EA: "very poor returns" on 3D gaming

its a gimmick

just because Avatar made alot of money, everyone jumped on the 3D bandwagon

It's hard to imagine coming up with a worse gimmick than motion controls.

And then Nintendo made a 3d handheld.....

Vaasman

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3D Monitor costs WAY less then a 3D HDTV. I haven't seen a 3D Monitor that supports HDMI 1.4 yet and supports PS3 3D.

SakusEnvoy

As for costs, I have an NVidia 3D Vision setup myself.

I use this 3D Viewsonic monitor, which currently retails for $219: [link] (yes, it's 1680x1050, but I actually like 1680x1050, and needed to upgrade from an old 1440x900 one).

And then there's the 3D Vision Kit, which you can now pickup for $120: [link]

And that's about it. Not so expensive.

I'll never understand the people who denounce 3D without trying it. It's an awesome effect and unless you're one of the unlucky people who gets headaches or eye strains when playing it, I don't understand why people want to hate it. I never really 3D would add that much or be very cool but then I actually tried the system and realized that while it might not have a huge effect on gameplay, the effect works well and looks pretty cool.

starwarsgeek112

Well, i am enjoying 3D very much. Motorstorm Apocolypse and a couple of other PS3 Games are amazing in 3D. Crysis 2 is the only EA game i know of that supported 3D....any others? The low sales for Crysis 2 can not be blamed on 3D. I fully support 3D now even if the tech is in a transitional stage. I cant wait for Uncharted 3.

Not surprising. Even the 3DS only intrests me for its increased power, allowing for more content/graphics/ general stuff in games. Even then, I have only taken notice after te price drop.

If 3D screens could be made so that they didn't cause nausea and eye strain... then 3D might just take off (but I doubt it.)

"Mega games publisher EA reckons 3D gaming isn't worth its time or effort."

I agree 100% with that! 3D gaming is a pointless gimmick and a waste of money.

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I'll never understand the people who denounce 3D without trying it. It's an awesome effect and unless you're one of the unlucky people who gets headaches or eye strains when playing it, I don't understand why people want to hate it. I never really 3D would add that much or be very cool but then I actually tried the system and realized that while it might not have a huge effect on gameplay, the effect works well and looks pretty cool.

dxmcat

Unless you're one of the unlucky 25% of people......

Doesn't bother me, but it feels cheap and chintzy. Just a gimmick that got made up to try and sell TVs that are beyond or "better than HD"

Thanks dxmcat. That has to be one of the best articles describing the situation Ive ever read. His xeperience parallels mine almot exactly.

yeah, 3D is worthless to me...even in movies..it is cool for 5 minutes or so [QUOTE="LegatoSkyheart"]Also EA, I have yet to see anything productive from you.Giancar

For the 3DS, My Phone went stupid, sorry about that.

I know EA has some amazing Games like Battlefield and Mirror's Edge and such, but for the 3DS I have seen NOTHING from EA, or heck I haven't even seen a 3D PS3 game from EA for that matter.

If 3D screens could be made so that they didn't cause nausea and eye strain... then 3D might just take off (but I doubt it.)

Installing

Yeah as expected 3DTVs cost too much atm, Sony will keep pushing it though.

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If 3D screens could be made so that they didn't cause nausea and eye strain... then 3D might just take off (but I doubt it.)

xsubtownerx

Yeah as expected 3DTVs cost too much atm, Sony will keep pushing it though.

SuperFlakeman

For the price its imposible to find non 3D 1080p t.v that is comparable in size for less then this one.

http://www.amazon.com/Mitsubishi-WD-65638-65-Inch-3D-Ready-HDTV/dp/B003HIPKR0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1312037321&sr=8-2

Cause 3D is nothing but a gimmick and people don't care about it.

now we just need pseudo 3d movies to go the way of the dodo...sadly people are sheep and going to these movies in 3d and paying 13-20 dollars a ticket for em...

*shakes head*

WilliamRLBaker

3d is not for everyone but I love it. I bought a asus vg236 monitor bundled with the nvidia 3d vision glasses two weeks ago.

I thought that I would try it out for thirty days and I have decided to keep it. I bought the monitor mainly for the 120hz feature but the 3d has given new life to games which I had already completed.

It if was cheaper then I would recommend it but I agree that it is still expensive. If you can afford it though then go for it on pc as there are a lot of games that can be configured to work with it. I am not much of a movie fan although I have seen the legend of the guardians and it was very impressive.

Funny thing is that most ea games that I own don't play to well in 3d like shift 2, dead space and hot pursuit.

Personally, 3D has yet to really impress me. Best case I've seen with the somewhat subtle use in Avatar, which in turn was a rather bad movie.