It sure would be nice to sport one launch day.
I have a long memory though.
I can still remember standing in Toys R Us and checking out the new Gameboy Color and thinking it was the sweetest bit of hardware known to man, saved my money, got one, then like 6 months later they came out with the SP which WAS the sweetest piece of hardware known to man, at the time. Got burned on that one. Then you look at the DS fat. How long was that out before the far superior DS Lite's hit? If you had a fat, wouldn't you be mad when you saw the Lite, like that's what it should have been all along? Granted I waited a LONG time to upgrade to my DSi (Christmas '09) and I love it, but less than a year later, here comes the 3ds. If I bought a launch model that would be it, I wouldn't buy a special edition just to have it, but the special editions are always cool. What if after they hit and sell a jillion Nintendo goes to a crisper screen, or upgrades a component within the first year? I appreciate the input from everyone, most seem as excited as me to get it asap, but I'm leaning toward waiting a little, once I have the cashI can always pounce at any time I feel like, right?
redrabbit65
I like the way you think. With that said, I share very similar thoughts. I personally dislike having repetitive items and the idea of a new, improved, or upgraded version of the 3DS coming out within a year or two of the release of the 3DS makes me a bit nervous to plunk down the cash for a launch version of the console. Obviously, if an improved and/or upgraded and/or patched/fixed version of something I own comes out, it would be in my better interests to invest in it which will mean owning two versions of the same thing. It isn't cheap and what if? I own a launch release DS Lite and my console was one of the ones that came with the faulty hinges (a manufacturing issue that Nintendo acknowledged and offered to fix for free) that cracked open even after light and gentle use. Later versions of the DS Lite had less of that problem and when I thought I lost my launch DS Lite, I replaced it with a newer version which didn't possess the same hinge problem. Granted, cracking hinges might not be such a major issue considering Nintendo offered to fix those for free, but it is an example of something that wasn't caught/fixed/taken care of in the initial DS Lite releases and was taken care of in later releases. My general rule of thumb for expensive electronics is to wait and see. It's awesome to own a launch copy, but... First releases oftentimes tend to be the buggiest and most problematic as they haven't been beta tested by the general public yet and problems that don't show up in the labs or in their closed beta testing groups tend to crop up during the release.
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