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You already have a disconnect between people who'll buy a console for one game and those who won't; people who'll buy a TV for one game? Count me out of that one.
I'd rather see 'em integrate the technology into the next generation, especially if they're serious about a ten-year lifecycle. If they aggressively propagate the 3D tech in the next five years or so, you might see a phenomenon similar to HD, where the adoption rate grew geometrically from the start of the generation to the midpoint.
Adding the capability to existing PS3's is really just going to wind up being a "Hey, cool, I guess it can do that...on a couple of games" gimmick, unless you focus on integrating 3D into popular games in the first place - God of War III, maybe MLB The Show, get some major third party support...but even then, it's far from a certain thing.
11/19/09
I can see Gears of War being amazing in 3D!
It really does enhance the experience.
3D is the next big tech in TV's, so in about a year's time, you'll notice lots of new release TV's will all support it.
The next step after that is 3D without the need for glasses (they're working on it!), and probably THEN the next resolution bump.
But yeah it seems this time for sure 3D is going to make a big impact. Next year a stupid amount of movies will all be supporting 3D, and the first 3D channel, Sky 3D, just launched in the UK, so purchasing a 3D TV in the next year may not be such a bad purchase :)
11/20/09
#speakup
Well, which, again, I'm not saying that having new TVs come out with that tech now is a bad thing.
Just that you're almost better off making it a centerpiece of your console strategy in the next generation. Avatar is no Wii Fit, in that it isn't going to sell oodles and boodles of copies with a contraption that you can then be pretty sure that a significant majority of console owners have access to.
It falls back into the classic peripheral trap with "hey, check out this really cool thing you can do...if you go spend hundreds of dollars! Or thousands!"
And outside of the early adopters/geeks, how many will do that?
11/21/09
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My own ten cents, 3d is pretty awesome. Mix it with head tracking and you've got the first steps to something grand. (too bad it can't get all Natal on it, though)
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"It's video games, man.... IN 3D!!"
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This announcement reminded me of that quote. But thats not saying that this type of technology couldn't be developed on the 360 as well...
11/19/09
This is really cool though that Sony will be able to do this. I'm curious to see if they have already provided some of their 3D tv's to developers so that they can play around with this tech on the PS3 in case internally it is somewhat available.
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TV channels are getting into it now and we know there's already a lot of movies released recently and announced for the near future. There's definitely a far stronger push for 3D now than when it first came out. Perhaps this time it'll actually stay for longer.
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@pudgie'ssmokergiv: It's usually those cheap glasses yeah. If you want good 3d glasses you've got to buy them but they're not that different from a technical standpoint.
11/19/09
...what? People still buy new TVs. My current one does 1080i, so I'll hold out til these little gems are available.
Now I just gotta convince the wife. Unfortunately, she and I don't see eye to eye on what constitutes a "little gem".
11/19/09
That said, if they make it work with TVs more than 1% of consumers have, not only would it have a chance of catching on, but I'd pick it up.
(I'm kind of waiting for some breakthrough that allows two full-res images to be polarized perpendicular to one another on home TVs, so you can wear light, clear, non-electronic glasses to see it.)
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