I don't see why people haven't caught on to this by now. The same thing happened to the Wii, to the original DS, to the Gamecube, to the GBA, and to the N64.

99% of the time the best games on Nintendo platforms are first party games based on their established franchises. The problem is that those games only release every 2 - 3 years some even longer (Zelda, Smash Bros.). Those who buy Nintendo consoles day 1 NEVER have a ton of things to play, because it takes too long for them to release the games you want. Now the games are coming for the 3DS and soon, but having to wait at least 5 months for 1 good game (excluding Street Fighter) sucks for Day 1 buyers.

I also think many core gamers don't like the low battery life of the system, and are waiting for the 3DS lite to improve this. I am one of those people.

Finally I think naming it 3DS, and designing after a DS allowed room for uneducated parents to tell their kids no. When they ask what's the difference between a 3DS and the original DS and the store clerk says it has a #D screen, and plays the new 3DS games, parents are going to pass. $250 was too much for it, especially when they are still buying the DS Lite for $99.

Nintendo needs to bring out the games, develop new franchises, drop the price to $199, and releases a 3DS Lite with a better battery life as soon as possible so the core gamers can pick it up, and once the price trickles down to casual range, they'll pick it up as well. Once again I think the 3DS will sell a lot, but I don't think it's going to sell as well as the original DS.

go buy glasses then -_-'

I play for 1-2 hours on SSF4 even tho it says to do like 30min or somethin and I get no headaches, it obviously goes from person to person.

Fail Launch, maybe, but come Christmas there will be a big list of games to choose from, thats when it will take off. Don't forget the DS wasn't a huge boom right off the bat either, now it's in everyones hands.

if you thought it would you obviously have no understanding of the game industry and launches