Email: Sega delaying 3DS software due to ‘3DS adoption rate’

“…now we’re finding that everyone is not knowing what platform is going to succeed – we did our first 3DS title – we got Crush onto that, but we had to delay the release of that because of the success of the platform. – Zoe Mode’s studio head Paul Mottram

‘We haven’t heard of a delay for the game, but it’s looking like we will get a new date sometime soon. I really hope this isn’t a trend for 3DS games.’ (from gonintendo)

It is a new trend for 3ds games. And should be. Even the highest stars tank. I have my 3ds sitting right next to me now – it is obviously not going to do well. wii gets shit for software now despite being second best selling ever. Oh well – at least I have a good job where having spent $250 isn’t killing me. I feel bad for people who don’t.
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“Will this platform be successful?” Sega is talking about a Nintendo HANDHELD system! Every Nintendo handheld has been successful. Until now. Until someone at the top of the company thought ‘3d is the way’.
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Nintendo home consoles declined when Nintendo adopted a ‘3d is the way’ with their systems like the Virtual Boy and Nintendo 64. (Playstation never had the identity of ‘3d’ like Nintendo did for its systems.)
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There is a time and place for 3d in video games. But it is market suicide to say that 3d is the ‘only way’ for video games and design hardware around that.