It can't be nickle and diming people because the cost of the second analog could just as easily be included in a model that had it. Having a peripheral excludes the cost from the actual 3DS. What it really is is poor insight and a solution that undermines essential features of the device, like portability. Releasing a 3DS XL without the second circle pad all but requires the release of a CPP XL. It is not ideal, but it is a solution. Hopefully sometime in 2013 they release a new model with those new controls built in. It would greatly enhance the gameplay mechanics of the device, especially over the last generation, while the DS didn't have a circle pad at all, one analog was not a favorite feature in the PSP.
Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(
