You mean just the 3DS? As in...the 3DS we have NOW? No absolutely not. I really like the 3DS, don't get me wrong but upscaling the thing to a full size tv would be really bad. The aliasing, the low resolution, it wouldn't be worth it. This is my main complaint with all microconsoles: the software designed for the cheap hardware just doesn't look nearly as good on the big screen, but with the 3DS it would be even worse.
And at the $99-129 price range , this actually is what you are suggesting if it launched instead of the Wii U in 2012; my leading question may as well have been rhetorical :P . The 3DS and even the New 3DS are not even as strong as the Wii. Let that sink in. Would you pay $129 dollars for a device that is literally only a smidgin stronger than the GameCube and weaker than the Wii in the year 2012?







