Everyone complaining about the lack of 3DSXL second circle pad

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mysticwolf said:

oniyide said:

mysticwolf said:
So they announced a CPP for the XL.
I am so confused, Nintendo, I'm so confused

why are you confused? i thought it would be pretty clear that they would do this

I don't understand why they didn't just put it in if they were gonna release a CPP. I think it is very likely that they will make a 3DS with a second circle pad included, so they might as well do it now.

A lot of people are wondering that. I think it comes to a mixture of lack of forsight, plans to let time pass before built in models arrive, and the biggest reason is probably that the 3DS XL already swallowed up manufacturing costs in its model design and Nintendo was unwilling to take losses to start over, especially when this is probably their oportunity to make a profit on each console sale.