Oh they'll do it....eventually.

Nintendo fans support Nintendo
Nintendo haters hate Nintendo
life goes on...

Give them the CPP for the 3DSXL, the complainers still wont buy it, but will find something else wrong with the system.

To me, this thread reads like "Nintendo, why can't you be more like Sony?" Well, I don't even have to explain which of the two is in the more market-desirable position right now...

Oh, and OP: Way to skew the graph figures by adding answers to a loaded question.

I just wonder when the 3DS that has 2 build in circle pads comes out

theres no need of a second built-in circle pad, its perfect as an add on...theres no enough sw to support the built-in circle pad

The circle pad pro is for games that were ported from console, like MGS3 and Monster Hunter 3G. That picture that showed someone placing a circle pad right below the diamond face buttons would be REALLY terrible design for everyone who will play the other 98% of 3DS games and has to have that second stupid circle pad beneath their thumb.

I think if Sony proved anything; people don't care about two analog sticks on a handheld system; just like how early android and blackberry phones showed that people don't really want all those buttons over a virtual display.

I think they must add a second analog stick but they can't.

Financial reasons aside, I think if Nintendo adds a new stick then it will have a huge backslash from early adopters. If they make a new analog stick built in the console, then the game companies will make the right use of it (instead of limiting the stick to move the camera or other minor things) but that will make having a second analog stick mandatory and it will affect all the normal 3DS users who doesn't have /don't want CPP.

So to me, they made the wrong choice adding only one analog stick, but they cannot undo that at this point.

Also, why it doens't include the charger? That's being cheap, and no I will not take a "The consumer WINS" as a valid reason. If that's the case they can make a 3DSXL with/withouth charger and call it a day.

I think adding an extra stick is just too much,
and I only see a handful of games that could possibly take advantage of
this slide stick add on. Its best if its no included on the 3DS XL.