but if the rumors are true it is a lot more than the DS things like rumble, much better battery to support rumble, gamecube level graphics, some form of 3D control that will probable be duel thumb sticks or something using the cameras. Then you have the new games, Software after all is what will decide whether it will sell, you put out games like Nintendogs 2, Brain training 3, New super mario bros 2, Next game in the DS Zelda series etc (and that is just first party) and you market it well, then cut the supply of DS hardware so a lot of the demand for the DS is moved strait onto the 3DS (in addition to up selling) as people looking for a DS can be soled the "better" newer peice of hardware.

there are heaps of ways for the 3DS to be sold and if they keep doing what they have been doing this generation I could see it selling very well.

Kotaku is notorious for sensationalists headlines. 8% is pretty good for something NO ONE HAS SEEN. then 50% are like I probably will... Once again i feel the western press will miss the boat on this, just like they did with the DS and the Wii.

The number are accurate for what's been presented. Theres no software shown to validate the 3DS. Wait until Nintendo shows software and the experiences that can only be done on the 3DS. Then redoe the poll. There will be a massive change.

people don't know much about the 3ds, so that maybe is because people don't want it.

~9% of people polled want to buy a 3DS, and we have almost zippo information on the system and it's capabilities. The only thing we know is that it's 3D..that's literally it, right?

Holy hell, that's a lot of interest already! Just wait until E3 when we actually find out true information for the system.

~9% of people wanting to buy a system before any real information is even known... That should never be looked upon as something bad. That is something truly remarkable, I'd say.

This means nothing to me , once we didnt even saw the console , and the only thing we know is that it will have glass-free-3d ...so its easy to someone come up and say "I will not buy it" is the same thing of anyone saying "I will not buy the Playstation 9"

I would totally buy a 3DS w/o knowing the specs.

I don't buy into all the 3D hype these days. But I'm very certain that I'll be getting a 3DS over a PSP2 because the third-party support will likely be solid just like the DS and I prefer Nintendo's first-party over Sony's. Especially on handhelds.

Not right away though. I'm not an early adopter and often times early adopters get screwed over anyway (ie. DS Phat, launch 360s, $600 YLOD PS3s, etc, Phat PSP, etc.) I'll buy one when the 3DS software starts to really hit a stride and new DS software starts to slow down.

I take it that the Japanese are also taking a wait and see approach. Thats what the majority generally does. The early adopters will get the 3DS in its early stages but the early/late majority will stick with their DS for awhile, the late adopters are still buying DS Lites/DSis/DSiXLs in droves (not as much in Japan but in North America and Europe, that is definitely the case) and you'll have the laggards still buying the DS Lite/DSi/DSi XLs after the 3DS is out. It took a little while for PS2 hardware sales to slow down and even longer for software sales to slow down. The DS has a lot of life left in it.