Was 3D a bad decision for the 3DS?

[Mnementh]

happydolphin said:

Guys, don't presume to have facts by correlating the sales numbers to your conclusions, and then when someone calls you out on it, say they don't have proof either...

Instead of using sales numbers which don't give any proof of anything other than, for X Y Z reason that we're all trying to figure out but need more clues on, the system is or is not selling as much as expected, try to find the ideas that complement sales numbers to paint the full picture.

For example, 3D in the theaters is in decline because it is not worth people's hard earned cash. What would be the right pricepoint, and is it worth it? Those are the kinds of questions we need to ask at this point.

That's all I'm gonna say for now.

That's right. We only see the sales-numbers, we don't know which effect 3D, the price, the games have on it. We only can guess. Even if the sales increase after a game, was it the game alone or game+3D?

I know 3D impacts battery-life and probably price. Price (in that region) was not of importance, I would buyed it at 250€ too although with a bit more thinking about it. But I waited a long time, because I was not too happy about the short battery-life. That was the main point holding me back for a long time. I didn't even looked which games are released for it, because I didn't wanted the device at that point. It changed, because I saw, that bigger batteries for switching are available. Makes my 3DS quite bigger, but now the lifetime is acceptable.

I don't know how much people were hold back like me because of the battery-life. I don't know how much people were impressed by the 3D so much, they bought the system and wouldn't have bought it otherwise. I hope this discussion will make things a little clearer.