Recent reports have claimed that the 3DS’ battery life is only 3 to 5 hours and Nintendo Japan’s warning that the 3DS might actually be dangerous to the visual development of children.
Now Nintendo’s recanting their warning that children under the age of six could have the development of their vision retarded by playing the 3DS for long periods of time. Now they say that, despite their warning, the product’s not dangerous to anyone. Whuh?
According to Nintendo, the warning is just an issue of being proactive and avoiding any potential lawsuits: they don’t have any evidence that the 3DS will harm the eyes of children. Wait a second, though… if you warn people that the 3DS people can harm kid’s eyes, then say not to take that warning seriously, aren’t you sort of obviating the legal protection such a warning might afford?
Either way, Nintendo expects the 3DS to sell like gang busters: according to reports, Nintendo expects to sell up to 4 million 3DSes by the end of March 2011, which implies an early March launch in America and Europe. Maybe in South Africa about a month later.
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