Well, there's probably going to be enough in stores to find one well before they go down in price. 

Limited supply is exactly how companies like Nintendo want to get early adopters 
 
The doubt you're feeling is what they want. If you really want one when games come out, you'll be able to find one then.

Just because they might be hard to find doesn't mean you won't ever get one. There is only one game for it you want - after you play the shit out of it you'll be waiting. Those games will always be there... just wait it out.

Here in the UK there as been a high demand of pre-orders for the 3DS, reports state that they'll be around 180,000 units for launch at the end of March and already there's been 100,000 pre-orders. 
 
Have a pre-order of my own already in place, but still might cancel if I'm unsure. 

Hold off. The console will be in steady supply pretty quickly after launch.
 
And it's not exactly dripping with must have releases in it's first few months so in your shoes, I'd just wait. You'll find that bundles will improve as time goes on, so when you do come t buy one when theres a few interesting titles out, you'll get a better deal.

Seeing how it's terrible at emulating DS games... 
 
I'm just buying a DSi XL now.

" Seeing how it's terrible at emulating DS games...  I'm just buying a DSi XL now. "

" @animateria said:

" Seeing how it's terrible at emulating DS games...  I'm just buying a DSi XL now. "

Source? "

Just wait, at least until some of the updates for the system come out. Personally, I'm waiting for the 3DS lite.

" @Chavtheworld said:

" @animateria said:

" Seeing how it's terrible at emulating DS games...  I'm just buying a DSi XL now. "

Source? "

Both Kotaku and Joystiq's reviews mention how it doesn't do a good job with displaying DS games on it's screen. That the stretches look wrong, and the other option of making em smaller puts a black border around the screen. "

I don't see the point in buying a console at launch.
 
And besides, I don't think you'll have any trouble finding one, unless you're trying to get one in the first couple of weeks after it's release.

It's no big deal, you can pick it up later.
I preordered it yesterday,  it has some upcoming games I'm interested in, so I would have buyed it at some point anyway,
also my DS lite is kinda busted

" @animateria said:

" @Chavtheworld said:

" @animateria said:

" Seeing how it's terrible at emulating DS games...  I'm just buying a DSi XL now. "

Source? "

Both Kotaku and Joystiq's reviews mention how it doesn't do a good job with displaying DS games on it's screen. That the stretches look wrong, and the other option of making em smaller puts a black border around the screen. "

Well as long as they don't run like shit, a black border isn't a problem at all! Unless it's somehow actually smaller than the original DS screen. Why would you wanna see DS games blown up anyway? They look pixelly enough! "

They will be hard to find for about a month probably, I remember how hard it was to find a DS right away, but then they get mad resupplied pretty soon after. 
 
Unless of course Nintendo's still pulling the same shit they did with the wii and create fake sold-out situations. Ugh.