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greenmedic88 on 19 January 2012
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RolStoppable said:
sethnintendo said:

I was just wondering what you meant by this.  I am pretty sure the 3DS and Wii both launched with shop channels.  I am not 100% since I didn't buy the systems at launch but I am pretty sure the shops were there from the start.  Did you mean feature like downloading demos?

The 3DS's eShop has been only available since June, through a firmware update.

Still though, it's odd that somebody uses this a point for why the system isn't future-proof. If anything, it only proves that the 3DS can be updated and receive new features down the line.

I don't understand the "not futureproof" complaint either. Nintendo has been doing nothing but adding new features since the 3DS debuted.

In addition to the eShop, they added the Nintendo Video channel, nintendo zone and swapnote. Firmware updates are as easy as any console.

If anything, the 3DS launch has been more like the PS3's than anything else. Started out overpriced and underfeatured; quickly dropped price and continues to add new functionality as the library expands.