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The 3D television market “is not expanding enough” for Nintendo to consider making 3D a focus for the Wii U, but says the new console is technically able to support the medium, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has told Mercury Evening News
“If you are going to connect Wii U with a home TV capable of displaying 3-D images, technologically, yes, it is going to be possible, but that’s not the area we are focusing on,” said Iwata.
He further explained: “When it comes to 3D, we already have the 3DS, and each owner of the Nintendo 3DS is capable of viewing 3D images. However, when it comes to the home console, it depends upon the availability of 3D TV sets at home, which, unfortunately, is not expanding enough.”
He concluded: “Rather than pouring a lot of energy into that kind of area, with the Wii U we’d like to focus more on each Wii U owner being able to have an equal opportunity to enjoy it.”
Gearbox has stated that the Wii U will be able to produce better textures than current consoles, so the machine is clearly going to be more than capable of running games in 3D too.
Wii U will be released in 2012.
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