It makes perfect sense to me. Nintendo wants to focus on the Wii and DS this holiday season. Releasing 3DS this Christmas would mean eating money that gamers might have spent on DS's, Wii's and software like Donkey Kong and Kirby. In the end traditionally the holiday season is the biggest time for games, releasing just afterwards would dumb the blow that the DS would obviously feel. Also it would ensure that gamers are buying more Nintendo products instead of using that money to buy competitors products.
In the end I'm sort of relieved. I wanted the 3DS this fall but have 5 games pre-ordered and will be hard pressed to get much time in with all of them as it is. So no 3DS means my wallet has a few months to recover and I will have more time to play the 3DS as it won't be competing with home console games for my attention.
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer
