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Nintendo Chief: Consumers Don't Understand 3DS Yet
gabbo529 writes "Nintendo's latest financial results reveal that initial sales for their portable 3D gaming system have been underwhelming at best. What's the reason? Nintendo chief executive Satoru Iwata says consumers have yet to fully understand the console's 3D capabilities, even when trying it out. Others think it might have something to do with the console's high price ($250) and the lack of big-name titles available (Mario and Zelda are not yet out)."
You're just holding it wrong!
I played with it for a while at a toystore -- couldn't see the 3D no matter how hard I looked at the headache inducing blurred image.
This is the first time I am incompatible with an electronic toy, I urgently need an upgrade.
I've yet to see anyone who tries the 3ds and ISN'T immediately impressed with it.
Well I wasn't.
Maybe. But he can't see you.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
Didn't you hear the guy from Nintendo? You just don't understand the 3DS yet. When you understand it, the battery life won't seem so atrocious and the pseudo-3D effects won't give you a headache any more.
However, the controls seem pretty nice. I couldn't play it more than a few hours before I gave it to my daughter in trade for her PSP but that's probably because of my old man eyes (and the atrocious battery life).
You are welcome on my lawn.
Probably because he went blind or suffers from chronic squint from playing his 3DS too much.