The 3DS' 3D feature was a good move

[freebs2]

Squeezol said:

freebs2 said:
Simply no.
The 3D screen, made console more expansive, and more complicate. To have the 3DS effect Nintendo decided to sacrifice on more more important aspects, like portability, battery life, construction quality. About the 3D effect parents were indifferent in the best case, and cautious in the worst case. So no, the 3D effect was a wrong idea and the console was bombing hard before a big and unhealthy price cut and Mario Land / Kart saved it.

I must say that the price cut + Land and Kart helped a lot but the price cut was way too big. Just bundling the 3DS with a game and keeping the same price would've done it, I think.

Sorry, I don't want to sound rude, but I don't think you remember how badly the system was selling before the pricecut.

The 3D feature is supposed to make games feel more immersive, and immersion is not what drives portable; portable gaming is supposed to be accessible, quick and affordable, for "immersive" gaming you have home consoles already. That's why both 3DS and PsVita are doing soo poorly against mobile gaming, because they're both designed for "immersive" gaming.

Nintendo itself said that, according to their reseraches, people mostly play 3DS at home. This is clearly a pathological situation for an handled, because on the other hand I see a lot of people play on smartphones in public places. 

If they want to become very popular again, rather than gradually becoming less relevent, Nintendo should to think of a compromise between low-quality free (or almost free) apps and higher quality more expansive former handled gaming, and they have to do it with accessibilty in mind rather than "immersion" or expansive gimmicks.

edit: Anyway I have a 3DS and I like it a lot, but still I don't see 3D as a wise move.