until 3D works on a 40+ inch tv without the use of glasses, I could care less about 3D. I dont want to have to wear glasses to see a movie with more depth. So until big tvs have 3DS technology, I'm all set with my HD picture

Why does every technological gimmick have to be met with so much dumb hype-mongering nowadays (apart from the obvious answer: people trying to rationalize the money they spent). 3d is a mildly interesting extra, that's it. I know "yea its sort of neat I guess" doesn't make a very good box quote but that's all it really is.

Last year people where going crazy; everyone was going "oh everything is going to be in 3d by next Thursday; its the future!" Its the same thing as motion controls, voice commands, "you are the controller," and second screens (and I would argue that touchscreens also fit in to this group but we're currently stuck with them for some reason). They're all just gimmicks that are novel, but ultimately a pointless waste of time. But people see them and get hypnotized by marketing.

Superstar dust, shadow of the colossus and killzone 3 look phenomenal in 3d! I hope Sony keep supporting 3d games. Sure it's not needed for every single game but having the option is pretty neat. People who hate 3d are just being overly cynical

i really, really like 3d, and i think like many that once the glasses are gone it will be far more accepted. unfortunately i can't really get much more excited about it than jim can. i do fire it up every so often and it does bring games and movies to life, but it's still not quite ready for the mainstream. :(

@ Jack Dandy

This.

3D is a gimmick. End of story.

3D is only an option and sonys doing the right thing bcuz they have quite a few thing they need to get done before they want more 3D support. Another note sony cant do what the 3DS can do glassless 3D bcuz nintendo would then sue sony. I would love for vita to b 3D still cuz when im out i usually wear shades so if vita was 3D id kill two birds with one stone xD. I love wearing shades so y not 3D shades as im out and about and laying games on my vita! I may love nintendo for mario but im a hardcore gamer and the vita has all that and more as for my lil brother askn me what game he should get for his 3DS mario 3D land atleast that way i can play it hah.

I refuse to acknowledhe 3D until it doesn't require glasses or a finicky angle to look at it, naturally, I was not alone.

I didn't think 3D was the next big thing either, because it wasn't worth the TV and glasses price. I just saw sony has the 26inch 3D tv bundle w/ glasses down from $500 to only $200...I might give i a shot for that price.

Seriously, the only way you will have trouble with the 3DS is if you have fucked up hands. For most games it's fairly easy to keep the screen from going blurry. I will admit faster paced/intense games are a whole new complication. Most 3DS games are not Ninja Gaiden crazy though.

lol sony :P

you have some people over for a movie, its like who gets the glasses, then, they have to sit in front of the screen at the right angle. If you're laying down and relaxing, ya gotta get up to get the glasses. it's inconvienient. if ya dont have a very large tv, the immersion is kind of lost. it's too expensive for what it is. if it was standard in all tv made right now, instead of having separate models, and the price wasn't hiked, it would be popular probably, but it's just a novelty.

Well, I know what I'm wanking to tonight.

See you in another 20 years 3D.

I can understand how 3D games and movies are supposedly super awesome but honestly I don't give a shit about 3D. I am not planning to buy a 3D television so a game console having 3D capability really doesn't sell me on anything.

Kudos to Sony for figuring out that the majority of people are not early adopters. I can see how they may have formulated that idea considering the PS3 basically shoved Blu-ray down everybody's throats but whatever, way to wake up and smell the coffee.

I liked Avatar in 3D back when I saw it. I plan to see the Hobbit in 3D when it comes out this year. I've demoed a couple games on PS3 on 3DTVs at in-store kiosks before. I like what I've seen, I just can't afford a decent 3DTV. Or a decent HDTV for that matter. *Shrug*

I'm not fond with 3D. It doesn't make the movies I watch seem better and it definitely won't have better luck with my gaming.

I have a 3D television. I love playing my PS3 games on it. Y'all missing out.

Its important for me. I paid full price for your 3dtv and the 3ds. Give me more 3d damnit

Same thing with movies -Studios say its a huge deal hoping to turn people onto it and get their dollars, but people see right through the bullshit.

You guys dont like to think these 2 industries are the same but time and time again they prove they are.

10 to 1 this is the same fight people had over radio and TV in the late 40s early 50s.

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Another testament to 3D fail on Sony's side are the PS3 3D Displays that MSRP'ed @$500.
Currently on sale for $160.
I picked one up, tested 3D on PC and PS3, did not like 3D, use as normal monitor.

3D made my penis sad. Hmmm....maybe I'm doing it wrong.

It's funny that they're saying that the consumers decided 3d wasn't important when there is very little content for the platform. The few games that are 3d capable pull it off very well. Ico/Shadow of the Colossus really benefit from it - great games before the 3D is implemented, but the depth added with the 3D is phenomenal. Gran Turismo 5, the God of War collection, Uncharted 3, et. al. all benefit from it. It makes my gaming experience better. Listen up, producers: if your game has the 3D logo on the back of the case, I"m more likely to buy it over a game of equal quality that does not have the logo.

I don't think that 3D is a stupid gimmick, it's a really nice enhancement to how content can be viewed. Most newer tv's include 3D as standard. The fact that there's very little content in 3D and that a new 3D blu-ray disc costs $35 - $40, has doomed the platform. It's not the consumers that have hurt it, it's the content producers. Aside from the extra $20 charge for a blu-ray that has the extra bits on it, there's no 3D support for Netflix, 3D blu-ray's aren't rentable at my local video store, the only cable channel that I know if that supports it is ESPN3D (if it still exists...), and very few games include 3D functionality. If the content were available, I would be all over it.

It seems shitty to make such comments, and to say the consumer has made the decision when it's the studios and producers that had already made the decision by not making the 3D content readily available, without a premium price, to the consumer. The producers have made a half-assed attempt at providing decent 3D content; of course consumer adoption won't be great.

I hope 3D doesn't go away, just because I want to see the Freddy-vision header pic regularly. Every time I see it on the front page, it makes my day. Every damn time.

Until we can do it without both glasses and a "sweet spot" then it'll never be standard. Of course the fad passed because the economy is sluggish and 3D movies cost about twice as much as regular ones... and people aren't much going to the movies anymore.