The "No N3DS charger" debacle: My theory behind Nintendo's mistake.

UPDATE:
Apparently, Nintendo has seen fit to prove my assertions correct: They have done it to cut down on the price, under the assumption that people would keep the charger from their old system, which shows their ignorance of trade-in policies.

http://attackofthefanboy.co...

So, yeah, original post follows, but I now feel fully qualified in saying: I FREAKING CALLED IT.

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Before I start, I'm just going to let you all know, that this blog post is mostly going to be a slightly re-worked version of a post I've recently made elsewhere.
I'm putting it up in my blog, however, as a point of discussion on its own, so that others can [hopefully POLITELY] point out this theory's merits and issues.

Now that that's out of the way, let me start by saying one thing, as a multiconsole gamer who has been with both Sony and Nintendo since their respective starts in the home console market:

It's a stupid idea to omit the power cord.
Point blank.

That said, stupid as it is, I think I have figured out two reasons behind why they did it this way, which both lead into the one big misconception that Nintendo has, which is behind this mistake in the first place.

Bear with me for a moment as I explain my reasoning, and their main screw-up.

First, the two small reasons:

#1 Taking out the cord ensures that they can price it at the same level as the current units.
This desire to cut costs was likely spawned by all the people whining that the Wii U was overpriced, which, like it or not, means the consumers are partly responsible for how this turned out, because Nintendo probably didn't want a repeat of people not buying it because it costs more than people think it's worth.

In fact, I can practically guarantee you that if they had kept the charger in the pack, and raised the price by an extra $20-$40 or so as a result, the complaint then would be that Nintendo is overcharging for what is essentially a 3DS with a second stick, a couple of extra buttons, face-tracking for its 3D and better innards.

And if Nintendo had just included the charger but not raised the price to compensate, they'd have been taking a bigger loss per console sold.
As a company that is currently in third place in home console sales [despite making more in profits than others], this is a non-option.
To continue preventing a fall into a financial debt pit, they NEED to keep selling stuff at a profit.

In either case, there would have been complaints, so Nintendo really couldn't win no matter what they tried.

So why take this "lesser evil" way, instead?

Well...

#2 Because so many people already own a DS in some form, thus meaning that most will already have a charger.
They're selling it this way as a way of reducing the cost for people who own an older DS or 3DS model, that would just go straight into buying the N3DS.

What Nintendo is MISSING, however, is that a lot of these people would likely trade in their older system for the new one.
And with the majority of places that accept trade-ins, the charger has to be a part of the package.

For those of us that WILL just go straight into buying one, and keep our old 3DS as a back-up in case of something bad happening, this poses no issues.
But for the rest...
Yeah.
Not a good thing. At all.

So basically, my end theory, and what I believe their main screw-up is, is this:

This whole screwed-up mess is a result of NINTENDO MISREADING HOW SHIT WORKS OVERSEAS AGAIN.

Despite Reggie being around, it's OBVIOUS that they aren't accounting for the people that will trade in their 3DS, let alone how this trade-in process works.

They obviously don't know, or appreciate, how the trade-in process works over here, and thus have made the decision to cut out the charging cable in an effort to cut costs on the system, to avoid the complaints that were raised by the Wii U's price.

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Well, that's my theory, in a nut-shell; Nintendo's ignorant of overseas trade-in policies, making this move a bad idea despite their reasoning/desire to keep the price down.

What do the rest of you think?