Is the 3DS Too Based around Technology?

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At least, at this present moment before Ocarina of Time 3D, Paper Mario, Kid Icarus, etc come out?

Because my current intuition is that it is, and that Nintendo's making a mistake by assuming that hardware features sell consoles. Think about it. All the 3DS features seem to be designed on the assumption the 'novelty' will sell consoles.

You could definitely seem the intention. That the AR games/apps would be the next Wii Sports and cause another Wii type explosion in sales. That the 3DS would have instantly become the next big thing, because the DS and Wii did before it.

But they just seem to be missing that games matter. Hardware has never sold consoles alone (even less so add ons).Yet the console go barely any games at all for the first few months. If they wanted Wii level sales, supply a game that people want as much as Wii Sports with the 3DS.

Still, the console will probably succeed soon, it's just those first few weeks and months were such a wasted opportunity, and one that could have boosted demand for the system to untold levels.

Do you agree?
 
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I still don't get exactly what the question is asking. :/
What Nin's asking is, because the 3DS was basically bundled with nothing but features like the AR, does that mean that it's currently too based around technology? Or released with hardware being more of a focus than the games you can actually play on it, considering there are no main first party games out yet, such as Mazza.
 
You can't really say the 3DS itself is too based round technology. The 3DS itself is 100% hardware, it is based entirely on technology.
But it is true that Nintendo's current focus for the 3DS is technology (although that by no means means the current games are bad, some of them are very good, it just means they're not big-name); they want to get people excited about handheld, glasses-free 3D gaming, as well as all the other features. This will sell (and indeed has) sold quite a few units, as well as raising awareness in people who have yet to commit. Then come the summer, the new games start coming out (starting with Ocarina of Time 3D) and some of the focus shifts to software.
 
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