I wish more people did, were they expecting it to sell a million a week or something?

Probably they just can't remember how previous new console performed. It's 3 weeks that I'm posting DS performance after its launch in EMEAA, showing that 3DS is exactly in line with it, but no one listens XD

Well time will speak, especially May/June in Japan, even the COMG chart is having multiple 3DS titles which should open well (even better than SSFIV, so there's gonna be a push of hardware).

Theres no good games out for the thing yet.

DS was releaesd during X'mas BTW

Japan is the only territory in which 3DS is doing worse than DS after the launch, but it's too difficult to accept I guess. Even for Nintendo, they hoped for better sales than DS...

The 3DS needs a re-design. It looks too similar to the DS to look "innovative". Price at $200 and REAL SOFTWARE not just ports and remakes. 

How could a redesign change its look? For mass market DSi, DSL and the first DS look the same.

The real software is arriving, pretty much every console have the megatons released months after the launch, look at the DS...

what makes a game a megaton btw? and this is a sincere questions as I am a bit confused on it..didn't Nintendogs sell over 20mil on the DS. Wouldn't that be considered a Megaton? if not why?

Teorically yes, but it has been presented and developed like more of a Nintendogs 1.5 than a real new game. People is not buying it because no one said a good reason for people who already owned one to buy this new game. Think: if I have Nintendogs and liked it very much, why should I buy a new console at launch and a new game which does not offer me anything new? This is the same reason why neither SSFIV is a megaton: you get streetpass but lose in graphics, the userbase for this game is smaller than it could have been if it was a new game.

Many are saying Zelda is the first megaton...I'm quite diffident, it's a remake, it can't be as big as the original Ocarina. I'm more confident smaller system sellers in japan will be RE: Mercenaries, One Piece and hopefully Kid Icarus. The real megatons for this year are Mario Kart, Mario 3d, Animal Crossing and Kingdom Hearts  for Japan IMHO. For the west we'll see, I'm sure Nintendo will try to launch some sort of new thing like they did with brain training, unexpected thing turned out to be the real megatons on Wii and DS.

so in other words, the 3DS needs killer apps rather than a megaton? one that is unique and gives a fresh experience with the device sort of? cuz I see your point with nintendogs and SF. well tbh I haven't even tried out nintendogs so I don't know for sure but I did get to play SF 4 3DS recently, it jsut felt like yet another SF game with 3d as the new addition.

anywho thanks for answering :) it's been bugging me for a while.

and btw is there a KH for 3ds announced? or rumor?