Microsoft Dismisses 3D as a "Future Technology"
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It's actually a pretty recent phenomenon. Till the last generation, this kind of model was sort of rare. I'm not saying it was unheard of but it surely wasn't the way "things typically worked".meganmeave said:
And let's not pretend that the addition of a BD drive didn't add to the price of an already expensive device.
Motion Control is a fad
3D Is a fad (and in the case of the movie industry an excuse to charge you more to see a crappy movie)
Peripherals are a fad.
The Wii is already cooled off
You can't sell a hero/rockband game like you used to
As someone who can't even see 3D I can't wait for the backlash against 3D.
We also need to invite an entirely awesome new game so we can move away from brown faux-realistic FPS games.
3D Is a fad (and in the case of the movie industry an excuse to charge you more to see a crappy movie)
Peripherals are a fad.
The Wii is already cooled off
You can't sell a hero/rockband game like you used to
As someone who can't even see 3D I can't wait for the backlash against 3D.
We also need to invite an entirely awesome new game so we can move away from brown faux-realistic FPS games.
Don't people remember how expensive LCDs, Plasmas, etc etc. were when they first came out? Technology gets cheaper as manufacturers find new ways to make the same components for less. Give it a year and the price will be down by a $1000, I guarantee that
I agree with them, it might be interesting a decade or so when the need for those damn stinking glasses is done away with (it's ever so much fun being near-sighted and having to wear two sets of glasses in the movies have an idea of wtf is going on... let alone doing that crap at home).
Then there's the fun fact I only got my nice big HDTV about 8 months ago and I'm sure as hell not dropping another chunk of change that big again anytime soon.
Then there's the fun fact I only got my nice big HDTV about 8 months ago and I'm sure as hell not dropping another chunk of change that big again anytime soon.
To be fair that isn't actually what microsoft saidRavek said:
"Microsoft UK boss Neil Thompson has dismissed 3D as "an interesting technology of the future" that's still too expensive for consumers."
"If you look at the costs of entry into the living room and when that's going to become mass-market, we think the offering with Kinect and the natural user-interface we're bringing, that's a more compelling proposition for consumers over the coming years than maybe looking at 3D at this point."
The 3DS isn't the topic but the idea of 3D as a living room technology i.e Specific 3D Tvs are a long way of having a decent share of the market.
The 3DS is quite a different prospect not just considering that microsoft doesn't even have a product in the handheld market and 3DS sales certainly are not going to eat into the Xboxs market share.
"Microsoft says the 3D gaming technology being touted by Sony and Nintendo is "interesting" but still way too expensive for mainstream success"
I think thats actualy quite a bit of poor journalism on Andys part
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/microsoft-dismisses-3d-as-future-tech
Simple answer, it isn't. Sure, we won't get to play Metal Gear Solid 4 in HD and 3D, but we don't have to shell out all limbs and our souls for it with the 3DS.John Funk said:
Side note, has anybody on the escapist actually seen the 3DS in action yet? Have any you guys seen it work?
I don't think the 3DS will be another virtual boy (has a good design, actually is portable, many times the games at launch then the "Go Red or Dead" ever had in its entire life time), but has anybody made sure of that yet?
The 3DS has at least the opition to turn the 3D off I heard, so at very least you have a DS with a joy stick and better graphics.civver said:
3D gaming is kind of fun. Bought a new graphics card which supports stereoscopic 3D, bought some cheap £5 glasses from play.com and tried a few games.
Most decent thing I played would be Left 4 Dead but wearing 3D glasses really does irritate me after say an hour. Not to mention since the glasses I bought were the old red and blue things didn't look too amazing with a lack of colour. But the 3D effect was still good.
At the moment I'm happy to leave 3D to the cinemas. I really would like 3D to become something you can get in the home but only if it's affordable and practical.
Most decent thing I played would be Left 4 Dead but wearing 3D glasses really does irritate me after say an hour. Not to mention since the glasses I bought were the old red and blue things didn't look too amazing with a lack of colour. But the 3D effect was still good.
At the moment I'm happy to leave 3D to the cinemas. I really would like 3D to become something you can get in the home but only if it's affordable and practical.
Yeah, the 3DS has me EXCITED.
Not because it's 3D, but because of the sheer power in that little handheld. If it testbeds well, Nintendo could launch a new console and catch everyone with their pants around their ankles.
Not because it's 3D, but because of the sheer power in that little handheld. If it testbeds well, Nintendo could launch a new console and catch everyone with their pants around their ankles.
This is from the folks who backed HD DVD players...but still, I agree.
When Sony was going on and on about how these games don't have 3d as an afterthought, they were designed with 3d in mind...awesome, you know what else was designed with 3d in mind? Jaws 3.
All that means is that you're gonna get a bunch of scenes with stuff popping out at you because its 3d, which is gonna look totally stupid if you watch it in 2d.
When Sony was going on and on about how these games don't have 3d as an afterthought, they were designed with 3d in mind...awesome, you know what else was designed with 3d in mind? Jaws 3.
All that means is that you're gonna get a bunch of scenes with stuff popping out at you because its 3d, which is gonna look totally stupid if you watch it in 2d.
The full home theater version has only been out for a few months, and it's the newest technology on the market. OF COURSE IT'S GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE. Then someone is going to make a 3D television but with Quattron technology and BOOM 3 color 3D TV prices will drop like a rock.John Funk said:
Anyway, 3D is only in the near future. It's only hampered by high prices.
Whoa, they require power? And here I was thinking they were just like what's used in theaters...Baby Tea said:
I agree with most everyone else. I mean I would love to make enough money to afford superfluous luxury items like that, but for now I'll stick with what already here. Hell, i'm still dreaming of my first HD TV, I've got no time to dream about this!
they meant 3D tv's of which are totally unrelated to the 3DS unless people start buying 3D 3.5 inch Tv'sxscoot said:
Here's to getting a under-$400 3D monitor. Yeah, it's expensive, but someone has to begin using the technology, so the cost can go down. As was said before, Sony sells TVs. Logically, they were going to eventually make 3DTVs in the wake of this newfound interest in 3D. What Nintendo is doing is pretty damn brilliant, but it's going to be very limited in ability (i.e. how far away do you have to look before the 3D effect diminishes, how long it can maintain the effect, and how good the effect looks, how good the games/movies look, etc.). That, and I want to know how much that damn thing is going to cost! I'm buying it, of course, but I want to know how much it is so I can save up for it.