The thing that still irks me about this is people keep on saying, "well, if you got a 3DS already and want to play the New3DS[footnote]Ninty, please change the name at least a little for the North American, Australian and European markets. Your console names are starting to confuse even game savvy people, not just soccer moms looking for Timmy's birthday present.[/footnote]games to just trade in your 3DS." Well, what about people like me who don't like seeing something they paid a lot of hard earned money for go across the counter and only chump change come back? (I you like doing that. It's fine by me.) Looking at Gamestop's trade-in and resale values, they give you about $85 for a 3DS XL then turn around and sell it for $175, and the mom and pop shops can't have a much better offer as a mega corp on hardware. Yes, you get a small warranty compared to buying a friend's system or off the List of Craig. It still hurts my pride either way, doing a trade in like that. Another thing that puts people like me in a difficult position is I got the limited edition Zelda 3DS XL, and I don't want to trade it in. I bought last year fully expecting it to last as the go to system for Nintendo's handheld games for at least 2 more years.
I really, really hope that either most games come out with dual support for both systems (maybe higher res textures more characters on screen or more polygons on the newer system), Nintendo releases separate carts for most games so older 3DS owners aren't screwed,[footnote]How many kids are gonna want a new game exclusive to this new thing only to be told no, by parents, since they just got a 2DS? And how many of us are feeling the burn from not being made out of cash and just bought a 3DS?[/footnote] or very few games are released for this particular unit specifically.
Although, seeing as it was a Japan only Nintendo Direct, maybe it's just for the Japanese market (or that is their test market for the new system) and the next true generation is still 2 years away, like I said in the main article's thread. Ninty is still trying to get Wii U's and its games sold. Why give it another competitor so soon? The original DS lasted 7 years until the 3DS came along, with the slight revamp of the DSi coming out 5 years after the DS. The 3DS is still going strong, so they must consider this just the slight revamp if they wish to avoid angering their customers with constant hardware changes. (Which is why many say they're sticking with the Wii U for the entire console generation, a smart decision.)
