@martez87: I've owned a 3DS since launch and will disagree with everything you said.
The launch was a complete disaster, it was expensive, lacked any real games and was marketed poorly - most non-gamers who were into Nintendo thanks to the Wii and DS thought the thing was nothing more than another "Lite" or "XL" with 3D tacked on. The price drop caused such anger because those of us who did support Nintendo through their bad launch had to sit around twiddling our thumbs, while those who decided to wait and pick up the system when it's cheap were the ones who were rewarded. A handful of games from 2 decades ago didn't really do anything to help.
The add-on is causing such up roar now, because once again it's Nintendo acknowledging what a poor job they've done with the system and are forced to release a terrible looking add-on just so the thing stands any chance of competing with the Vita. It also very likely means we can expect a completely redesigned model next year (yeah, you maybe should have thought twice about buying one at this stage).
And before anyone mentions it, yes, it's my fault for picking up the system early. I'm not blaming Nintendo for my choices, I'm blaming them for their terrible support of the system. They don't have to do anything to "make it up to us" it just means they've screwed over their most hardcore supports, just before they're about to release their next big system. This is something that will affect them negatively in the long run.
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