Ok, seriously, how many times can a person copy and paste the same information? Reading through this thread actually gave me a headache. There IS such a thing as posting too much. It also doesn't help when people ask for sources and you provide nothing but the same copy-paste response.
Anyway, as for the thread question, I don't think there would have been a huge difference. The 3d effect both helped and hurt sales at first, especially since parents were afraid to get one for their children. The reason the 3ds is not doing as well as nds did is mobile phones that have made handhelds "not cool" anymore. For a while now the masses care about iphones and Galaxy's, so there's no peer pressure to buy a gaming handheld anymore.
As for me, I bought the 3ds for the exclusive Naruto games on it as well as Pokemon X/Y. I was disappointed by the latter, but still don't exactly regret my decision. The 3d effect sounded kinda cool. It's not comfortable to use, though, especially when you're in bed (where I do most of my gaming), as you have to play from a certain angle for it to wok. It's understandable, but inconvenient, so I don't use it much at all. I was quite excited about 3d recording and when I actually used it, I realized just how bad the camera was.
