn't stop Nintendo from acting wisely (in a business sense) they can be obsessed over whatever they want.

Malstrom: "Nintendo announcing 3D for the successor of the Wii U proves their 3D obsession."
Fact: It proves nothing. Sony is advertising their games running in 3D since 2010. Malstrom being wrong will become pretty obvious once the Nextbox and PS4 are announced. What do you think they'll concentrate on? Exactly, 3D output - we've had the "HD" marketing already. So we'll have two companies advertising their 3D like crazy... and Nintendo saying "3D is not ready yet for the mass market". All Nintendo did was announce 3D output for a console that will be released in the year 2018! When the Wii was released Nintendo publicly stated: "The successor of the Wii will feature 3D output!" OMG! Nintendo being obsessed over HD in 2006 confirmed?!?

So yeah, the one with the 3D obsession is Malstrom. (And if you waste years of your adult life ranting over 3D it probably is quite a "sick, sick" form of it.) And I'm pretty sad about it because he was really good at explaining the concept of disruptive products.