Let’s spend a moment to lap up the juices of gushing fandom, shall we? Nintendo has taken a bath this year in console and game sales, posting a staggering loss to show for it. How will they prop up flagging sales? With the little blue pill of casual gaming! By creating new genres, Nintendo says, they will be able to attract customers who previously had no interest in gaming. Nintendo World Report has the story.
If Nintendo wants to prosper, they must make the new 3DS handheld more than a gimmick, but a necessary gaming accessory. About the only way I can see that happening is if they updated the software so you could record a game and upload it to YouTube and Twitter straight off the 3DS. Or if it ran Chatroulette. One of those.