Nintendo Announces 3DS

[manasecret]

Please explain. Why is 3D a dumb idea for a handheld? Because I honestly don't see where you're coming from.

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by manasecret

Please explain. Why is 3D a dumb idea for a handheld? Because I honestly don't see where you're coming from.

Because of the price it will most likely be, and the fact 3d games for homes hasn't been tested yet.

I'm not saying people won't buy it. But to do it on a hand held first, opposed to an actual system is entirely backwards now.

It's like releasing a portable blu-ray player before blu-ray players for homes have been released, or put on the market. Would that sell? Sure. But would millions of people drop tons of money for something that hasn't been proven to be popular or generally accepted at that point? Probably not.

I didn't mean to say it was a dumb idea altogether. I even said on paper it's a great idea. I just meant to do it first is a dumb idea.

[Vampyr]

Touch screen was done on a handheld first.

And whenever the Wii and it's motion controller was announced everyone said it was a dumb idea too.

This will most likely be very successful. I think the reason they are doing it on a handheld first, as opposed to a console, is because if done on a console everyone would have to buy new TV's just to use the console.

[KillerGremlin]

You know what would be way more innovative?


Taping a fleshlight to a Nintendo DS. Now that is a handheld I could get behind.

[TheSlyMoogle]

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

You know what would be way more innovative?


Taping a fleshlight to a Nintendo DS. Now that is a handheld I could get behind.

NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL A STICKY SITUATION!

[gekko]

I'm curious what the graphics hardware is going to be like on this. Even my 2-year old phone supports a programmable pipeline, unlike the Wii. If they do add one, I'll be curious to see if they adopt an existing high-level language.