Philip Lelyveld of the University of Southern California’s Entertainment Technology Center said Nintendo’s deal with AT&T, and another bringing Netflix video streaming to the 3DS, moves the handheld well beyond games.
“The Nintendo 3DS has the potential of being a game changer because it is going to be most consumers’ first personal experience with 3-D,” says Lelyveld, program manager of the school’s Consumer 3-D Experience Lab. “Up until now, they’ve gone to the movie theater but haven’t spent the thousands for a TV.”