Fine. 20 "bonus" games.

Picross DS is awesome, and so is Picross 3D. Get both. I'm thinking of getting Mario's picross (even though I think all of its puzzles are in Picross DS) because it's cheap and it would be nice to have those puzzles available any time.

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...d.php?t=300861

Wal-Mart is selling the 3DS for $170 early, so this might be your best bet, instead of trying to get a price match after the fact.

Even with the price cut, still not worth it to me. I'm gonna wait a bit longer.

There should be a much larger library of games by the end of the year. Even early into next year, we should be seeing more games that people actually want.

so we've all been doom and gloom but what announced games ARE system sellers? i'll start

paper mario 3ds

New Mario game.

Mario Kart.

New Icarus game.

New Pokemon game (but not likely out for some time, maybe announced around 2013 and out for late 2013/early 2014).

Smash Bros game.

A new Metroid would be cool, but after Other M...

Metroid really isn't a system-seller anyway. Unless Retro does it again.

I'm reading this rather interesting article about all the "other" handhelds that have appeared and subsequently died less-than glamorous deaths, and I see some interesting things about some of them.

For instance, the notorious Nokia N-Gage. It shipped at a higher price than the GameBoy Advance (or just about any other portable in history) of $300 US. It was superior in just about ever way. Due to incredibly poor sales, it was price-dropped within weeks of launch, as opposed to the months it took for the 3DS.

The Neo Geo Pocket Color, released in 1999, sold slightly higher than the Game Boy Color. It also saw it's own rather quick price drop, though not as much as the N-Gage or the 3DS.

If we would count consoles as well, i wonder how many more examples of early price-cuts there would be, and see if the time between launch and price-cut, as well as the amount of said price drops, would be compared to the 3DS. Would it really seem to bad in comparison?

I suspect that a mix of entitlement and historical amnesia are what is making some people cry foul over the 3DSs own price drop. These people may simply not remember the other times it's happened to other systems.

Why are people still being so gloom and doom about this? They had a shit launch, yes, but they got their act together pretty quickly. By the end of the year they'll have a pretty decent library and a price drop in 4 days. Seriously, outside of analysts, ivory tower game journalists and a small section of the hardcore audience, consumers don't really give a fuck about the inner workings of the video game industry, and they sure as hell won't remember the 3DS being $250 bucks at launch. The rest who might care have adopted a "wait and see" stance.

On a related note, after heading to a Frys while in Houston this weekend I had a chance to catch a 3DS display in which I was able to tell whether or not I could see the 3D effect. Turns out I can! Gonna grab one at the end of the month with OoT3D and DOA: Dimensions.

Grab one before thursday from wal-mart or costco for $170, connect to the internet and get 20 free games!!