Sony is continuing to pour its hopes and dreams into the 3D white elephant, and it actually seems offended that other people aren't doing the same. Talking as if it's stumbled across a gift from God, Sony wants rival Nintendo to stop mocking 3D glasses, and join hands to promote this wonderful new technology that certainly hasn't been around for the past twenty years.
"I have hope that they have a broader perspective with 3D," says Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida. "When you listen to what they are saying about the effect of 3D perspective to the games, they are saying the same message we are, but they don't have to bash some small part of what the other company is doing,
"We'd like to work together to promote 3D."
Aww, a message of peace and harmony. Isn't that sweet? Yoshida also defended the glasses, claiming that in order for the true 3D experience, one needs to wear things that make them look like a prick.
"If you really want a big theater experience, of course you have to wear glasses. With the latest technology, the glasses are light and you kind of forget you're wearing them after awhile."
The major difference between Sony and Nintendo, of course, is that Nintendo's 3D solution not only eliminates glasses, it eliminates the need for a ridiculously expensive 3DTV. Sony is really underestimating how expensive it is to get into 3D gaming, especially when 100% of the population hasn't even backed HDTV yet. Sure, hardcore PS3 owners are likely rich enough to jump on the bandwagon, but they already own a PS3. If Sony thinks 3D gaming will sell systems, then the company's run by people with ecstasy pills up their arses.
Sony: Nintendo Shouldn't Bash 3D Glasses [IGN]
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8:20 AM on 07.01.2010 | 
*sits on a hickory stump*
Let me tell ya young-uns somethin'. In my day game companies weren't this immature. They didn't fan thge flames o' fanboy stupidity. They just gave us the goods and let us decide what was best.
Lawds how I miss those days.
Also, the MLB the show 2010 3D demo is bad-ass as is wipeout 3D.
At this point, bashing Sony is like a drug to you. You need to do it at least once a day, if not twice.
I am truly sorry for you.
At this point, defending Sony is like a drug to you. You need to do it at least once a day, if not twice.
I am truly sorry for you.
Pot kettle black somethin' or other.
3Dtv is nothing more than a gimmick to sell more tvs. I won't look forward to it, just because its new tech, and Sony and the film industry want to push their fool's gold on us. Sure, it might look a little better, but I don't need to wear a second pair of glasses thanks. Normal glasses are also damn expensive enough, without having to shell out again for TV use. Wouldn't look forward to marathons of gaming 8hr gaming with 3Dtv either.
Fuck that. I hope 3Dtv bombs hard, just like DRM and other stupid schemes they want to push on the people.
And I think they are just mad because Nintendo totally stole their thunder with a 3D solution that doesn't include paying 3000$ to them. And it fits in your pocket.
I still want to see how the 3DS' 3D works, but I was gonna get the system anyway. New tech is just a bonus. :P
A 42 inch parallax barrier TV would cost a lot more than a normal 3DTV costs and you won't have the freedom of movement/multiple viewpoints.
1. Sony shits on Nintendo one minute, (Move is the second coming, Wii is the antichrist) then says "let's be friends" the next.
2. Why dwell on the idea that 3D can only work with glasses? Right now the glasses-free 3D effect only works on smaller screens, but that's only today's technology.
3. I wear prescription glasses. I don't care how not-retarded 3D glasses could potentially look. I'm not wearing 2 pairs of glasses at once. Clip-on sunglasses are awkward enough.
Nintendo is not relenting on Sony. Now that Sony is down for the count, they're making sure that they do not get back up.
I want a 3D TV and from how comfy and stylish the newer glasses actually look, i really don't mind wearing a set that look like designer glasses while i game/watch 3D TV.
You guys know we're not talking these...
....right?
I am perfectly happy with my current TV, and perfectly happy not to be 'bleeding edge' with my tech. I very much like not being a consumer whore, and not wasting my money on new, new, new - the technological merry-go-round. That being said, I will be buying a 3DS. It looks cool and shiny and Mario will pop out at me with his smiling plumber face. "It's-a-me, Mario!" How could I resist.
"Now that Sony is down for the count, they're making sure that they do not get back up."
Really? Really? The company set to overtake MS's home console sales and is not far off (globally) Nintendo's handheld is "down for the count"?
