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Sun slams emetic Nintendo 3DS
EARLY BUYERS of Nintendo 3DS consoles who have found that gaming sessions lead to violent bouts of sickness have found a friend in the Sun newspaper.
A report in the Sun chippaper recounts the tale of one man who became ill after playing the Nintendo 3DS pocket console for just three minutes and felt let down by the response he got from the store when he asked for his cash back.
"One dad became ill after playing the device for THREE MINUTES with his young son. Sundeep Tailor, 27, returned the revolutionary 3D machine, which has left thousands with dizziness and headaches, after just 24 hours," the Sun reported.
"Staff at his local Game store at first refused to refund him, then offered £176.99 - £30 less than he had paid." So good, so salacious.
The paper adds that this did not please the customer, who feels aggrieved that he is expected to shoulder the financial burden of the transaction. "I lost money in just 24 hours. There will probably be more people in my position," he added.
Nintendo advises users to play the new console in 3D mode for half hour periods, and a customer services representative for Game reminded us of this and added that the unit and its packaging warn users about adverse effects and suggests that they lower the quality of the 3D experience.
Game also has Nintendo 3DS' instore and encourages people to try them out before they buy.
So, er, perhaps this is a case of buyer aware, rather than the buyer beware some quarters would have us believe.
The Sun is stepping up its campaign against the 3DS pocket console and in some serious looking tests applied the full force of its evil to one of its own workers.
In tests, the Sun doctor Carol Cooper took the blood pressure of a 22 year old employee while he played a game and rested, and played a game and rested again.
The shattering conclusion of the extensive tests, was a slight increase in blood pressure, from 120/70 at rest to 130/74 after an hour. Whether the two were working to a deadline, we don't know, but this was apparently not enough for the experts, who then encouraged the Sun's man to wander down the street playing, and ride in a car while playing. Which, believe it or not, did make him start to feel nauseous.
The Sun doctor's official verdict, then? After all, this is the make or break part of the story and the fruity findings of its research.
"Children should not be left to play on it for hours."
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I work for game and use our display unit to demo the 3ds regularly to customers. After 2 or 3 minutes I become very nauseous so I demo it without 3d and then turn 3d on for customers. So it's more a case that yes it makes some people feel ill but more people are fine than nauseous.
The 3D slider is a good idea, I have good vision and only need the 3D on and no more and it looks Gr8 where my wife has poor vision and turns it on full to get the 3D effect, I'm sure this has been taken 2 far with the sore heads and you forget that when u stare at something for long periods of time, u forget to blink! That will give u a sore head.
You would of waited.
I'm still not convinced that the 3ds is the bees knees. I don't need it, Don't want it and most of all nintendo has failed to even let me sample it to make me want it.
Way to fail Nintendo. Good to know NoA is failing at their job horribly.Reggie Fils-Aime,You suck at promoting this new platform
This article is one of many followers of the misconception that the 3DS has many disapointed and feeling ill.
I personally own a 3DS and i can honestly say that the 3D effect does not cause any sort of illness. As many people will be pron to illness as people who watch 3D movies.
Aside from that fact, the system is just as viable a gaming machine with the 3D turned off. Which might I add is extremly handle to achieve by the analog slider on the side.
These claims are all hogwash and should not be taken seriously by anyone. Thanks alot Sun for the unecessary and ill-informed publicity.
The human brain cannot adopt to cheating elements like a false "3D" vision. It functions by seeing things as they are, you can never teach the human brain to function normally by feeding it some crappy unnatural "blurriness" which marketeers call "3D" like today. If the brain would be able to adapt to this shit, you wouldn't be able to walk straight in the real world.
whats teh point in buying a device if you cant use it, its like buying a blu-ray player and only using it for dvds
yes its going to work but why folk out teh cash.
as for teh article, its the SUN for christ sake, hardly know for its sensible articles. im supprised they didnt take the words "death inducing 3DS" to the head line.
Unfortunatly Nintendo have covered their backs on this one, by stating that it may course issues you cant use the faulty argument, because its not, you didnt read the fine print the device performs to its spec, you cant use the argument that its not fit for the purpose because it is, you could potentially use the argument that it was miss sold, but that is hard to prove unless you have a witness and you would need to get the sales person sto state that it will work for you without issues, i very much doubt they will say this.
nope, there is an easy way to get around this, and that is to not buy one.
or you could try the more risky approch and fry the damn thing, connect up a 24v battery to it for a few seconds and "claim" its faulty and you want your money, of course if they can prove you fried it then you have an expencive paper weight!
but most stores will not have the ability to test this out in store...
The 3D function of the 3DS is not necessary to play any of it's games. So I don't see why the guy wanted to take it back.
True, you can turn off the 3D graphics. Is the next-gen DS worth $250 without the 3D?
I personally have a Nintendo 3DS and love it. I find this story a little far fetched. First of all it takes a few minutes to setup the system before you can play a game. Secondly, the amount of 3D is controlled by the depth slider. I have played Pilotwings with about six hours under my belt and with 3D on all of the time. If the 3D is too high it can be difficult to focus on everything going on, so I have found that half way is the sweet spot. Other games like Super Street Fighter I have turned on full 3D with no issues. The other nice benefit of the device is that 3D can be turned off completely to get faster frame rates. I would guess that most of the returns are from buyer's remorse. Gaming on the 3DS is much better than my 4th generation iPod Touch. I can attest that gaming in 3D is immersive and the games are much better. While my 30 Apple games cost about $60, my 3DS games were $40 each. But you get what you pay for, no regrets here.
When walking around high street shops on the weekend, I noticed that there was not one 3DS out on display for people to try? Why not?!! This is the most idiotic thing I've ever come across. At least people will know then if the 3D has an effect on them or not before they part with a lot of cash. Games shops take note! It isn't rocket science to have this console on display!
beer - the trade in price might be a bit lower.