If your child has a Nintendo handheld game, get ready to be pestered for another one but this time in 3-D (WOW) for the kids. Nintendo's 3DS, unlike current 3-D TV and movie screens, can be played without wearing special glasses (COOL). Players can also personalize the technology by taking 3-D photos and inserting those images into games. Its sales so far are not only record-breaking, but a lot of the devices are being bought by people who already own a DS.
Analysts estimate Nintendo will have shipped 4 million 3DS machines by the end of March, just weeks after its Japan launch, and only one week into its U.S. debut. By comparison, the instant sellout Nintendo Wii console shipped just 3 million units in 45 days. Nintendo did not release numbers yet, but characterized sales as a best-ever launch in the U.S. "U.S. day-one sales numbers for Nintendo 3DS were the highest of any Nintendo handheld system in history.
Reviews have been generally good as well, extolling the 3-D technology, although complaints about short battery life and a weak title launch portfolio of games have also been noted. One well-known technology writer, John Dvorak, even asserted that the 3DS could be the catalyst to widespread 3-D adoption, and predicted an Apple 3-D iPhone that would benefit from Nintendo's breakthrough success.
I need to go get one and go get one too!!
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