And we're talking about a handheld console vs a home console, it's a whole different ball game. There is no-way in hell the 3DS is going to "finish off" the PS3! Don't be silly boy.
Nice try little troll, in fact, no, that was a pretty shitty try dude.
Did that just fucking happen?
I fully agree that the idea of 3DTVs is "ridiculous" in the extreem, but if Nintendo's technology is only possible at the handheld scale, it will have limited impact on the larger media consuming public and will be nitch market rather than a revolution in 3D imaging. Note that I highly doubt this is the case, but if Nintendo actually attempts to contain the technology to that small scale arena, they will either loose big or come off as the new Microsoft duche bags of the 21st century.
More classy than Sony's "because real boxers don't fight like this..." move.
I'm intrigued to see the various 3D TV options available as I will be in the market for a 3D TV in the next 12 months.
I like what I hear about Sony's Android powered WebTV, and if one of those comes with 3D too, I'll happily buy 4 pairs of glasses and enjoy some 3D gaming on there.
I don't know, but I would be surprised if you couldn't turn off the 3D, use the TV as a normal HD TV and bring the glasses out and flip the switch for gaming and films.
It all depends on whether or not the glasses free tech looks as good as the glasses required tech.
They're comfy (I guess) and te 3D effect is awesome. But they're also $150 USD/pair.
So if you have a family of four, and the 3D tv comes with a set, you still need to buy 3 more pairs. That's freaking expensive.
The technology is nice, but too expensive for now. And I'm a migraine sufferer, so no 3D at all for me ;_;
Yes, yes. It did just happen.
I'm not nearly as surprised as you, though.
If you can't take it, don't dish it out bitchez.
Doesn't matter that it's a handheld. Actually it does. Nintendo is using the 3DS to disrupt Sony's attempts at 3D. This isn't trolling. This is business lingo. Nintendo is using value innovation to bring something that is considered high-end to a low-end market. The whole point of the 3DS being unveiled at E3 was to yank the carpet from under Sony, who was banking on 3D being their leg-up over Nintendo. As you have noticed, that strategy was pretty effective.
Nintendo has already disrupted the PS3 with the Wii, and now they're doing it again with the 3DS. The PS3 will not grow customers as the Wii, DS, and undoubtedly the 3DS will. I don't think Sony will be able to recover financially from this. I think it's just a matter of time before they and Microsoft leave the game industry. And with the rate that the economy is going right now, it's gonna be sooner rather than later.
Indeed. And while the commercials did what commercials did, it wasn't as though they were trading barbs like this outside of advertising. Coke and Pepsi have been doing it for decades, as have Tide and Cheer, but they don't say things aside from advertising that criticizes other companies.
It's changed a great deal, only the blind and daffy don't see that.
If you can't take it, don't dish it out bitchez.
I salute you, sir.
That is unless you're an adult, who already has to wear glasses. Then you remember as these child sized pieces of bad tech bore directly into the side of your skull.
Yet the uneducated masses are too dense to see it.
But everyone likes an underdog right?
A Nintendo only gaming industry? God please Noooooooooooooooo!
There are only so many cartoon children protagonists I can handle in my games. Seriously, Nintendo has NEVER "done it" for me, I ranted earlier this week about how they've just never clicked with me with their smiley, bright coloured games.
I want to kill stuff and i want it too look fucking awesome when i do.
I would swap a million Zelda's AND a million Mario's for one Killzone, Socom, MAG, Gran Turismo or even, dare i say it a fucking Halo!
Nintendo's sales are over-rated. As is shown by the huge gap between hardware sold and software sales. The sheer amount of Wii's bought, played for a month or two and discarded is shocking.
"ooh, we've got a Wii, let's get WiiFit" - played for a week, discarded.
(My parents, my buddy, my aunty, and at least 6 of my mum's middle aged female colleagues)
They CREATED customers with their Console-toy bridge product (Wii) but it just doesn't cater to the hardcore gamer - an ever growing and MASSIVELY profitable market.
Tell the bajillion people that bought MW2 that their only gaming option in the future is going to be Nintendo and the World will be flooded with tears. We'll need to make an arc, and the bloody Wii is not coming on MY arc!