ESPN to Scrap ESPN3D at end of 2012

[Blu-Dog]

Originally Posted by Jsmith82

Regarding the dwindling profits and movies, sales going down, 3D is the GP's ugly stepchild, etc... that part of that article. The 'experts' have been tooting that horn for years. Like discussing politics, nobody ever changes the others mind, they just point and quote and say how wrong the other party is - thus is discussing the in or out of 3D, a dead end for discussion.

The discussion always gets diverted from the basic problem: The industry tried to change television overnight, right after selling 17 million high definition televisions in the year before 3-D was released. That way lies madness.

So there are 6% of households that can see 3D. Did the movers and shakers really think that a cartoon like Avatar was going to change enough households into 3D havens?

6% of televisions have 3D. Of that, what percentage are sports fanatics? Of that, how many are Olympic lacrosse fanatics and want to see it in 3D?

None of this ever made sense. It's not a debate where points are won, and the other guy is wrong. Bottom line, it's a numbers game.

6% total market participation, and niche markets are only a small percentage of that?

This failure was predicted from the beginning. It's not a debate, it's a reality.