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Nintendo 3DS More Desired Than Kinect Or Move

We recently conducted a survey of over a 1,000 readers about their tech habits – what entertainment electronics they own, their attitudes towards buying products, what they intend to buy, etc. – and found out that Nintendo's 3DS handheld is one of the most coveted items. Thirty nine percent of survey respondents said they intend to buy the 3DS in the future.

The glasses-free 3D handheld wowed E3 convention goers, and that seems to have transferred over to those who took our survey. Respondents interested in the handheld come from all walks of video gaming life too, and weren't just the Nintendo faithful. The Nintendo 3DS wasn't the only thing people were planning on buying. Over 25 percent of those surveyed said that they intend to buy Kinect, Move, or possibly both (this survey question allowed for multiple products to be chosen. See below).

Earlier this year before E3, a survey by OTX said that interest in Move or Kinect was only in the single digits. These numbers barely moved even after the companies' big E3 press conferences. Perhaps consumers are better educated on the motion peripherals or maybe just the hype train in general is gathering steam – but our survey found that 28 and 27 percent intend to buy Move and Kinect, respectively.

The motion peripherals fared about the same as other popular products like Xbox 360 S and smart phones, with hyped products like the iPad and 3D TVs following behind them.

Take a look at the rest of our Tech Test survey results and analysis in the upcoming October issue of Game Informer.

 

Note: Percentages in this article have been rounded both up and down

Margin of Error: six to seven percent

 

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Comments
  • That all seems about right to me. It is odd though that more people plan to buy a 360 slim compared to the PS3 slim, yet more people plan to buy the Move controller instead of the kinect.

  • Looks like for all the hype "pro" mode in rock band is getting... not too many people are buying it.

  • Awesome Nintendo is BACK.

  • I find it funny that every day of my life I hear about this survey, or that survey, and then I think "Hmm I've never in my life been asked to respond to a survey like this."

    But I digress, even though I'm more of a Sony fan, I myself would sooner buy the 3DS instead of either of the motion controllers, but between Move and Kinect, Move is definately more promising.

  • I have never been a fan of nintendo's handheld systems but I am excited to find out when and how much nintendo 3ds is. Also I think people are more anticipated to see kinect more than the move.

    1.3DS

    2.Kinect

    3.MOVE

  • Well the 3DS better be more hyped then the other stuff. I mean with the games announced alone are worthy of buying multiple copies.

    Oh and a very random question GI but are you guys using the website surveymonkey for the poll? Just wondering because it looks really similar.

  • LOL American consumers, I bet the people buying the 360 slim are the ones that need mental security. Survey says that people who own a Xbox that doesn't RROD sleep better lmao....Xbox won't stop selling anytime soon, if I had the faulty grey one or the slightly less faulty elite, I would make it a mission to get the slim. Hell, I might get the slim lol American me haha

  • Heck yeah i'm excited to buy a 3DS! these numbers look about right to me. its interesting to see Kinect and Move at about the same %.

  • All this seems right except more people wanting a 3ds than the ipad.

  • Well of course, it has 3D without glasses.

  • Those numbers seem right to me. I'm WAY more excited for the 3DS than Move and Kinect. (I plan on buying Move sometime in the future though, possibly Kinect).

  • Not surprising.  Nintendo's handhelds have always sold like hotcakes.  The way I see it, these numbers show promise for the industry.  Consumers prefer Nintendo's innovation over Sony and Microsoft's safe approach of copying Nintendo's concept.  

  • Not really surprised. The 3DS, while using some cool tech, supports both casual and hardcore games while not forcing players to utilize any intrusive new technology. I'm sure as hell looking forward to the 3DS more so than I am the Move and Kinect.

  • A 3DS is definitely a priority for me before all the rest.. but i do need a smart phone

  • I'm one of the not-necessarily-Nintendo-faithful who are very interested in a 3DS. I haven't owned a Nintendo system in 5 years, but I'm interested in this one. (And I want to play Golden Sun: Dark Dawn)

  • Well Move and Kinect we already pretty much have. Just get a Wii. It's cheaper that way, anyway. But, a 3DS is interesting because it's 3D without glasses, which I just can't figure out how that works. Seems to me like it's a Star Wars hologram thingy.

  • Why doesn't gameinformer care about PCs? We have our own motion controller (sixense truemotion) that is far better than Kinect and Move, and we have some kind of AMD solution for 3D gaming and movies that actually includes passive 3D rather than the flashy crap Sony and Nvidia has now!

  • Then all is right with the world.  The 3DS is Nintendo's next-gen handheld finally coming to fruition.  It's more powerful, finally has an analog stick and plays games and movies in 3D.  Kinect and Move are just more meh-tion controls.

  • I for one am definitely excited about the 3ds and will be getting it whenever it comes out. but Im more interested in the Move then Kinect personally, its not a sony preference cuz I own both systems but the move to me seems like a better way to spend my money. back to the real topic the 3ds will be great cuz if its one thing nintendo does right its handhelds!

  • I think the 3ds will do rather well also, but otherwise, I'd be shocked if actual sales backed up this list. Kinect, for one, will outpace the move I'm certain.

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